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Create an account on the dashboard

After you create a Nkwa Pay account, you will get access to our sandbox environment. This is a secure development environment where it’s possible to test the entire integration before go-live to make sure everything works exactly as expected. To create an account to start using our API in the sandbox click Signup

Our sandbox and production environment are completely separated from each other. You can invite anybody into the sandbox portal, they will not get access to any production information as part of the sandbox.

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Starting development

Now that you have an account on our sandbox environment, you can start developing the integration. Start by creating an API key for the sandbox environment from our portal.

This API key is for the API in our sandbox environment only.

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Using the API

You can find full documentation of our API reference

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Testing the Integration

Our sandbox environment is completely isolated from the production environment and allows you to safely test the integration before going to production. MTN test numbers are found here: https://momodeveloper.mtn.com/api-documentation/testing For Orange, you have to use a real phone number. To complete the payment, you will have to enter a special PIN code. e.g 4444

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Moving to production

Once you are confident in your integration in our sandbox environment, you will need a live API key. For that, you’ll have to complete KYC. Once all KYC documents have been reviewed, you will be able to create a live API key.

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