TikTok ranks among the 5 most-used social media platforms today, yet few people I have interacted with readily admit to watching its videos. That might explain why one would want to download a TikTok video without its watermark (logo and creator username) hanging in the corner.

For those looking to amplify engagement on platforms such as X and YouTube Shorts, TikTok videos without a watermark can be useful content to repurpose.

The TikTok downloader sites listed below are free and require no app installation. Just copy the TikTok video link, open any of the sites in your browser on any device, paste the link and download the video without a watermark.

How To Copy a TikTok Video Link
Open TikTok and find the video you want to download. Tap the Share Icon (curved right-pointing arrow) and select Copy link. Once copied, paste the link into any TikTok downloader sites below.

TikTok Video Downloader Sites Without Watermark

#1. Sstik.oi
With sstik.oi, you can download a TikTok video without a watermark or extract its audio as an MP3. However, downloading a watermark-free video in HD quality requires playing a 25-second video ad.

#2. SnapTik
SnapTik.app is one of the most popular TikTok downloaders. It lets you download TikTok videos without a watermark, but the HD option requires watching a video ad. In some cases, this ad may fail to load and return an invalid URL.

#3. SaveFrom
Savefrom.net supports video downloads from TikTok, among other social media platforms. SaveFrom’s download process is straightforward: paste the TikTok video link, select your preferred quality, up to 1080p, and hit Download. That’s it; your video is downloaded.

#4. TikTok Downloader
With Tiktokdownloaderr.id, you can also download the audio from a TikTok video, save the video without a watermark, and, if you prefer, download it with the watermark intact.

#5. TtSave
I like this one! Ttsave.net not only lets you download watermark-free TikTok videos and audio; it also lets you save the video thumbnail and the creator’s profile picture.

Watch out for redirects when using some of these sites. Also, HD quality depends on the original quality of the video uploaded to TikTok.

Read also: YouTube Video Downloader Sites and Yt-dlp YouTube Downloader.

Source: Uganda Christian University (ucu.ac.ug). Published on Nymy Net for easy access to the UCU 2026/2027 fee structure.

For further information or enquiries about fees, contact UCU directly.

Kampala, Uganda, 30 September 2026: dfcu Bank has called for the establishment of a dedicated mining risk-sharing mechanism to unlock financing for Uganda’s growing minerals sector, arguing that stronger risk mitigation structures are essential to attract capital and support the industry’s long-term growth.

The proposal was made by Moses Malinga, dfcu’s Sector Head, Infrastructure and Energy, during a panel discussion on “De-risking the Mine” at the 15th Annual Mineral Wealth Conference and Expo held at Speke Resort Munyonyo.

Malinga said a mining risk pool would enable insurers, banks and other industry stakeholders to collectively absorb and manage sector-specific risks, improving the ability of financial institutions to support projects from exploration through to production.

Drawing lessons from Uganda’s oil and gas industry, he said the mining sector could benefit from a similar consortium approach, allowing multiple players to share exposure while expanding access to financing.

“Mining projects carry different risks at every stage of development, from exploration to production. Financial institutions must understand and appropriately mitigate these risks before deploying capital,” Malinga said.

He noted that insurance should not be viewed solely as protection for lenders, but as a shared safeguard that supports both financiers and project developers while strengthening confidence across the investment ecosystem.

Malinga also called for greater investment in Uganda’s reinsurance capacity, arguing that stronger local balance sheets would enable domestic insurers to retain more risk while reducing reliance on foreign markets for ordinary exposures.

As Uganda’s mining sector continues to attract increasing interest from investors, he said access to finance remains one of the key factors that will determine the pace at which opportunities are converted into commercially viable projects.

He added that dfcu supports the sector through a value-chain approach that includes asset financing, performance guarantees, transactional banking and payment solutions tailored to mining enterprises.

