Payout / Alternative payment methods / Africa

Mobile Money

POST https://payments.apipro.io/v2/payout

The ApiPro Payout API allows you to send funds to your clients' mobile money accounts. This document provides instructions on how to create and manage these payouts.

How Mobile Money Payouts Work

1. Request: Your application makes a POST request to the ApiPro payout endpoint to create a transaction.
2. Processing: ApiPro processes the payout, interacting with the appropriate mobile money provider.
3. Notification: Once the transaction reaches a terminal state (e.g., success or error), ApiPro sends a callback (webhook) to your specified callback_url.

Available Operators

• Kenya (KE): mpesa, airtel
• Tanzania (TZ): vodacom, tigo, halopesa, airtel
• Ghana (GH): vodafone, mtn, airteltigo
• Gambia (GM): qcell, wave, africel
• Cameroon (CM): fmm, orange, mtn
• Ivory Coast (CI): orange, mtn, moov, wave
• Zambia (ZM): airtel, mtn, safaricom, zamtel
• Malawi (MW): airtel, tnm mpamba
• Rwanda (RW): safaricom
• Republic of the Congo (CG): fmm
• Uganda (UG): airtel, mtn, safaricom
• Benin (BJ): fmm, wave, emoney, freemoney, orange
• Burkina Faso (BF): fmm, wave, emoney, freemoney, orange, mobicash
• Guinea-Bissau (GW): fmm, wave, emoney, freemoney, orange
• Côte d'Ivoire (CI): fmm, wave, emoney, freemoney, orange, mtn
• Mali (ML): fmm, wave, emoney, freemoney, orange
• Niger (NE): fmm, wave, emoney, freemoney, orange
• Senegal (SN): fmm, wave, emoney, freemoney, orange
• Togo (TG): tmoney, fmm, wave, emoney, freemoney, orange
• Ethiopia (ET): amolemoney
• Guinea (GN): mtn
• Egypt (EG): wepay, etisalat
• Mozambique (MZ): vodacom
• Zimbabwe (ZW): ecocash
• Central African Republic (CF): fmm
• Chad (TD): fmm
• Gabon (GA): fmm
• Equatorial Guinea (GQ): fmm

Headers

Header	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Authorization	{{authorization}}
Digest	{{digest}}
Host	{{host}}
Date	{{date}}

See Authentication & Signature for how to build the signed headers.

Request body

Annotations in the example are the field requirements: required, optional or conditional. Comments are stripped automatically by the Postman collection before signing; remove them in your own requests.

{
    "method": "mobile_money", // required, snake_case / lower case only: "mobile_money" (not "MOBILE_MONEY" or "MobileMoney")
    "reference": "KenyaPayoutTransaction#1", // required, unique
    "currency": "KES", // required
    "amount": 21, // required
    "description": "My order payout", // optional
    "mobile_money": { // required
        "phone": "+254712973246", // required
        "operator": "mpesa", // conditional
        "beneficiary_first_name": "Oki", // conditional
        "beneficiary_last_name": "Doki", // conditional
        "beneficiary_document_type": "national_id", // conditional
        "beneficiary_document_value": "7876543" // conditional
    },
    "customer": { // required
        "identifier": "1111-1111-2211-2211", // required
        "email": "juancarlos@hotmail.com", // conditional
        "phone": "+254712973246", // conditional
        "first_name": "Juan", // required
        "last_name": "García Rodríguez", // required
        "middle_name": "Carlos", // optional
        "country": "KE", // optional
        "state_code": "B", // optional
        "city": "Buenos Aires", // optional
        "address": "Calle Emilio Mitre 3256", // optional
        "zip_code": "C1407", // optional
        "itn": "12345678910", // optional
        "birthday": "2006-01-02", // optional
        "ip": "192.168.0.1", // optional
        "gender": "male" // optional
    },
    "callback_url": "https://merchant.shop.com/callback/success", // conditional
    "extra": { // conditional, any field which may be needed for transaction routing and integration
        "meta": {
            "key": "value"
        }
    }
}

