Built in Ethiopia. Made for Africa. Ready for the World.
Accept Telebirr, CBE Birr, M-PESA, cards and bank transfers with one integration. Settle in Birr today, expand across Africa, and transact globally — on rails built for the continent.
# Accept your first payment (live sandbox)
curl -X POST https://www.debopay.com/v1/payments/initialize \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_test_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"amount":2500,"currency":"ETB","reference":"demo_001","description":"Homepage demo"}'
Press Run to call the live sandbox — response appears here.
Uptime SLA
Banks & wallets
API calls / day
Flat pricing
Trusted partners
Banks & wallets we connect
The platform
Everything you need to move money
From a single payment in Addis to a pan-African marketplace and cross-border settlement — Debo Pay gives you the rails, the tools, and the compliance to grow from Ethiopia to the world.
Payments
Cards, mobile money, bank transfer and QR — accept it all with one integration and a hosted checkout.
Payouts & Settlement
Automated settlement to any Ethiopian bank with a real-time double-entry ledger you can trust.
Debo Fund
Launch crowdfunding and donation campaigns with built-in disbursement and transparency.
Webhooks
Reliable, signed, auto-retrying event delivery so your systems always stay in sync.
Payment Links & Invoices
Get paid without code — share a link, send an invoice, drop a QR code.
Fraud & Risk
Velocity checks, IP intelligence, and monitoring keep every transaction safe.
import { DeboPay } from '@debopay/node';
const debo = new DeboPay(process.env.DEBO_KEY);
const payment = await debo.payments.initialize({
amount: 2500,
currency: 'ETB',
customer: { phone: '+251911...' },
callback_url: 'https://shop.et/cb',
});
// → redirect customer to checkout
res.redirect(payment.checkout_url);Developer-first
Built for the people who build
Clean REST endpoints, predictable JSON, idempotency keys, signed webhooks, and SDKs in the languages you already use. Start in the sandbox in minutes — no paperwork to write your first line of code.
- Sandbox with test keys & simulated providers
- SDKs for PHP, JavaScript, Python & Go
- Signed, auto-retrying webhooks
- Idempotent, versioned API
Security & compliance
Bank-grade by default
Encryption in transit and at rest, tokenized cards, signed webhooks, and architecture aligned with NBE directives and PCI-DSS.
Encryption at rest
Encrypted in transit
Signed webhooks
Regulatory alignment
Trusted by builders across Ethiopia & Africa
Latest news
Product updates, security notices, and company announcements.
Security
Security update: stronger admin MFA enforcement
All platform administrators must complete TOTP two-factor authentication before accessing sensitive modules.
Jul 8, 2026
Product Updates
Debo Pay launches unified checkout for telebirr and CBE Birr
Merchants can now accept Ethiopia's top mobile wallets through a single hosted checkout page with real-time status webhooks.
Jul 12, 2026
Events
Meet Debo Pay at Ethiopia Fintech Summit 2026
Join us in Addis Ababa for live API demos, sandbox walkthroughs, and partner integration sessions.
Jul 4, 2026