The conference, held under the theme “Beneath the Surface: Unlocking Africa’s Next Mining Powerhouse,” brought together 1,112 delegates from 30 countries, including government officials, mining companies, financiers, insurers, investors, development partners and technical experts to discuss the future of Uganda’s mineral sector.

Addressing delegates, State Minister for Minerals Phiona Nyamutoro said Uganda must increase the mining sector’s contribution to the economy if the country is to meet its development ambitions.

“The sector currently contributes about 2.2% of GDP, yet our National Development Plan IV targets 7.9% by 2029. This is a significant gap that we must work together to close,” Nyamutoro said.

She noted that discussions at the conference had generated practical recommendations around licensing, financing, artisanal mining, value addition, geological data and skills development, all of which will be critical to accelerating sector growth.

Uganda National Mining Company Chairperson Maria Kiwanuka emphasised the importance of clarity around Government participation in mining projects, particularly regarding capital commitments, shareholder rights, regulatory approvals and the impact of State participation on project financing.

She said predictable frameworks would give investors greater certainty when assessing project viability and making long-term investment decisions, while ensuring Uganda’s national interests remain protected.

Kiwanuka also highlighted the need to retain greater value from the country’s mineral resources through local processing, refining and downstream industrial development rather than continued reliance on exports of unprocessed minerals.

Most of us never question monthly bills. Yaka, water, rent, internet, girlfriend, TV money leaves the account every month like the monsoon winds are sweeping it away, and we shrug and call it ‘this Museveni country.’ Truth is, we are so addicted to this city life that we never think about how much it drains our pockets and sanity, and we are so in love with calling a friend for an urgent ka-10K!

Because if you actually sit down and think about it, almost none of those costs have to be paid monthly. It just takes upfront money and a plan. And I am not even a genius.

Step One: Buy The Land, Or Put It in Place
Everything else on this list depends on this one decision, so get it right first.

Land you own outright lets you do anything you want on it without asking anyone’s permission. Rented land, or land you’re still paying off, keeps you one disagreement away from losing everything you’ve built on it.

Go for rural or peri-urban land zoned agricultural rather than urban plots; it’s cheaper to buy, carries lower ongoing property rates, and gives you room to run a farm rather than a garden box. Get the title properly searched and registered before you build anything. Skipping that step to save a bit of money is how people lose land they thought they owned. And get a lawyer; LC chairmen will fleece you.

Once the land is yours, everything below becomes a construction project instead of a negotiation.

Water: Dig Once, Drink for Decades
A borehole is the single biggest lever here; once it’s drilled, your water bill is essentially gone for good.

Add a solar-powered pump, an elevated tank, and rainwater harvesting off your roof as backup; Uganda’s rains make this genuinely worthwhile. Get the water tested before you drink it straight; shallow groundwater here can carry iron or bacteria you’ll want filtered out first.

Power: Let The Sun Send the Bill
Uganda’s sun shows up to work daily, making solar sizing far more predictable than in other places. Start by tallying what you actually use: every appliance, its wattage, hours per day. Most households in Uganda land somewhere between 5 and 15 kWh per day. Build from there: enough solar panels to cover it, a lithium battery bank to ride out a cloudy day or two, a hybrid inverter to tie it together, and a small generator kept strictly for emergencies, not daily use.

Get quotes from installers who’ve actually been around a while; after-sales support in this market varies wildly, and a cheap install with no support is a bad trade.

TV: Pay Once, Watch Forever
This one is simple. Buy a television with a built-in DVB-T2 tuner, or a standalone free-to-air decoder, usually at UGX 70,000 to 120,000, and you get NTV, NBS, Bukedde, UBC, and the rest with no subscription, ever. Look for the Signet or UCC compliance mark and buy from a licensed dealer; many knockoff boxes are floating around that aren’t worth the savings.

