Cameroon (MTN / Orange)

Collect and send money in Cameroon using MTN and Orange mobile money. All transactions are processed in XAF (Central African CFA Franc) with +237 phone numbers.

Supported networks

MTN Cameroon

Supports collections and disbursements.

CollectionsDisbursements

Orange Cameroon

Supports collections and disbursements.

CollectionsDisbursements

Collecting money

Initialize collection

Call the collections initialize endpoint with the customer’s phone number, amount, and network.

Customer confirms

The customer approves the transaction via their mobile money PIN.

Receive webhook

MarzPay sends a webhook with the final transaction status.

Example: Initialize a Cameroonian collection

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curl -X POST https://api.wearemarz.com/v1/collections/initialize \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "amount": 5000,
    "currency": "XAF",
    "phone": "+237600123456",
    "network": "MTN",
    "callback_url": "https://your-app.com/webhooks/collections"
  }'

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "reference": "MZ_COL_20240115_mno345",
    "amount": 5000,
    "currency": "XAF",
    "phone": "+237600123456",
    "network": "MTN",
    "status": "pending",
    "checkout_url": "https://wallet.wearemarz.com/checkout/MZ_COL_20240115_mno345"
  }
}

Fees

Transaction type	Network	Fee	Minimum	Maximum
Collection	MTN	1.5%	100 XAF	5000 XAF
Collection	Orange	1.5%	100 XAF	5000 XAF
Disbursement	MTN	1.0%	50 XAF	3000 XAF

Phone number format

All Cameroonian phone numbers must use the international format:

Correct: +237600123456
Incorrect: 0600123456
Incorrect: 237600123456

API Playground - Cameroon - Test MTN and Orange endpoints live

Markets

East Africa

Central Africa

Southern Africa

West Africa

Cameroon (MTN / Orange)

Supported networks

MTN Cameroon

Orange Cameroon

Collecting money

Example: Initialize a Cameroonian collection

Fees

Phone number format

​Supported networks

MTN Cameroon

Orange Cameroon

​Collecting money

​Example: Initialize a Cameroonian collection

​Fees

​Phone number format

Supported networks

Collecting money

Example: Initialize a Cameroonian collection

Fees

Phone number format