Pesapal

How to accept payments with Pesapal

Widely-used payment gateway in East Africa, supporting common cards and local mobile money services like MPESA, Airtel Money, and Tigo Pesa.

Countries

  • Kenya
  • Malawi
  • Rwanda
  • Uganda
  • United Republic of Tanzania

Currencies

  • EUR
  • GBP
  • KES
  • RWF
  • TZS
  • UGX
  • USD
Payment methods
API credentials
  • Consumer key
  • Consumer secret

We don't have a step-by-step guide for Pesapal yet. Search Pesapal's website (or online) for how to obtain the API credentials listed above, then add them in TourTask with the steps below.

Add Pesapal in TourTask


  1. 1

    Open the Pesapal card

    Go to Configuration → Payment options and click the Pesapal card under Online payments → Payment gateways. Not there? Choose Show all gateways under the cards.

  2. 2

    Choose the country and currency

    Pick the Country where your Pesapal account and its bank account are, and the Currency travellers pay in. Click Add. To change either later, remove Pesapal with Remove and add it again.

  3. 3

    Fill in your API credentials

    Under Authentication, the card has a field for each:
    Consumer key
    Consumer secret

    Each field saves when you click out of it.

  4. 4

    Activate Pesapal

    Click Activate once every field is filled in. The card turns Active, and travellers can pay with Pesapal on your booking page. Every payment goes straight into your own Pesapal account: TourTask never holds your money.

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