Want more than local channels? A satellite dish paired with a proper FTA receiver opens up a much bigger world, hundreds of genuinely unencrypted international channels beamed from satellites like Intelsat 20, Eutelsat, and Astra, covering news (Al Jazeera, Press TV, BBC-adjacent feeds), religious programming, documentaries, and African diaspora content. In Uganda, people usually reach for StarSat-branded boxes, Strong receivers, Zgemma units, or generic combo boxes sold as “Q-Box” on Jumia and in electronics shops around Kampala.

Food and Fuel: Make the Land Earn Its Keep
Museveni’s One-acre model is not as bad as we think. Divide your land into modest plots with a vegetable patch, some fruit trees, and a handful of chickens or goats.

If you’re keeping animals anyway, add a biogas digester: manure and kitchen scraps turn into cooking gas, and your charcoal bill quietly disappears. No livestock yet? A fast-growing woodlot does the same job for firewood, turning a monthly purchase into something your own land produces.

A composting toilet closes the loop even further; no sewage bill, and it feeds straight back into the compost heap.

The Costs that Don’t Look Like Bills but Are
A few expenses hide in plain sight because nobody labels them “utilities,” but they behave exactly like one:

Charcoal and firewood – solved above with biogas or a woodlot.
Fuel for transport – an electric motorcycle charged off your own solar setup.
Airtime – WiFi-powered calls (WhatsApp) instead of buying telecom credit.
Bank fees and loan interest – a SACCO for savings, an emergency fund instead of borrowing.
Private security subscriptions – a solid wall and a couple of dogs, the old rural standby.

Put Some Money to Work, Not Just into the Ground
Everything above is about cutting expenses. But there’s a second half to real financial independence: making your money grow on its own, without you having to farm it or fix it. That’s where the stock market comes in.

Uganda has its own securities exchange, the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), where you can buy shares in publicly listed companies and government or corporate bonds through a licensed stockbroker. Shares give you a stake in a company’s profits (paid out as dividends) and its growth in value over time. Bonds pay you fixed interest for lending money to a government or company, generally steadier and lower-risk than shares.

The appeal for someone chasing self-sufficiency is simple: unlike a borehole or a solar array, this is money that works for you without any maintenance, land, or supervision. A portion of whatever you would otherwise spend on rent or subscriptions is redirected into a mix of shares and bonds over years, building a second income stream that isn’t tied to your farm, your health, or the weather.

A few honest notes: this isn’t free money, and it isn’t guaranteed. Share prices go up and down, and you can lose money as well as make it. Spread your money across several companies and a mix of bonds rather than betting on one stock, and treat it as a long-term holding, not something you touch every month. I’m not a financial advisor, so talk to a licensed stockbroker or financial advisor before you commit real money; they can walk you through the actual companies and bonds on offer and what fits your situation.

Where This Leaves You
Nothing here gets you to absolutely zero. Property rates, government taxes that keep appearing from nowhere, occasional equipment servicing, and basic legal compliance tend to stick around no matter how self-sufficient you get. But land, water, power, television, food, and a chunk of your fuel costs really can move from “money out the door every month” to “paid for once,” and the money you free up from cutting those bills can go straight into shares and bonds that quietly grow while you’re busy running the farm.

Buy the land first; everything else follows from that one decision.

Compiled by Mwesigwa Joshua

Into videography, photography, graphic design or any field that involves sending large files to your clients? Here are my top five free file transfer websites that I’ve used from time to time, reviewed and can recommend, along with their drawbacks.

#1. SwissTransfer
Completely free and ad-free, SwissTransfer allows you to send files and folders of up to 50 GB per transfer, with the file download link valid for 30 days. It requires no registration whatsoever, but the sender’s email address and an email confirmation code are required for the first transfer per browser session.

Free SwissTransfer allows you to set a password for your file, customise the number of downloads and set a period of validity. On the downside, SwissTransfer seems slow when uploading.

#2. TransferNow
Its premium packages start at €6 for 250 GB per month. At no cost, TransferNow lets you send 5 GB per transfer, with the file link valid for 7 days, plus password protection.

