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Tigo global payments
  • Tigo Tanzania, Selcom and Mastercard Inc. have partnered to introduce online payments on a global scale
  • The three parties have launched the service through the Tigo Mastercard virtual service via Selcom’s card-as-a-service (CaaS) platform
  • The deal is expected to enable Tigo Pesa customers to transact on global payments platforms

Tigo Tanzania, Selcom and Mastercard Inc. have partnered to introduce online payments on a global scale. The three parties have launched the service through the Tigo Mastercard virtual service via Selcom’s card-as-a-service (CaaS) platform.

According to the partners, the deal is expected to enable Tigo Pesa customers to transact on global payments platforms. They will also benefit from Mastercard’s technology which would enable new digital commerce opportunities for consumers and merchants, through simple and secure payment experiences.

The launch of the virtual card will ensure Tigo’s ability to provide its customers access to products and services previously a preserve of physical …

mobile money in Tanzania

The government amended the Electronic and Postal Communication Act (CAP) last month by imposing a levy of between US$0.0043 (10Tsh) and US$4 on mobile money transactions, depending on the amount sent and withdrawn.

One of the key factors that led to the expansion of mobile money in Africa and Tanzania, in this case, was the increased interoperability, product expansion—which brought financial inclusion to enable nearly everyone with decent income-earning schedules to own a mobile wallet account.…

Tigo, Tanzania has unveiled a new package, allowing its customers to call across networks at the same tariff.

The package dubbed “Ujanja Ni” is expected to increase its customer base by stiffening competition witin the telecommunication sector in the country.

According to a statement from Tigo, the package offers absolute freedom to call any network at the same tariff, and customers purchase the voice, and data packages at affordable and competitive prices.

Tanzania Communications Regulations Authority (TCRA) September 2019 quarterly statistics, put Tigo Tanzania with 26.1 per cent of the subscription market share, at the height of voice consumption along-side other telco giants Vodacom and Airtel Tanzania.

The launching of the service adds up on the Tanzanian government’s efforts in ensuring that making calls across all networks in Tanzania is affordable and gives customers the assurance to enjoy a better internet experience on the biggest 4G+ network in the country.…

tecno 9

The Phantom 9 is the newest edition in the TECNO Phantom series following release of the Phantom 8 in 2017. In collaboration with TIGO, this package of advanced smartphone technology comes with 98 GBs for its customers.

According to TECNO, Communication Manager, Eric Mkomoye the Phantom 9 is the leader in smartphone camera technologies and will undeniably beat competition “In this new digital age, the traditional camera is getting a lot of competition from the smartphone camera technologies and the Phantom 9 has all the features that meet the needs of our customers who love capturing events with their phone cameras,” he said.

He went on to point out that the Phantom 9 camera redefines smartphone camera tech, with its three-pack camera package. The Phantom 9 sports the first of a kind set of cameras that have Artificial Intelligence sensors dubbed the AI triple (16MP+8MP+2MP).
With, a high resolution …