Exclusive: Rocket Internet’s Lamudi Goes Live in Tanzania

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lamudiRocket Internet’s real estate online classifieds site, Lamudi is going live today in Tanzania in a move that will complete Lamudi’s expansion into East Africa.  The Tanzanian site will join Lamudi Kenya, Lamudi Uganda and Lamudi Rwanda that were launched earlier this year.  Lamudi is now present in 8 African countries and 14 countries globally.

Speaking to TechMoran Aneesa Arshad, CEO Lamudi East Africa said, “The size and growth of the real estate market in Tanzania is especially appealing for Lamudi which aims to be THE source of real estate information in Africa. “
There are currently a couple local classifieds sites, but none match the quality and reliability of Lamudi.
Going live with 250 properties, Lamudi Tanzania aims at signing up as many properties as possible by early 2014.

Launched this year, Lamudi is present in over in 12 countries including Algeria, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and Uganda.  Out of Africa, the portal is now live in Mexico, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Colombia .

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The portal iams to be the go-to marketplace for property sellers, buyers, landlords and renters to be the ideal platform to find homes, land and commercial property online. Previously, Lamudi was called Vamido in Africa, Ubilista in Latin America, Zamudi and House  in Asia.

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Sam Wakoba
Sam Wakoba
http://techmoran.com
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Sam Wakoba is a pan-African technology journalist, author, entrepreneur, technology business mentor, judge, educationalist, and a sought-after speaker and panelist across Africa’s innovation ecosystem. He is the convenor of the popular monthly #TechNight evening event and the #StartupEast Awards and Conference, platforms that bring together startup founders, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, content creators, and tech professionals from across the continent. For more than 16 years, Sam has reported on and analysed Africa’s technology landscape, covering some of the continent’s most impactful, and at times controversial policies, programs, investors, co-founders, startups, and corporations. His work is known for its independence, depth, and fairness, with a singular goal of helping build and strengthen Africa’s nascent technology ecosystem. Beyond journalism, Sam is a business analyst and consultant, working with brands, universities, corporates, SMEs, and startups across East Africa, as well as international companies entering the East African market or scaling across Africa. In his free time, he volunteers as a consulting editor and fintech analyst at Business Tech Kenya, a business, technology, and data firm that publishes reports, reviews, and insights on business and technology trends in Kenya. Follow him on X: @SamWakoba
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