Airtel Money Charges 2024 (Uganda, Zambia, Kenya)

Airtel money allows you to withdraw, send or receive money to, or from your loved ones in Uganda, Zambia, and Kenya at the best rates. If you simply to know the associated charges for withdrawing, depositing or sending cash at Airtel money agents, shops, and bank ATMs, this post is for you.

Whether you want to top up Airtime, transfer funds from one account to another, to and from another country eg India, Tanzania, Rwanda including on any other networks or to PayTM, this post has it all just for you when it comes to the current (updated) charges and rates 2024.

Airtel money is one of the leading money transfer services not only in Uganda, Kenya, and Zambia but in Africa, India and etc. Using the Airtel money service, you are able to do more than just send and receive money.

Airtel money allows you to buy airtime and data directly from the account, and allows you to Pay bills including Water, Electricity, Utility, Multiplex, TV, goods and services, government taxes like driving permits, KCCA trading license fees, and more.

With the financial sector being one of the booming businesses in different countries, lots of changes with regard to Airtel money rates change at any one point in time thus making subscribers wonder what the updated mobile money transfer rates are.

If you are wondering about the updated Airtel money charges and rates, check out the table below.

Airtel Money Uganda Transaction Rates 2024

Transactional Tiers	Sending Money	Withdrawal Charges	Bill Pay Structure
Min	Max	Sending to Registered Users	Sending to Unregistered users & other Networks	Agent Point Withdrawal charge	ATM Withdrawal charge	Pay goods & services	Merchant Transactions
500	2500	250	1000	330	NA	110	190
2501	5000	500	1000	440	NA	140	330
5001	15000	1000	2000	700	1100	500	1000
15001	30000	1000	2200	880	1100	500	1600
30001	45000	1000	2800	1210	1320	500	2000
45001	60000	1000	2800	1500	1320	550	2650
60001	125000	1500	4400	1925	2035	660	3500
125001	250000	1500	8400	3575	3795	950	3950
250001	500000	1500	11000	7000	6325	1250	5050
500001	1000000	2000	21000	12500	11385	200	10700
1000001	2000000	2000	40000	19800	NA	5500	20500
2000001	4000000	2000	70500	35200	NA	10000	40000
4000001	5000000	2000	70500	49500	NA	10000	40000

Additional information

Users should know the following information with regard to Airtel Money transactions.
– Daily maximum transactional limit is 5,000,000 (Five million Uganda shillings).
– Maximum account balance is 12,500,000 (Twelve million, five hundred thousand Uganda shillings).
– Depositing money is free (You are not required to pay in order to deposit to your account).
– Buying airtime through Airtel money is free (Even a friend can buy for you using his or her line).
– Airtel money registration and pin reset are all free (Done at the service center or allowed point/shop countrywide).
– You are not supposed to pay any transaction charges to the agents.
– Dial *185# to access your Airtel money account.
– Mobile money transfer Tax of 1% (claimed to be 0.5%) applies to all incoming transfers except Deposits.

Airtel money transactional charges and rates for sending and withdrawing are subject to revision by Airtel Uganda at any time. Please refer to their page for an updated version of the rates in case this post isn’t yet updated from the most recent changes.

Airtel Money Tariffs Zambia

Deposit (K)	Charge (K)
Between 1 & 5,000	FREE
Withdrawal (K)	Charge (K)
Between 1 & 150	2.5
Between 151 & 300	5
Between 301 & 600	10
Between 601 & 1,200	20
Between 1,201 & 5,000	30
Airtel Money to Airtel Money Transfer	Charge (K)
less than 20	0.25
Between 21 & 50	0.50
Between 51 & 1,000	1
Between 1,001 & 2,000	2
Between 2,001 & 5,000	3
Airtel Money to Bank Transfer	Charge (K)
Between 10 & 5,000	6 (inclusive of bank charges)
Bank to airtel money transfer	Charge (K))
Between 10 & 5,000	Depends on the individual bank charges
Restrictions	(K)
Max transfer amount (per transaction)	5,000
Max transfer amount (per day)	5,000
Max transactions per day	50
Other Airtel Money Transactions	Charges (K)
Call Customer Care	Free
Bill Payments	Free
Monthly Fee	Free
Registration Fee	Free
Top up	Free
Balance Inquiry	Free
Change password and Reports	Free
Payments – Select Merchants	1
Changing Airtel Money Nickname	5
Airtel Money reversals	10

The above is a Table showing Airtel Money Zambia Transaction charges. If you wish to transact, the table above will be helpful to help you know which is best and at what cost. You can check here for a more recent updated tariffs guide.

Airtel Money Kenya charges

Transaction Limit (Kshs)	Transaction Type (Kshs)
Minimum	Maximum	Transfer To All Networks	Withdrawal from Airtel Money Agent
10	49	FREE*	N/A
50	100	FREE*	10
101	500	7	27
501	1,000	9	27
1,001	1,500	15	27
1,501	2,500	24	27
2,501	3,500	33	49
3,501	5,000	36	66
5,001	7,500	45	82
7,501	10,000	51	110
10,001	15,000	57	159
15,001	20,000	60	176
20,001	25,000	66	187
25,001	30,000	66	187
30,001	35,000	66	187
35,001	40,000	66	275
40,001	45,000	66	275
45,001	50,000	66	275
50,001	70,000	66	330

Always refer to this page for the updated charges in Kenyan shillings including amendments on what you are charged for and what kind of transactions you get free.