Not only is registration optional, but you can also copy and share the file link directly or send it via email, without providing an email address or confirmation code.

#3. Smash
With an unlimited Pro tier starting at £10 per month, Smash’s free file transfer allows unlimited file sizes, with files of up to 2 GB transferred at maximum upload and download speeds. Download links are valid for a default of 7 days, though this can be customised up to 14 days. Files above 2 GB are processed with lower priority.

The free plan requires no registration, but the sender’s email address and email confirmation code must be provided for the first transfer in each browser session. Smash also offers free file password protection, with user files stored in Switzerland, according to the site.

The drawback is that it doesn’t support certain file extensions, such as MKV, but that shouldn’t be an issue; you can always compress the file into a ZIP.

#4. FileTransfer.io
FileTransfer.io allows you to send files of up to 6 GB for free, with a limit of 50 downloads within 3 days. No registration, no emails or confirmation codes, but the site loads some ads.

FileTransfer.io makes this list because it offers more than just file transfer. Users can convert some file formats to PDF-related formats, delete files, and choose between view-and-download-only or editor permissions, allowing another person to add files. It also generates a scan code for a file link. FileTransfer.io is integrated with LimeWire, which could explain the many features.

The downside is that uploads can be slow and sometimes get stuck at 99%.

#5. WeTransfer
With unlimited tiers starting at $23, WeTransfer’s free package lets you share files and folders of up to 3GB per month. You can make up to 10 transfers within that 3 GB limit.

No account registration is required, but you must provide the sender’s email address and confirm it by email. This is also how WeTransfer enforces the free transfer limit, unless you use multiple email addresses to send files.

File download links expire after 3 days, and file password protection is free.

Why fifth on this list? WeTransfer website has full-screen background wallpaper ads that consume excessive RAM and spike CPU usage. There’s also a clause in their data policy that allows the company to use your data.

Still reading out your personal number to customers every time they want to pay you? MTN Uganda solved this with the MTN MoMoPay Merchant Code system, also known as My Business Wallet, Till Number or simply MTN Merchant.

With an MTN MoMoPay Merchant account, businesses and companies of all sizes can receive, transact, and keep business money separate from personal mobile money wallets.

This guide walks you through the steps to register for an MTN MoMoPay Merchant account; explains the difference between Formal and Informal merchants; outlines the exact requirements you need before applying; and explains how to activate and use your merchant code once approved.

#1. How To Get an MTN Merchant Code (Informal Merchant)
Informal merchants are generally intended for small and medium businesses, such as clinics, boutiques, restaurants, retail shops or food vendors. These Nano accounts have a wallet capacity capped at UGX 20 million, with a maximum single-transaction limit of UGX 5 million. These limits are the same as those for a regular MTN Mobile Money account.

Nevertheless, you can register for an Informal MTN MoMo Merchant account yourself in under 5 minutes. Be sure you don’t have any unpaid debts on your line.

Using USSD Codes
Dial *165*17# or *155# on your MTN Uganda line.
Select option 1 (Proceed)

Select the Nature of Business from the options:
1) Restaurant/Hotel
2) Health
3) Supermarket & Retail
4) Agriculture
5) Hardware & Spare Parts
6) Boda Boda
7) Other (enter the nature of your Business if not listed).
Enter your mobile money PIN to accept the MoMoPay Terms and Conditions.

Account creation will be confirmed with an 8-digit merchant code/ID sent to you via SMS inside the “MTNMobileMoney” message thread.

Using the MTN MoMo Onboarding Site
You can also register an informal MTN MoMoPay Merchant through the MTN MoMo Business Onboarding Portal website. Select Informal business > Individual to fill out details.

Unlike the USSD option, this method requires more information, including copies of the front and back of your National ID, your Passport/NIN number, email address and physical address.

