UK transfer to Uganda taking longer than 5 days.

[TrevR]

On 27 May 2020 I transferred money from the UK to a new PayPal account based in Uganda. My activity shows that the transfer is still 'Pending' after 5 full business days. I have spoken with the recipient who reports that he is unable to draw the funds into his bank account.

I would be grateful if someone could offer some advice on this problem.

Many thanks

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@TrevR 

The option to 'receive' paypal payments is sadly not available in Uganda.
They can only 'send' payments for purchases.

Paypal varies a lot country to country and can only offer the services that the banks / governments of that country allow it to offer.
There are quite a few countries unable to receive paypal payments.