As adverts go cellular: Mobile-phone nuisance, abuse going out of control

James, a 45-year-old banker who lives in Dar es Salaam, has two mobile phones. The one officially registered in his real names is mainly for family and business matters.

Misplacing a remote control for your television, an air conditioner (AC) and many other home appliances should now no longer be a headache to Tanzanians using Samsung products as the electronic giant has automated all such applications under your own smartphone.

Agriculture will continue to be the mainstay of Tanzania’s economy for the foreseeable future. It is for this reason that any innovation geared at making our farmers produce more will always be welcome.

When internet services started in Tanzania in 1995, little was known that they would be easily accessed via mobile phones.

The partnership will initially focus on countries in Africa including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda

 GeoPoll (http://www.geopoll.com), the world’s largest real-time mobile survey platform, is announcing a strategic partnership with Control Union, global leader in agricultural certifications, food safety, and sustainability. Partnering allows Control Union to tap into GeoPoll’s multimodal mobile platform and database of 200 million users, giving them access the...

Tigo and Zantel have officially launched their mobile money interoperability service in Tanzania.

>The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is picking up in the country as local firms make strides in the fast-growing market in the country.

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Tanzania registers births by mobile phone
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Dar es Salaam - Tanzania has launched a nationwide drive to help parents register their children's births by mobile phone so the government can better plan health, education and other public services. The country has one of the lowest rates of birth ...

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In Tanzania, you can now get your birth certificate by mobile phone
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Here is a stat that should not be a reality in 21st century Tanzania. More than 90% of children in east Africa's second largest economy have no birth certificates. This is despite a law mandating that new babies be registered. For a lot of rural ...
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