Fields

Field	Type	Requirement / note
method	string	required, snake_case / lower case only: "mobile_money" (not "MOBILE_MONEY" or "MobileMoney")
reference	string	required, unique
currency	string	required
amount	integer	required
description	string	optional
mobile_money	object	required
mobile_money.phone	string	required
mobile_money.operator	string	conditional
mobile_money.beneficiary_first_name	string	conditional
mobile_money.beneficiary_last_name	string	conditional
mobile_money.beneficiary_document_type	string	conditional
mobile_money.beneficiary_document_value	string	conditional
customer	object	required
customer.identifier	string	required
customer.email	string	conditional
customer.phone	string	conditional
customer.first_name	string	required
customer.last_name	string	required
customer.middle_name	string	optional
customer.country	string	optional
customer.state_code	string	optional
customer.city	string	optional
customer.address	string	optional
customer.zip_code	string	optional
customer.itn	string	optional
customer.birthday	string	optional
customer.ip	string	optional
customer.gender	string	optional
callback_url	string	conditional
extra	object	conditional, any field which may be needed for transaction routing and integration
extra.meta	object
extra.meta.key	string

Responses

Responses

Response Examples

HTTP 200 (58)HTTP 401 (15)

Succesful transaction

{
  "identifier": "MOB000137185",
  "request_id": "6ae8671e-6b6f-4678-981a-36a783aa73ec",
  "reference": "KenyaPayoutTransaction#1",
  "description": "My order payout",
  "status": {
    "name": "pending",
    "date": "2025-08-27T08:27:49.014"
  },
  "created_date": "2025-08-27T08:27:45.764",
  "amount": 21,
  "billing_amount": 21,
  "currency": "KES",
  "extra": [
    {
      "key": "key_2",
      "value": "value"
    },
    {
      "key": "key_3",
      "value": "value"
    },
    {
      "key": "key_4",
      "value": "value"
    },
    {
      "key": "key_1",
      "value": "value"
    }
  ],
  "timestamp": "2025-08-27T08:27:49.2818969Z",
  "error_code": 0,
  "error_message": ""
}

Card can only be used with specific methods. Check documentation

{
  "error_code": 30,
  "error_reason": "Invalid params",
  "description": "Card can only be used with specific methods. Check documentation",
  "request_id": "YOUR_REFERENCE",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:05:00.00Z"
}

Customer is blocked

{
  "error_code": 451,
  "error_reason": "General risk decline",
  "description": "Customer is blocked",
  "request_id": "YOUR_REFERENCE",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:06:00.00Z"
}

Customer is blocked for all merchant projects

{
  "error_code": 451,
  "error_reason": "General risk decline",
  "description": "Customer is blocked for all merchant projects",
  "request_id": "YOUR_REFERENCE",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:08:02.00Z"
}

Customer is blocked for the specified project

{
  "error_code": 451,
  "error_reason": "General risk decline",
  "description": "Customer is blocked for the specified project",
  "request_id": "YOUR_REFERENCE",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:08:04.00Z"
}

Customer is blocked system-wide

{
  "error_code": 451,
  "error_reason": "General risk decline",
  "description": "Customer is blocked system-wide",
  "request_id": "YOUR_REFERENCE",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:08:06.00Z"
}

Customer is globally locked

{
  "error_code": 451,
  "error_reason": "General risk decline",
  "description": "Customer is globally locked",
  "request_id": "YOUR_REFERENCE",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:08:08.00Z"
}

Resource not found

{
  "error_code": 35,
  "error_reason": "Resource not found",
  "description": "The requested resource is undefined",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:15:00.00Z"
}

Routing failed

{
  "error_code": 121,
  "error_reason": "Routing failed",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:17:00.00Z"
}

Unknown routing error

{
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Unknown routing error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:17:00.00Z"
}

Routing service error: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'data')

{
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Routing service error: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'data')",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:17:00.00Z"
}

Routing request timeout

{
  "error_code": 2,
  "error_reason": "Routing request timeout",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:17:00.00Z"
}

Required fields are missing: method, reference, amount, currency

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Required fields are missing: method, reference, amount, currency",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:16:00.00Z"
}

Routing service error: Endpoint type cannot be null or empty

{
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Routing service error: Endpoint type cannot be null or empty",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:17:00.00Z"
}

Routing service error

{
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Routing service error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:17:00.00Z"
}

Payment transaction timeout after seconds

{
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Payment transaction timeout after 30 seconds",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:17:00.00Z"
}

Internal error: Mid {MidId} no longer exists in configuration

{
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Internal error: Mid {MidId} no longer exists in configuration",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:17:00.00Z"
}

Internal error: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'tcs')

{
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Internal error: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'tcs')",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:17:00.00Z"
}

Payment transaction was cancelled

{
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Payment transaction was cancelled",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:17:00.00Z"
}

Error while trying to process filling data

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Error while trying to process filling data",
  "request_id": null,
  "reference": "value_from_data_reference",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:18:00.00Z"
}

