Did you know that you can top-up an Airtel, Orange or YU line using M-Pesa? PesaPal, an e-commerce platform that works seamlessly with mobile payment services, has made this possible. The ability top-up other network SIM cards using Safaricom’s M-Pesa is timely and handy in a number of situations such as:
- You need to top-up someone’s line urgently and they don’t use Safaricom and, you don’t want the hassle of having to dash to a shop.
- You have a dual SIM phone and you want to load airtime on your Airtel, Orange or YU line.
Instructions
- On your Safaricom line, go to the Safaricom Menu
- Next go to M-Pesa > Lipa na M-Pesa > PayBill
- Enter the Business number 220220
- In the Account Number field, type:
- “AIRXXXXXXXXXX” to top-up an Airtel line, where XXXXXXXXXX is the phone number e.g AIR073333333.
- “ORNXXXXXXXXXX” to top-up an Orange line.
- “YUMXXXXXXXXX” to top-up a YU line.
- In the “Amount” field, enter the value of airtime you want to purchase
- Enter you M-Pesa PIN and send.
- M-Pesa will give you a message similar to “Confirmed Ksh 150.00 sent to PesaPal for account number AIRXXXXXXXXXX (i’m using an Airtel example) on 8/5/14 at 12:43PM. New M-Pesa balance is Ksh449.”
- After about 10-15 minutes, PesaPal will load the target line and you will receive a message from Pesapal stating, “Your payment was processed by PesaPal.”
Tips and Warnings
- You can also top-up an Orange line using Airtel Money or YU Cash, Airtel line with YU cash and YU line with Airtel Money, all thanks to PesaPal.
- Be careful not to enter the wrong mobile phone number because once the airtime is sent to the target line, it isn’t refundable.
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