Afriset Fintech

Electronic Money Issuer — Tanzania

The Tanzania category mapped to issue e-money / hold customer funds. Regulator: Bank of Tanzania. Electronic Money Regulations 2015 under the NPS Act 2015; float held in trust with a licensed bank. Licence restricted to banks/MNOs since a Dec-2020 BoT circular (noted). Mapping human-reviewed and approved in the Phase-2 plan, 2026-07-02 (dual-map rule: maps_to follows the statutory definition; dual only where the definition itself spans both activities).

Source currency: Bank of Tanzania's official list is dated 2025-12-31 — the most recent official publication; verify current status directly with Bank of Tanzania. Entries below are as reported by that list — not a statement of current status.

As of 2025-12-31 · source: Bank of Tanzania · 6 entities

# Provider Status (as reported) Licensed / granted Source
1 Airtel Money Tanzania Limited licensed Bank of Tanzania · as of 2025-12-31
2 AzamPesa Tanzania Limited licensed Bank of Tanzania · as of 2025-12-31
3 HONORA Tanzania Mobile Solutions Limited (formerly Tigo Pesa) licensed Bank of Tanzania · as of 2025-12-31
4 M-Pesa Limited licensed Bank of Tanzania · as of 2025-12-31
5 TTCL Pesa Limited (formerly T-Pesa) licensed Bank of Tanzania · as of 2025-12-31
6 Viettel Ecommerce Limited (formerly Halopesa) licensed Bank of Tanzania · as of 2025-12-31

The equivalent in other markets

Categories mapped to the same normalized activity (fintech:EMONEY_ISSUE):