Invalid method challenge configuration. Please reconfigure method challenge type settings

{
  "error_code": 121,
  "error_reason": "Invalid method challenge configuration. Please reconfigure method challenge type settings",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:19:00.00Z"
}

There is more than one challenge setting for a method. Please reconfigure method challenge type settings

{
  "error_code": 121,
  "error_reason": "There is more than one challenge setting for a method. Please reconfigure method challenge type settings",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:20:00.00Z"
}

MID not found in cache while getting currency rate

{
  "error_code": 35,
  "error_reason": "Resource not found",
  "description": "MID not found in cache while getting currency rate",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:21:00.00Z"
}

Transaction processing error: error while getting currency rate

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Transaction processing error",
  "description": "Unexpected error while getting currency rate",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:22:00.00Z"
}

Transaction processing error: error with payment configurations during calculation

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Transaction processing error",
  "description": "Error with payment configurations during calculation",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:23:00.00Z"
}

Exceeded amount limits for project

{
  "error_code": 1132,
  "error_reason": "Limit exceeded",
  "description": "Amount is outside the allowed project limits",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:24:00.00Z"
}

Exceeded amount limits for MID

{
  "error_code": 1132,
  "error_reason": "Limit exceeded",
  "description": "Amount is outside the allowed MID limits",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:24:00.00Z"
}

Transaction processing error: error while getting withdrawal rates

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Transaction processing error",
  "description": "Unexpected error while getting withdrawal rates",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:24:00.00Z"
}

Invalid params: transactions constraints were violated

{
  "error_code": 30,
  "error_reason": "Invalid params",
  "description": "Transaction contraints were violated",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:26:00.00Z"
}

Failed to create transaction for unfamiliar reason

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Transaction processing error",
  "description": "Failed to create transaction",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:27:00.00Z"
}

Account payout has negative balance after update

{
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Insufficient funds on account",
  "description": "Account payout has negative balance after update",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:28:00.00Z"
}

Error with wallet

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Transaction processing error",
  "description": "Error with wallet",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:29:00.00Z"
}

Mid is disabled

{
  "error_code": 32,
  "error_reason": "Invalid MID",
  "description": "Mid is disabled",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:30:00.00Z"
}

Blocked routing for transaction: Invalid currency

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Invalid currency",
  "description": "Blocked routing for transaction: Invalid currency",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:31:00.00Z"
}

Blocked routing for transaction: Invalid method

{
  "error_code": 1054,
  "error_reason": "Invalid method",
  "description": "Blocked routing for transaction: Invalid method",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:32:00.00Z"
}

Blocked routing for transaction: Invalid payment type

{
  "error_code": 1054,
  "error_reason": "Invalid type",
  "description": "Blocked routing for transaction: Invalid payment type",
  "request_id": "value_from_data_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:33:00.00Z"
}

Requisites - Invalid JSON format

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Required fields are missing: requisites - invalid JSON format",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:34:00.00Z"
}

Mid configuration error

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Mid configuration error",
  "request_id": null,
  "reference": "value_from_data_reference",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:35:00.00Z"
}

Mid request timeout

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Mid request timeout",
  "request_id": null,
  "reference": "value_from_data_reference",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:36:00.00Z"
}

Communication error

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Communication error",
  "request_id": null,
  "reference": "value_from_data_reference",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:36:00.00Z"
}

Invalid adapter response format

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Invalid adapter response format",
  "request_id": null,
  "reference": "value_from_data_reference",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:37:00.00Z"
}

Failed to register card transaction

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Failed to register card transaction",
  "request_id": null,
  "reference": "value_from_data_reference",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:48:00.00Z"
}

Failed to register cascade transaction

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Failed to register cascade transaction",
  "request_id": null,
  "reference": "value_from_data_reference",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:48:00.00Z"
}

Mid with ID '[MidId]' not found

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Mid with ID '[MidId]' not found",
  "request_id": null,
  "reference": "value_from_data_reference",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:49:00.00Z"
}

Mid [MidName] ([MidId]) is not active

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Mid [MidName] ([MidId]) is not active",
  "request_id": null,
  "reference": "value_from_data_reference",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:49:00.00Z"
}

Mid [MidId] no longer exists in configuration

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "Mid [MidId] no longer exists in configuration",
  "request_id": null,
  "reference": "value_from_data_reference",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:49:00.00Z"
}

Some unexpected error occured

{
  "error_code": 200,
  "error_reason": "<Some unexpected error message>",
  "request_id": null,
  "reference": "value_from_data_reference",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:49:00.00Z"
}

