Through this service by Vodafone PLC and Safaricom, you can receive payments from your customers and make payments to your vendors or employees. The platform is predominantly used in Kenya but has since expanded to Tanzania, Mozambique, DRC, Lesotho, Ghana, Egypt, Afghanistan, and South Africa.
Business owners in many places would wish not to worry about fake currency while charging their customers on products or services rendered. With Mpesa integration, paperless transactions are enabled which greatly reduces the risk of theft and fraud. Customers can place orders for goods or services and pay for them before picking them up or having them delivered. Currently, many online-based businesses like Jumia and Kilimall utilize Mpesa integration to enhance online shopping in Kenya. This way a customer shops online, pays for the goods, and awaits delivery from the comfort of their home.
With Mpesa integration through the Daraja API, we develop a checkout page on your website or your online shopping application where the client clicks on “Complete Payment” or any informative button of your choice. This action sends a request to the MPESA system indicating the amount to be paid by the customer on a good or a service, the customer’s phone number, and your pay bill or till number. The request is processed and a push notification is sent to the client’s phone number with a prompt to enter MPESA PIN only. On completing the payment from the phone number, your website will redirect the client to the next page which displays the order details and payment details.
