Vodafone
Vodafone is a global telecommunications provider that offers mobile payment services through Vodafone Wallet and Vodafone Pay.
Vodafone is a global telecommunications provider that offers mobile payment services through Vodafone Wallet and Vodafone Pay. As a PSP, Vodafone allows users to make secure payments via their smartphones, using a variety of payment methods, including credit cards, bank accounts, and mobile wallets. Available in several countries, Vodafone’s mobile payment solution is ideal for businesses seeking to integrate easy, secure payment methods. It’s especially useful in regions with high mobile usage, offering a fast, reliable, and accessible payment experience for customers.
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"Vodafone" in a gateway method list is not Vodafone Group card or carrier billing: it is Vodafone Cash, the mobile money wallet of Vodafone Ghana, and Ghana is the only country any documentation names. dLocal's Ghana page lists "Mobile Money (Vodafone)" as payment_method_id VF, payment_method_type BANK_TRANSFER, DIRECT flow only, currency GHS, refunds supported. Its mobile money page describes the flow: a push notification to the registered handset that the payer confirms with a PIN, so the sending phone number is mandatory, and the payment stays PENDING until a webhook moves it to PAID. The same rail is also a payout destination — dLocal's Ghana payouts page accepts beneficiary.instant_payment.type = VODAFONE on an INSTANT_PAYMENT wallet transfer to a +233 number, with GHS or USD allowed as the FX source currency. Flutterwave documents the same operator as a network enum value (MTN, VODAFONE, AIRTEL/TIGO) on its Ghana mobile money charge, currency must be GHS.
The catch for an integrator: the brand is gone. Telecel Group acquired 70% of Vodafone Ghana in February 2023 and launched the Telecel brand there in March 2024; Telecel Ghana's own site advertises only "Telecel Cash". Flutterwave's Ghana page already shows the drift — "At a glance" says MTN, Telecel, AIRTEL while the parameter table still says VODAFONE. Treat "Vodafone" as the legacy API label and confirm the accepted enum with your provider.
Documentation is silent on partial refunds, recurring payments, chargebacks, minimum and maximum amounts and settlement timing. Adyen, Stripe, Airwallex and Antom do not list it at all; dLocal's Egypt and Qatar pages never mention Vodafone Cash, and dLocal's Tanzania page names Vodacom, a separate listing.
Checked again on 2026-10-21 and corrected: Not a generic category — "Vodafone" here is a specific branded mobile money rail, carried as a concrete enum value (dLocal payment_method_id VF, Flutterwave network=VODAFONE). SOURCES VERIFIED (3 of 15 fetched, all coverage-bearing, all accurate — no 404s, no claim the page doesn't make): - docs.dlocal.com/docs/ghana.
Checked against Vodafone’s own documentation on 21 October 2026. Coverage changes; confirm anything you are about to build on.
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Sources · 16
- dLocal — Ghana (pay-in payment methods) · docs.dlocal.comUsed for States "Mobile Money (Vodafone)" with payment_method_id VF, payment_method_type BANK_TRANSFER, DIRECT flow, currency GHS, country Ghana, refunds supported; supported wallets listed as "Vodafone, MTN, AirtelTigo". Source for the GH country row, the GHS currency row and the refunds feature.Checked 20 October 2026
- dLocal — Mobile Money payments (Africa) · docs.dlocal.comUsed for Flow table row "Ghana | Vodafone | VF | DIRECT"; the push-notification-plus-PIN authorisation flow, mandatory sending phone number, and PENDING to PAID webhook status model. Also establishes that Vodafone is documented only under Ghana (Tanzania is Vodacom).Checked 20 October 2026
- dLocal — Ghana payouts (v3) · docs.dlocal.comUsed for Documents VODAFONE as an accepted beneficiary.instant_payment.type for INSTANT_PAYMENT wallet transfers, with +233 phone number and "For Ghana, use GHS or USD". Source for the payouts feature and for the note that USD is only the FX source currency.Checked 20 October 2026
- Flutterwave — Ghana Mobile Money · developer.flutterwave.comUsed for Second gateway documenting the rail: network parameter values "MTN, VODAFONE, or TIGO" and currency "Must be GHS", while the At-a-glance block says "MTN, Telecel, AIRTEL" — the evidence for the documented brand drift.Checked 20 October 2026
- Flutterwave — Charge via Ghana Mobile Money (API reference) · developer.flutterwave.comUsed for API reference states network possible values "MTN, VODAFONE, AIRTEL" with default currency GHS, confirming VODAFONE is still the live enum value in Flutterwave's reference.Checked 20 October 2026
- Telecel Ghana (operator site) · telecel.com.ghUsed for Operator's own site names only "Telecel Cash" as its mobile money product and nowhere mentions Vodafone Cash — supports the note that the consumer brand has changed.Checked 20 October 2026
- Telecel Ghana — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.orgUsed for Telecel Group acquired 70% of Vodafone Ghana in February 2023 and the Telecel brand was officially launched in Ghana in March 2024; used only for the rebrand dates and ownership, not for any coverage claim.Checked 20 October 2026
- Adyen — payment methods catalog · docs.adyen.comUsed for Negative evidence: the full catalog (read in two passes) contains no method named Vodafone and no African mobile money method, so Adyen is not listed in found_in.Checked 20 October 2026
- Stripe — payment method support matrix · docs.stripe.comUsed for Negative evidence: zero occurrences of Vodafone, Ghana, GHS or mobile money in the matrix.Checked 20 October 2026
- Airwallex — payment method matrix · airwallex.comUsed for Negative evidence: no Vodafone method, and Ghana/GHS do not appear as shopper location or presentment currency.Checked 20 October 2026
- Antom — payment methods · docs.antom.comUsed for Negative evidence: no Vodafone entry and no African mobile money method (read in two passes).Checked 20 October 2026
- dLocal — Egypt (pay-in payment methods) · docs.dlocal.comUsed for Negative evidence: Egypt's documented methods are cards, Fawry, Meeza Digital Network and ValU in EGP; Vodafone Cash is not named, so no EG row was added.Checked 20 October 2026
- dLocal — Qatar (pay-in payment methods) · docs.dlocal.comUsed for Negative evidence: Qatar lists only card brands in QAR; no Vodafone Cash, so no QA row was added.Checked 20 October 2026
- dLocal — Tanzania (pay-in payment methods) · docs.dlocal.comUsed for Negative evidence: Tanzania's operator is documented as "Vodacom (Mobile Money)" code VC, not Vodafone — supports keeping Vodacom as a separate listing and excluding TZ here.Checked 20 October 2026
- EBANX — Egypt digital wallets (Meeza) · docs.ebanx.comUsed for Negative evidence: EBANX covers "50+ wallet providers" in Egypt (EG, EGP) but names no individual provider, so it cannot support a Vodafone Cash Egypt claim. EBANX's llms.txt also shows no Ghana page.Checked 20 October 2026
- Coda Payments — Egypt Vodafone Cash, Masary, Aman, Momken and Orange Money price point update · docs.coda.coUsed for Refutes the notes' claim that "Ghana is the only country any documentation names": names Vodafone Cash as an Egyptian payment method in EGP ("Vodafone Cash: EGP 1", down from EGP 5). Used ONLY to correct that sentence and to establish Vodafone Cash Egypt as a separate same-name entity — NOT as support for adding EG/EGP to this Ghana-scoped record.Checked 21 October 2026
16 sources · last checked 21 October 2026 — each one says which claim it supports.
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