Request cannot be null

{
  "code": 0,
  "reason": "",
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Request cannot be null",
  "request_id": "",
  "reference": "",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-09-29T11:52:39.25Z",
  "description": ""
}

Flow cache limit exceeded

{
  "code": 0,
  "reason": "",
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Flow cache limit exceeded",
  "request_id": "",
  "reference": "",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-09-29T11:52:39.25Z",
  "description": ""
}

Flow configuration not found for project: {projectId}

{
  "code": 0,
  "reason": "",
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Flow configuration not found for project: {projectId}",
  "request_id": "",
  "reference": "",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-09-29T11:52:39.25Z",
  "description": ""
}

Invalid flow configuration

{
  "code": 0,
  "reason": "",
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Invalid flow configuration",
  "request_id": "",
  "reference": "",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-09-29T11:52:39.25Z",
  "description": ""
}

Flow execution failed: some unexpected error

{
  "code": 0,
  "reason": "",
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Flow execution failed:",
  "request_id": "",
  "reference": "",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-09-29T11:52:39.25Z",
  "description": ""
}

Node not found: {NodeIdentifier}

{
  "code": 0,
  "reason": "",
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Node not found: {NodeIdentifier}",
  "request_id": "",
  "reference": "",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-09-29T11:52:39.25Z",
  "description": ""
}

Flow execution limit exceeded

{
  "code": 0,
  "reason": "",
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Flow execution limit exceeded",
  "request_id": "",
  "reference": "",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-09-29T11:52:39.25Z",
  "description": ""
}

Flow ended without result

{
  "code": 0,
  "reason": "",
  "error_code": 1,
  "error_reason": "Flow ended without result",
  "request_id": "",
  "reference": "",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-09-29T11:52:39.25Z",
  "description": ""
}

Success transaction

{
  "request_id": "f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479",
  "identifier": "PT_MM_Z9Y8X7W6V5",
  "reference": "MM-PAYOUT-2023-556",
  "creation_date": "2023-11-22T10:05:30.543210",
  "method": "mobile_money",
  "type": "payout",
  "mode": "initial",
  "status": "success",
  "status_date": "2023-11-22T10:05:33.123456",
  "amount": "5000.00",
  "currency": "NGN",
  "billing_amount": "5000.00",
  "billing_currency": "NGN",
  "fee_amount": "25.50",
  "fee_currency": "NGN",
  "customer": {
    "identifier": "CUST-MM-12345",
    "email": "adekunle.gold@example.com",
    "first_name": "Adekunle",
    "last_name": "Gold",
    "phone": "2348098765432",
    "country": "NG",
    "city": "Ibadan",
    "address": "55 Liberty Road",
    "zip_code": "200223",
    "birthday": "1992-08-20",
    "ip": "196.46.244.15"
  },
  "mobile_money": {
    "phone": "2348031234567",
    "operator": "airtel"
  },
  "error_code": 0,
  "error_reason": "",
  "timestamp": "2023-11-22T10:05:35.987654"
}

Duplicated reference

{
  "error_code": 108,
  "error_reason": "Duplicated reference",
  "request_id": "3829f5bd-6dcb-41f9-a4ba-3ff8b65a3cfc",
  "reference": "",
  "timestamp": "2025-11-10T08:47:22.81Z"
}

'mobile_money' missing field

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Required fields are missing: mobile_money",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T14:25:00.00Z"
}

Invalid Authorization header format

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Invalid Authorization header format",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Invalid Signature format

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Invalid signature format",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Unsupported algorithm

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Unsupported algorithm",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Invalid API key

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Invalid API key",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Invalid date format

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Invalid date format",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Date is outdated or invalid

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Date is outdated or invalid",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Missing Digest header

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Invalid digest",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Invalid digest

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Missing Digest header",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Invalid signature

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Invalid signature",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Invalid headers specification

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Invalid headers specification",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Request timestamp has already been used

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Request timestamp has already been used",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Missing required authentication headers

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Missing required authentication headers",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T14:04:00.00Z"
}

Missing Authorization header

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Missing Authorization header",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T16:01:00.00Z"
}

Missing Date header

{
  "error_code": 31,
  "error_reason": "Missing Date header",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T16:06:00.00Z"
}

Processing error:

{
  "error_code": 210,
  "error_reason": "Processing error:",
  "description": "Processing error:",
  "request_id": "your_transaction_reference",
  "status": "error",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-26T12:03:00.000Z"
}