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More Africa NewsTigo, Selcom and Mastercard partner to launch online digital payment solution in Tanzania

March 23, 2023by myles0

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 22 March 2023: Tigo Tanzania, Selcom and Mastercard Inc. have announced a strategic partnership that will see the three industry leaders revolutionize the digital payment ecosystem by enabling convenient online payments globally through the Tigo Mastercard virtual service via the Selcom’s card-as-a-service (CaaS) platform. This partnership will empower Tigo Pesa customers to transact on global...

More Africa NewsTanzania: Tigo Tanzania, Ericsson roll out 5G

February 17, 2023by myles0

5G has been launched in Dar Es Salaam, Dodoma and Zanzibar as part of an alliance between Tigo Tanzania and Ericsson. The partnership will modernise and expand Tigo Tanzania’s existing 4G network infrastructure using Radio Access Network (RAN) products and microwave solutions (MINI-LINK 6000), and facilitate gradual expansion of 5G rollout nationally. “The Ericsson 5G...

More Africa NewsMillicom sells Tanzania telecom operation to Madagascar’s Axian

April 19, 2021by myles0

Millicom is selling its Tanzania operations to Madagascar’s Axian as the Nasdaq and Stockholm-listed emerging markets telecoms group pulls out of Africa to focus on Latin America. With 13m customers, Tanzania is Millicom’s main operation in Africa, where it is among the top three telecoms operator by number of customers. On Monday, Millicom agreed to sell...

More Africa NewsTanzania: Telecom Company Relaunches Payment Solution

January 20, 2021by myles0

Tigo Tanzania has relaunched its merchant payment solution service as way to digitalise the country’s retail ecosystem. Chief Officer for Mobile Financial Service (MFS) at Tigo Tanzania, Angelica Pesha said that the objective of relaunching the service is to digitalise the payment channels in Tanzania. “The local market is characterised by significant population growth, youthful...

More Africa News NetworksSenegal and Zanzibar welcome 4G

October 3, 2019by myles

As 4G-related activity continues across Africa there’s news of promotional efforts in Senegal and an imminent rollout in Zanzibar. Yesterday saw the official rebranding of Tigo, Senegal’s second largest mobile operator by subscribers, as Free Senegal, following the company’s acquisition by the Saga Africa Holdings consortium in April last year. Now the new brand is...