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The electronic payment system in Tanzania is has been facing various challenges which have led to businesses making financial losses…
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With an eye towards equitable collection of land revenues, easy identification of land owners and records management, the government of…
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Bharti Airtel has surrendered its 35% in the state-run Tanzania Telecommunications Company (TTCL) ending a bale game betweenthe two entities and now…
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Tanzania Communications Limited, an entity owned the government of Tanzania has penned a Sh328bn deal with Huawei technologies that will…
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Airtel Money customers will now be able to settle their bills their cards after the company rolled out Near Filed…
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Students in Siha Secondary schools will soon each have a laptop , their member of parliament Mr. Aggrey Mwanri has…
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Rocket Internet-backed Carmudi went live in December in Zambia in move to help people in Zambia get the best selection…
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Sub-Saharan Africa leads the world’s emerging markets in electronic payment regulation
by Contributorby ContributorThe Economist’s 2014 Global Microscope Index and Report (GMI) assesses the regulatory environment for financial inclusion in 55 emerging economies…
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Tanzania’s Off Grid Electric raises $16 million from SolarCity, Zouk Capital & Microsoft co-founder
by Ventureburnby VentureburnBy Jacques Coetzee: staff reporter Ventureburn Things are looking bright for East Africa this season. At least that’s the case…
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One Africa Media’s BrighterMonday has launched in Rwanda in a move to help everyone in Rwanda get jobs or hire…
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One Africa Media owned car classifieds site, Cheki has launched in Tanzania in a bid to connect car buyers and…
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WorldRemit & Tanzania’s Zantel EzyPesa Partner for Online Money Transfer Service
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaTanzania’s Zantel EzyPesa has partnered with online money transfer service WorldRemit in a move that will allow EzyPesa customers receive…
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CEO Weekends: Vodacom Tanzania Launches Service to Allow Merchants Accept Mobile Payments
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaFor our readers in Kenya, Lipa Na M-Pesa allows merchants, retailers and distributors to receive mobile money payments in a…
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Tanzania’s Tuwasiliane-Swahili for let’s communicate has launched in Tanzania with plans to be the country’s first local social network and…
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of Technobrain Manoj Shanker, is this year’s All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) Entrepreneur…
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Security vendor Cyberoam has announced the availability of award winning Sophos end-point protection portfolio for its partners in Kenya and…
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Microsoft announced the availability of three new Lumia devices, which include Lumia 530, 930 and 630, in Tanzania this week.…
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Tigo and Airtel agree to integrate Money Transfer Services in Tanzania
by Robin Okutheby Robin OkutheTigopesa users can now receive or send money to Airtel customers following a move by both companies to put together…
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Tanzania’s permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Sophia Mduma has urged farmers in the country to use greenhouse technology…
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CEO Weekends: Nikweli.com Wants to Disrupt Tanzania’s Blue Collar Recruitment Sector
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaTanzania’s Nikweli, a mobile-to-web job matching platform that connects employers and job seekers for lower skill, “blue collar” type…
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The world’s second-largest mobile company on Friday published a lengthy transparency report on government surveillance in 29 countries where it operates calling…
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The numbers of tourists who visit Africa annually have more than doubled since 2000
by Contributorby ContributorTravel and Tourism (T&T) is an increasingly important industry for Africa. In the 2000-2012 period, the number of international tourists…
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Solar-Powered Phone Charging Kiosk Juabar.com Lighting Up Rural Tanzania
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaTanzania’s Juabar, solar bar in English, is a solar-powered kiosk which can charge over 10 or 20 phones and small…
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Kenya and 8 other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have more mobile money accounts than bank accounts
by Contributorby ContributorAs of June 2013, 98 million (48%) of the 203 million registered mobile money accounts globally were in Sub-Saharan Africa…
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WorldRemit Launches in Ghana | Raises $40 Million From Accel Partners for Rapid Growth
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaAfter launching in Somalia sometime last year, and in Ghana early January, online money remittance service WorldRemit, today closed a…
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Two African Tech-Startups To Show Apps Optimized For Intel Architecture At Mobile World Congress
Momentum Core and Leti Arts, African start-ups, will this year showcase their apps optimized for Intel® Architecture at Mobile…
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Tanzania’s Healthy Baby Text Messaging Service Hits One Year | Reports Over 21 Million Messages Sent
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaMobile phone users receive SMS from their friends and family and even work mates everyday. Though this SMS text messages…
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In a bid to reduce money circulation in Tanzania, Smart Banking Solutions has rolled out B-PESA a prepaid bank…
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Vodacom Tanzania Partners With Oilcom For Motorists to Fuel Their Vehicles & Pay Via M-Pesa
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaOilcom, a Tanzania-based firm running over 75,000 service stations across the country has partnered with Vodacom Tanzania in a move…
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