MPESA GOING LIVE

Pre-requisite

• You should create an account on https://developer.safaricom.co.ke
• You should have played with the APIs on the sandbox that you would move on to production with.
• You should have filled the testcases of the APIs you wish to use.
• You should have access to your MPESA Web Portal which only accessed using a certificate Safaricom offers you.

Getting a MPESA Certificate

• You first sent a blank email to M-PESACertpassword@safaricom.co.ke to get Authentication details required to log in to the Certificate Request Website.

• Then using Internet Explorer head to the Certificate Request Website https://vmtke.ca.vodafone.com/certsrv

• A more detailed step by step guide is below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQyBkJDsmuw

• With the Certificate you can access the live M-PESA Web Portal https://org.ke.m-pesa.com

Going Live

Log in to your Safaricom Developer account and click on the Go Live option. The process is self explanatory with just a few notes:

• Upload filled Testcases of the APIs you wish to go to production with.
• At the verification stage:
  • select Shortcode as Verification Type
  • the Organisation Name should be one word
  • the MPESA User Name should be the username of a person with Business Manager Role set on the MPESA Web Portal

In the directory is the testcases for Lipa na MPESA Online(STK Push)