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WorldRemit, Millicom team up on mobile money transfer to Tanzania

Thursday 20 August 2015 08:58 CET | News

Millicom has unveiled that Tigo Pesa, its mobile financial service in Tanzania, is working with WorldRemit, the mobile remittance company, so friends and families living abroad can send money to users back home via their smartphones, tablets and PCs.

According to World Bank data, Tanzania is an important so-called receive market for remittances. In 2014 the country received a total of USD 64 million from Tanzanians living abroad. The top sender countries were Kenya, UK, Uganda, Canada, US, Australia and South Africa.

In recent news, WorldRemit has launched remittances to mobiles in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.


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