Tanzania mobile firm to spend Sh11b in expansion

Tanzania: Tigo Tanzania, part of Sweden’s telecom group Millicom International Cellular, said on Friday it plans to spend $120 million (Sh11.04b) this year to expand its network in the East African nation.

 Like in other African countries, mobile phone use has rocketed in Tanzania over the past decade, making telecoms the fastest expanding sector in the economy.

“The company plans to spend $120 million, which is 20 per cent higher than $100 million in 2014 on its network expansion, fibre and opening additional customer service shops across the country,” Tigo Tanzania Spokesman John Wanyancha told Reuters.

“The growth of the mobile phone sector is a result of... a steady economic environment that the country has enjoyed in the past five years.”

 The investment will expand and maintain the quality of Tigo’s network coverage by rolling out 843 new mobile telephone network transmission sites countrywide, he said.