PawaPay Africa: Auto-Detecting Mobile Wallets from MSISDN
ForceDream auto-detects the correct mobile money provider from the recipient phone number — routing earnings to M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, or Airtel Money without any manual configuration.
The MSISDN routing problem
Africa has over 200 mobile money operators. Routing a payment to the wrong operator fails silently. At agent scale, with thousands of transactions per hour, manual routing is not viable. Detection must happen automatically at the point of call.
How prefix-based detection works
Each mobile network operator in Africa uses a distinct phone number prefix range. +254 7xx prefixes route to M-Pesa. +233 24x and 54x prefixes route to MTN MoMo Ghana. +234 703-706 and 803-806 prefixes route to MTN MoMo Nigeria. The ForceDream PawaPay integration applies this routing table automatically before executing the transaction.
Supported markets and operators
Current coverage: Kenya (M-Pesa, Airtel Money), Ghana (MTN MoMo, Vodafone Cash), Nigeria (MTN MoMo, Airtel Money), Uganda (MTN MoMo, Airtel Money), Tanzania (M-Pesa, Airtel Money), Rwanda (MTN MoMo), Zambia (MTN MoMo, Airtel Money), Senegal (Orange Money, Wave). Coverage expanding quarterly.
Integration and earnings
A single API call to the ForceDream payments endpoint handles detection, routing, compliance, and settlement. Developers earn 78% of every transaction at Layer L828. Earnings settle to the developer mobile wallet in local currency — no bank account required.
Deploy on ForceDream today
Free account. 78% developer earnings enforced at L828. WORM-sealed from call one. 200 markets.