Pesapal for selling tickets in East Africa

Pesapal for selling tickets

Sell tickets across East Africa with Pesapal and let buyers pay with M-Pesa, Airtel Money mobile money or Visa and Mastercard — settled to your own Pesapal account.

Available payment methods

M-Pesa

Visa

Mastercard

Airtel Money

Payment methods Pesapal brings to checkout

With Pesapal your buyers can pay with M-Pesa and Airtel Money mobile money, plus Visa and Mastercard. The available methods appear on the tickets page automatically.

Built for East Africa

Pesapal onboards merchants in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. Mobile money like M-Pesa and Airtel Money is how most people pay across the region, so buyers can complete a ticket purchase straight from their phone without a card.

Pricing and payouts

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

How to connect Pesapal and sell tickets

Sign up for a Pesapal account and get your Consumer Key and Consumer Secret.
In Evenda, open Payment systems and choose Pesapal.
Paste your Consumer Key and Consumer Secret.
Select the environment (production or sandbox).
Save the connection and publish the event.

What you need before you connect

A Pesapal account
Your Consumer Key and Consumer Secret
A published event to sell tickets for

Events that fit Pesapal

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

Pesapal uses API 3.0: Evenda authenticates over OAuth, registers an IPN, submits the order to get a redirect URL and sends the buyer to the Pesapal page. Because the callback and IPN do not carry the outcome, Evenda confirms each payment by querying GetTransactionStatus before the order is marked paid — so the status stays correct even if the buyer closes the tab.

Connect Pesapal to Evenda to sell tickets across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and settle to your own account.

Frequently asked questions

Which payment methods does Pesapal support on Evenda?

Buyers can pay with M-Pesa and Airtel Money mobile money, plus Visa and Mastercard. The methods shown depend on your Pesapal account and country.

Which countries does Pesapal cover?

Pesapal onboards merchants in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, so you can use one gateway across East Africa.

How is Pesapal different from M-Pesa or IntaSend?

Pesapal is a multi-country East African gateway with M-Pesa and Airtel Money plus cards across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, while the M-Pesa method is the Safaricom wallet in Kenya and IntaSend focuses on Kenya. Pick the one that matches your markets.

Which currency do I get paid in?

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

How do I connect Pesapal to Evenda?

Get your Consumer Key and Consumer Secret from Pesapal, open Payment systems in Evenda, choose Pesapal, paste them, select the environment and save. After you publish the event, buyers can pay with Pesapal.

How is a payment confirmed?

Because the callback and IPN do not carry the outcome, Evenda queries GetTransactionStatus to confirm each payment before the order is marked paid. This keeps the status correct even if the buyer closes the page.

How much does Pesapal cost?

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