#2. How To Get an MTN Merchant Code (Formal Merchant)
Corporate/Formal MTN MoMo Merchants are designed for registered businesses, companies, institutions, and high-volume businesses. Formal Merchants are ideal for entities transacting over UGX 5 million per transaction, with the capacity to process and hold volumes above UGX 20 million.

While you can also register a Formal Merchant via the MTN MoMo Business Onboarding Portal, we recommend contacting MTN Uganda or MTN MoMo directly for clear guidance through the registration process.

You can contact them through their official channels or via MTN WhatsApp (+256772123100), explicitly stating your intent to register for a Formal MTN MoMoPay account. In some instances, you may be required to fill out a Google form.

An MTN representative will then contact you, verify their identity, and guide you through the steps. You will be required to submit a copy of the following, or more, supporting documents:

Certificate of Incorporation
Company Form 18
Company Form 20
TIN certificate
Trading licence
Proof of a Business bank account.

You’ll also need to provide a screenshot confirming payment of the company “Search Fee” of UGX 25,100. Rest assured, your assigned MTN representative will walk you through exactly how to make this payment.

Once your application is fully processed (usually within 24 to 48 hours), you will be requested to visit the MTN MoMo Headquarters in Kampala, or your nearest upcountry service centre, to pick up a brand-new corporate SIM card registered under your company’s name.

Activating Corporate/Formal MTN MoMo Merchant Account
Insert the newly issued corporate SIM card into your phone, dial *155#, and follow the prompts to activate your formal MTN MoMoPay Merchant account. Use *155# or *165*3# to manage your Formal Merchant Account.

Once activated, you’ll receive a confirmation SMS with your 6-digit MoMoPay merchant code/ID.

Other MTN MoMo Merchant? Follow the Formal Merchant steps to get a merchant account for an NGO, church, charity, or SACCOS.

24 September 2026: A sombre morning fell over Uganda over the death of legendary saxophonist and singer Moses Matovu, 77, who passed away at Kibuli Hospital early that day.

According to police, Afrigo band legend Moses Matovu succumbed to injuries following an early-morning attack at Kibuli Zone B, Makindye Division. Reports indicate that Moses was assaulted after dropping off Rose Tusiime at her residence at 5:30 am. While some sources link the incident to a suspected love triangle, insiders maintain that it was a routine drop-off of a “band member” at their home.

The attacker, who fled the scene, is believed to be Rose’s former partner. Witnesses describe the suspect as a taxi driver who allegedly assaulted Tumusiime first before turning his aggression toward Matovu. The attack occurred about 1 km from Matovu’s Kibuli residence.

Update: Later in the evening, Uganda police arrested and identified 41-year-old Nsamba Vincent as the prime suspect in connection with the murder of Moses Matovu.

As the investigation develops, here’s a brief overview of Moses Matovu and why his passing leaves such a profound void in Uganda.

Known among peers as Papa Moi, Moses Matovu Bukenya of Afrigo Band was born on Sunday, 19 June 1949, in Kawempe, Kampala. He was the son of Abdallah Bukenya bin Adam and Solome Nakitto.

Moses began his musical journey in 1953, at just 4 years old, singing in the Namirembe Cathedral Choir. However, before fully committing to music, he was a talented professional footballer who played for prominent teams like Nakivubo Boys, Express FC, and Police FC.

In 1967, he entered the professional music industry as a vocalist with the Thunderbirds Band. A year later, he and several other notable musicians migrated to the Police Band, where he received his first formal music training and mastered the saxophone and flute.

In 1969, Moses moved to the Katwe-based Cranes Band, where he further honed his skills as a singer, instrumentalist, and original songwriter. This was the same ensemble Philly Bongoley Lutaaya joined after returning from Zaire (now DR Congo) in 1973, before moving to Freddie Kanyike’s River Nile Band in 1974, which was pioneered by Alex Mukulu and Eddy Ganja.

