Deliver Airtel airtime from your app or platform with a single authenticated POST. Airtel's national reach makes it a core network for any airtime reseller targeting the full Nigerian market.
Airtel airtime sits in the same request shape as every other network: "network": "airtel", amount in kobo, recipient phone, and your clientReference. No per-network setup needed.
Your wallet is funded by bank transfer to a dedicated account number (NUBAN) that credits automatically, so you never need to supply card details per transaction. All amounts are in integer kobo, keeping values exact with no floating-point rounding.
The API call
One authenticated POST /api/v1/airtime request, idempotent on your clientReference, with all money in integer kobo:
curl -X POST https://api.plustiveimpact.com/api/v1/airtime \
-H "Authorization: Bearer pk_live_xxx" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "network": "airtel", "amount": 50000, "phone": "08030000000", "clientReference": "air_5521" }'
# amount 50000 = ₦500.00
→ { "reference": "PLS-7TQ1A2", "status": "Success" }What you get
- Airtel airtime delivered on demand with no fixed-denomination constraints.
- Amount is integer kobo (₦500 = 50000) — no rounding, exact to the kobo.
- Idempotent on clientReference — retrying after a timeout returns the original result, not a second charge.
- One prepaid wallet and one Bearer key covers MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile.