Tanzania | Aurato

Tanzania
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Mobile-money wallets and agents connect Tanzanian transfers, cash access and merchant payments alongside banks. Shilling account services and domestic transfer infrastructure serve different local payment needs across a large East African market of 70.5 million residents in 2025.

Population

71M

GDP

$90B

GDP per Capita

$1K

GDP Growth

5.9%

Deepdive

World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI), 2025

Cash in Tanzania

Physical cash continues to be important in Tanzania, outside major urban centers, even with mobile-money services. Wallet agents connect digital balances to shilling notes, while cash machines can be unreliable or run out of cash.

ATMs (PER 100K)

4.9

BANKS (PER 100K)

2.4

DEBIT CARDS (PER ADULT)

0.3

CREDIT CARDS (PER ADULT)

0.0

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IMF, Financial Access Survey (FAS), 2025