Following internal disagreements and the eventual collapse of Cranes Band, Moses eventually teamed up with seven other original members from the splintering Cranes Band to officially co-found Afrigo Band on 31 August 1975. They made their official public debut and launch on 1 November 1975 at the Bat Valley Bar and Restaurant. Moses coined the name Afrigo as a play on the phrase “Africa Go Beyond”

Moses Matovu’s tragic demise leaves Jeff Sewava, Afrigo’s first bandleader, currently living in Germany, as the only surviving member of Afrigo Band’s original eight-member lineup.

In 1976, President Idi Amin, impressed by Afrigo Band’s music at its Cape Town Villas home on Ggaba Road, contracted the band as his personal house band, with its members receiving a fixed monthly salary. After Amin was deposed in 1979, Afrigo Band was associated with his regime and, amid the ensuing looting, lost all its instruments, forcing the band to start over.

As the bandleader, saxophonist and lead vocalist, Moses Matovu steered Afrigo Band to become Uganda’s longest-running and most celebrated live musical group.

Under his visionary leadership, the band successfully adapted to changing entertainment eras, recorded 23 albums, and popularised a unique blend of African rumba, jazz, and traditional Ugandan rhythms.

Moses Matovu, who lived as a widower in his later years, is survived by 11 children, as he often shared, and by an undisclosed number of grandchildren.

According to family members, Moses Matovu, though Muslim, will be buried at 4:00 PM on Friday, 25 September 2025, at his ancestral home in Kyanja.

It’s official: the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has announced the 2026 timetable for the provisional 920,796 registered Primary 7 candidates, comprising 436,192 males and 484,604 females.

UNEB Director Dan Nokrach released the timetable at a press conference, confirming that the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) will begin on Friday, 30 October 2026, with the briefing for candidates.

The written PLE examinations will then run for two days, from Tuesday, 3 November to Wednesday, 4 November 2026.

UNEB PLE Timetable 2026

We’ll keep this page updated with any important announcements and updates about the 2026 PLE exams.

Apple Music appears to be experimenting with a new look.

A thicker, lowercase, and nostalgic “music” wordmark has appeared alongside branding for Apple Music Hall, Apple’s new live music venue at Battersea Power Station in London.

The new logo design has already sparked speculation that Apple could be preparing a broader visual refresh for Apple Music across the app, website and other platforms.

However, Apple has neither changed nor announced a wider Apple Music rebrand. For now, it remains unclear whether the new wordmark is exclusive to Apple Music Hall or will eventually replace the service’s existing branding.

What is Apple Music Hall?
Officially announced on 21 September 2026, Apple Music Hall is a brand-new, state-of-the-art live music venue and production facility designed to bring artists and fans closer together. The 600-capacity space features a 38-foot-wide reconfigurable stage and a 48-speaker Spatial Audio system positioned around the audience.

Built for live performances and production, the venue includes two dedicated recording and mixing studios, infrastructure for 16 or more cameras and a broadcast control room. This allows artists to record performances in Spatial Audio, produce broadcast-ready mixes and capture multicamera video from a single show. Performances can also be livestreamed globally.

Apple is opening the venue alongside new Apple Music Radio studios at Battersea Power Station, where London-based Apple Music Radio hosts and shows will now broadcast.

Is this Apple Music’s new logo?
That is the part Apple has not confirmed.

Who isn’t using merchant payment codes these days? From local retail shops to upscale boutiques, churches, mosques, NGOs and even politicians, people are adopting merchant codes to collect mobile money payments.

Why? Among many, it’s a simple way to receive payments without reading out your phone number, eleeta manya ki?

Whether you’re registering as a Micro or Formal merchant, this guide walks you through getting and activating an Airtel Money Pay merchant code, also known as a Merchant ID, AM Pay or a till number. I’ve also included a few features you might not know about.

