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Airtel Tanzania has cut its On-Demand data rate (PRICE/MB) from Tsh 40 per MB to Tsh 5 per MB, Which is more than -80% reduction of internet cost (on demand).This makes Airtel become cheapest Mobile network operator in the country (Price/MB).

HALOTEL Tanzania launches new APP for Mobile financial services 'HALOPESA APP" the APP is available via GOOGLE PLAYSTORE

Tigo Tanzania has revamped the electronic recharge service whereby customers can buy airtime and packages from Tigo shops and retail partners. The new Tigo Rusha service will be offered by Tigo shops, Tigo Pesa Wakalas, freelancers and point of sale agents all over the country. It will complement other airtime top-up channels, Tigo said. Tigo said Rusha is risk-free, in contrast to scratch cards, for which a customer has to ensure the safety of the airtime voucher. Electronic reload service removes the need to carry scratch airtime vouchers any time one decides to top up. Every Tigo customer that buys a package through Tigo Rusha is guaranteed an instant bonus, the operator said..

Vodacom Tanzania's M-Pesa has announced the expansion of its International Money Transfer service portfolio. Vodacom customers will now be able to transfer and receive funds from people in more than 200 countries worldwide, it was announced at an international day of family remittances in Dar es Salaam, where stakeholders deliberated on the future of remittances after Covid-19.

Tanzanian mobile money transactions drop in Q3 but number of accounts rises Wednesday 8 January 2020 | 09:17 CET | News The number of mobile money transactions in Tanzania dropped by 3.1 percent to 252.4 million in the quarter to 30 September 2019 from 260.4 million in Q2 despite an increase in the number of mobile money accounts by 1.4 million to 23.7 million, according to the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). Its report did not state the value of transactions during the period, although at the end of the second quarter in June, it was TZS 8.3 trillion.

Monday 30 December 2019 | 10:58 CET | News Safaricom has overtaken Wananchi Group-owned Zuku by number of fixed internet connections and now controls 34 percent of the market, the Nation reported, citing statistics from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) for the three months to September. Safaricom had 154,603 fixed home and office connections compared 151,548 for Zuku