In an effort to widen the scope of financial services to cover citizens with various level of incomes, a Tanzania telecom company, Halotel has continued to integrate HaloPesa service and others to simplify easy accessibility across the country.
In making that into the reality, Halotel has entered into partnership with Selcom, a contract which will see millions of Tanzanian customers be able to send and withdraw money, purchase airtime vouchers as well as pay various bills.
This move will also allow most Tanzanians to access financial services through mobile phones as part of supporting government's initiatives which urge people in rural areas to be financially included.
Speaking during the signing of the contract, Halotel Tanzania Managing Director, Mr. Le Van Dai commented that is another huge milestone in the provision of financial services via mobile phones in the country. Currently HaloPesa service has extended its scope of transactions to all Halotel customers from making deposits, send and withdraw cash as well as paying bills at their fingertips.
"This is quite a noble partnership which aims at simplifying the lives of Tanzanians who have been struggling to get financial services based in their locations. We as Halotel has so far reached Tanzanians for over 95 percent. Therefore it is obvious that customers who join us will be able to make transactions wherever they are through our agents who have scattered across the country,” said Dai.
“We are aware of the challenges facing many Tanzanians especially of low-income. Most of them failed to get access financial services due to unfriendly means of infrastructures. At the moment, Halotel has more than 30,000 loyal agents throughout the country. This means that people in areas which had no proper communication or banking services will be able to enjoy the financial services via their mobile phones,” concluded the Managing Director.
Apart from that HaloPesa customers will be able to deposit their cash into their accounts through more than 17,000 Selcom agents available in all over the country.
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