#1. How to get an Airtel Money Pay Merchant Code (Micro Merchant)
The Micro/informal merchants are probably the most advertised. Because this option is open to every subscriber with an active Airtel line, you can create your informal Airtel Money Pay merchant code in under 5 minutes without visiting an Airtel service centre

Dial *185*10*10# on your Airtel Uganda line
Enter your business name. (Max 20 characters)
Enter 1 to accept the terms and conditions
Enter your Airtel Money PIN to confirm the registration.

Shortly, you’ll receive an SMS in your AirtelMoney message thread with your 7-digit merchant code.

That’s it! Your Airtel Money Pay is ready to use.

Need the Airtel Money Pay display printouts? Contact Airtel customer support or visit a service centre.

How To Access Your Airtel Money Pay Account
Once your activation is confirmed, you can manage your Airtel Money Pay account through the Airtel Money USSD menu or the Airtel app.

Through *185#
Dial *185#, and you’ll see a new option:

11. Biz Wallet

Select option 11 (Biz Wallet) to access options:
1. Withdraw Cash
2. Payments
3. Biz Account

Through the Airtel App
Open the Airtel App and select the Airtel Money section from the bottom menu. To the right of your Airtel Money balance, you’ll see a new widget to manage your Airtel Money Pay. Here, just like the USSD menu, you can check your balance, withdraw cash, or make payments.

How Much Money Can an Informal Airtel Money Pay Hold?
An informal merchant has a single-transaction limit of UGX 5 million, while the maximum balance is UGX 20 million.

These limits apply to your business and personal Airtel Money wallets combined. For example, if your Airtel Money Pay account already holds UGX 20 million, your personal Airtel Money wallet cannot receive more money until the balance falls below the limit.

Despite these limits, an informal merchant code is incredibly handy for keeping your business and personal money separate. Great for small businesses like food vendors, rolex, salons, retail shops and boda bodas.

Are Airtel Money Pay Merchant safe?
Yes. Just like your standard Airtel Money wallet, keeping your merchant account secure starts with protecting your 4-digit Airtel Money PIN.

Interestingly, if your business has several branches, you can add up to 4 additional till IDs under your main merchant ID, which acts as the parent till. Each branch gets its own child Merchant ID to receive and confirm customer payments, but cannot cash out or make payments; only the parent till holds that authority.

How To Add a Branch Till
From the parent merchant line:
Dial *185*11#
Select 3 (Biz Account)
Select 3 (Till Manager)
Select 1 (New Till)
Follow the prompts to add the branch number.

The number (MSISDN) you add must be registered in the same name as the parent merchant account and have a zero balance. Once added, it receives its own Merchant ID.

How To Pull Money from a Branch Till
Only the parent till can pull funds from its branch till:
Dial *185*11#
Select 1
Select 3 (Pull Funds from Tills)
Follow the prompts.

#2. How to Get an Airtel Money Pay Merchant Code (Formal Merchant)
Unlike a Micro merchant, a Formal Airtel Money merchant account is designed for fully registered businesses and organisations such as large companies, NGOs, and mega-churches that collect substantial volumes of money.

Getting a Formal Airtel Money Pay merchant code is more involved than registering as a Micro merchant. You may need to visit an Airtel service centre or submit the required documents through an Airtel agent.

Documents Required for a Formal Airtel Money Pay
You may be asked to provide a copy of the:
Certificate of Incorporation or Registration
Memorandum and Articles of Association, Partnership Deed, Constitution or equivalent
Statement of Particulars of Directors (Form 20/7)
Company Form 18 or LC letter
Valid Trading Licence or equivalent
Directors’ National IDs for Ugandans or passports for foreigners
TIN Certificate.
With all required documents, the merchant code can be issued within a day.

A Formal merchant account is managed separately from your personal Airtel number, with its own merchant number starting with 0709… and registered under a business or company name, to which the merchant ID is assigned.

A formal merchant account allows for a significantly larger maximum balance. While you can make payments and send money to another merchant directly, withdrawing funds requires a business bank account.

When managing child/branch merchant lines, a Formal merchant can add as many sub-merchant lines as possible.