Tag: tanzania

DStv Tanzania freezes local free to air channels off its list

olivia Craig
DStv

Multichoice Tanzania (DStv)has removed free-to-air (FTA) channels from its subscription list, barely a week after the country’s communications regulator warned it would suspend the pay TV licence. The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) had said it would suspend Multichoice licence for its continued carrying of free channels on its service despite holding a licence that barred it from doing so. “In exercising its powers, the authority hereby notifies the general public that it intends to suspend all the licenses issued to Multichoice Tanzania Ltd for failure to comply with the…

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Becomes the 475th City To Get Uber

Dianne Jacobs
Uber Africa launches Uber Cash in partnership with Flutterwave

After beginning operations in Kampala, Uganda and Accra, Ghana. Uber officially launched in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania yesterday. Uber had earlier on announced their intention to expand to three African countries. The launch of operations in Tanzania marked the accomplishment of Uber’s goals. Tanzania becomes the 475th city to get Uber and the 5th African nation to enjoy the Uber services. Uber is celebrating the launch by giving Tanzanians free rides through the code, ‘Move Tanzania’. Tanzanians can enjoy six free rides over the course of three days. Uber’s existence…

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Uber Is Expanding To Ghana, Tanzania And Uganda

Dianne Jacobs
Uber Africa launches Uber Cash in partnership with Flutterwave

Uber is branching out to more African countries. The car-hailing company said that it plans to start operating in the capitals of Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania within a month, AP reports. With operations in Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya, Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria and five cities in South Africa, this move will further increase their presence on the Continent. Uber’s existence in Africa has not been a smooth journey. It has been met with resistance from existing taxi drivers who deem it as competition. Incidences in Kenya of Uber drivers being…

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Tanzania becomes communication hub to surrounding African centres

Staff Writer

Dar Es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, is now deemed the communication centre of the East, Central and Southern African areas after the establishment of the National Fibre Optic cable . The connection of the installation of the National Fibre Optic cable with the SEACOM cable and Eastern Africa Submarine Cable Systems (EASSy) was confirmed by Florence Turuka, source

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