Paystack for selling tickets in Africa

Paystack for selling tickets

Sell tickets across Africa with Paystack and let buyers pay with Visa and Mastercard, the local Verve card, bank transfer, USSD or M-Pesa — settled to your own Paystack account.

Available payment methods

Visa

Mastercard

Verve

Bank Transfer

USSD

M-Pesa

Payment methods Paystack brings to checkout

With Paystack your buyers can pay with Visa and Mastercard, the local Verve card, bank transfer, USSD and M-Pesa. The available methods appear on the tickets page automatically.

Built for Africa across four markets

Paystack onboards merchants in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya. Each market gets the methods local buyers expect — Verve, bank transfer and USSD in Nigeria, M-Pesa in Kenya — alongside international cards, so more people can complete a ticket purchase.

Pricing and payouts

You connect your own Paystack account, so card, bank and mobile-money payments settle directly to you in your local currency. Paystack sets its processing fees by your agreement, and Evenda adds no platform fee of its own on ticket sales.

How to connect Paystack and sell tickets

Sign up for a Paystack account and get your secret key.
In Evenda, open Payment systems and choose Paystack.
Paste your secret key (test sk_test_ or live sk_live_).
Save the connection.
Publish the event — Paystack payments start working on the tickets page.

What you need before you connect

A Paystack account
Your secret key
A published event to sell tickets for

Events that fit Paystack

Concerts, festivals and live shows
Conferences, expos and business events
Workshops, courses and online events
Sports and club events
Season passes and ticket bundles

Technical notes

Paystack uses Standard transactions: Evenda initializes the transaction with your secret key and redirects the buyer to the Paystack authorization page. The result is confirmed on the buyer return and, independently, by a charge.success webhook whose X-Paystack-Signature Evenda verifies with HMAC-SHA512 before the order is marked paid — so the status stays correct even if the buyer closes the tab.

Connect Paystack to Evenda to sell tickets across Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, and settle to your own account.

Frequently asked questions

Which payment methods does Paystack support on Evenda?

Buyers can pay with Visa and Mastercard, the local Verve card, bank transfer, USSD and M-Pesa. The methods shown depend on your Paystack account and country.

Which countries does Paystack cover?

Paystack onboards merchants in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya, so you can use one gateway across these markets.

How is Paystack different from Peach Payments or Pesapal?

Paystack spans Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya with Verve, bank transfer and USSD, while Peach Payments centers on South Africa with instant EFT and Pesapal focuses on East African mobile money. Pick the one that matches your markets.

Which currency do I get paid in?

Payments settle in your local currency for your Paystack account country and go directly to your own account.

How do I connect Paystack to Evenda?

Get your secret key from Paystack, open Payment systems in Evenda, choose Paystack, paste the key and save. After you publish the event, buyers can pay with Paystack.

How is a payment confirmed?

Paystack confirms the result on the buyer return and with a charge.success webhook whose signature Evenda verifies using HMAC-SHA512 before the order is marked paid. This keeps the status correct even if the buyer closes the page.

How much does Paystack cost?

Paystack sets its own processing fees based on your agreement. Evenda charges no additional platform fee on ticket sales.