Most customers in Uganda expect to pay with Mobile Money. Adding it to your website or app is very doable, but a few decisions matter early.
Direct or through a gateway?
Payment gateways and aggregators such as Pesapal, Flutterwave and DPO let you accept Mobile Money and cards through one integration. Compare fees, settlement times, supported networks and the quality of their developer documentation.
Plan for these details
- Confirmation: never mark an order paid from the browser alone; confirm payment through the gateway callback (webhook).
- Failures and retries: customers may cancel or time out. Your system must handle pending and failed payments cleanly.
- Reconciliation: keep a clear record matching each order to a transaction reference.
- Refunds and disputes: decide the process before launch.
- Security: keep API keys on the server and log events.
We build and test payment flows end to end as part of our API and payment integration and e-commerce work. Talk to us about your project.