Devdraft – Bila Payment Gateway for WooCommerce

Devdraft – Bila Payment Gateway for WooCommerce lets your store accept mobile money payments through the Bila platform, a Devdraft product.

Supported operators

• Airtel Money
• MTN MoMo
• Zamtel Kwacha

Features

• Real-time mobile money collection (push payment prompt on the customer’s phone)
• Sandbox and live API modes
• Webhook handling for payment.completed and payment.failed events
• Account name resolution at checkout
• Thank-you page status polling when webhooks are delayed
• Configurable fee bearer and enabled operators
• Compatible with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS)

External services

This plugin requires an active Bila merchant account and connects to the Bila API to process mobile money payments (Airtel Money, MTN MoMo, Zamtel Kwacha) in Zambia. It is needed to initiate payment collections, resolve mobile money account names, check payment status, and receive payment confirmation webhooks. This plugin acts as the WooCommerce integration layer; all payment processing itself is handled by Bila.

The plugin sends the following data to Bila’s servers (api.usebila.com for live mode, sandbox.usebila.com for test mode):

• Mobile phone number and network operator — sent when the customer enters payment details at checkout (for account name resolution) and when the order is placed (to initiate the payment).
• Order amount, reference, and country — sent when the order is placed, to initiate the payment collection.
• Customer name — sent when the order is placed, used for payment narration and account resolution.

This data is sent every time a customer pays with Bila Mobile Money, and again when the thank-you page polls Bila for payment status. Bila may also send webhooks (payment.completed, payment.failed) back to your store to update order status.

This service is provided by Bila, a Devdraft product: Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.