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TCRA declares Tigo the fastest growing telco in Tanzania
Tigo Tanzania has become the second largest player in the Tanzanian telecom market with the highest growth rate, recent statistics by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) have revealed.
The statistics detailing the ‘
Performance in Tanzania’s Telecom Industry’ and recently released online by the authority for the trading period ending 2015 show that for the past two years, Tigo has recorded the fastest growth rate among other telecoms in the country.
TCRA statistics show that, out of the 6.7 million total industry growth, Tigo grew by 2.5 million which is equivalent to 37 percent, or in two years from 11.4 million, Tigo scooped 4.8 million which is equivalent to 42 percent, the highest growth rate in the telecom sector.
Under the trading period ending 2015, Tigo increased its traffic by 2.3 billion minutes while its total market grew by 2.8 billion, compared to Vodacom which dropped by 1.5 billion while Airtel grew by 1.5 billion. Tigo’s meteoric rise gave it 28% percent market share with its subscriber base rising to 11,115,991, effectively beating Airtel to the second position.
Airtel was relegated to the third position with a similar percentage market share but with 68,486 less than Tigo’s subscription numbers.
Tigo now is breathing down the neck of Vodacom that leads the pack with 32% market share, a drop from 45% that it recorded in December 2005-with 12,714,297 subscribers, according to TCRA figures.
Speaking on Tigo’s surge in growth, Tigo’s General Manager, Diego Gutierrez told this paper that the main drivers of the growth included innovation, digital financial initiatives, mammoth investments, and the launch of 4G LTE, the country’s fastest mobile internet connection and extensive network expansion.
Others, he outlined, are digital inclusion initiatives which include free access to the social media - Facebook in Kiswahili, Smartphone with menu in Kiswahili, free WhatsApp messaging application service.
On Tigo investment, Gutierrez said they have been investing about US $ 2 million per week mainly on network infrastructure, quality improvement and roll out of new sites. Closeness to the customers, Tigo has over 50 customer care shops countrywide, by far the biggest number in the industry and extensive network of 50,000 mobile money agents.
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