Dar es Salaam, 25th November, 2019. Tanzania’s leading Mobile Money Service, Tigo Pesa is set to reward its customers with more than TZS 500 M during this festive season through an exciting new campaign dubbed ‘Kishindo Cha Funga Mwaka’. Tigo Customers only need to put money in their Tigo Pesa accounts (Cash In) to stand a chance to win the numerous cash rewards
The one-month-long campaign will see three grand prize winners lining their pockets with TZS20m/-, TZS15m/- and TZS10m/- as the grand prizes respectively. Additionally, 8 lucky winners shall be awarded TZS 5m/- every week and daily there will be 8 winners pocketing TZS 1m/- each.
“Customers should simply put or receive e-value (money) into their Tigo Pesa accounts through cash in from any Tigo Pesa agent, banks or other networks and they will automatically stand a chance to win. There is no charge at all in putting or receiving money in your Tigo Pesa account as it is free. The principle is simple, the higher the value you put in the higher your chances of winning.” revealed Tigo’s Head of Core Products for Mobile Financial Services (MFS), Mr James Sumari during the launch of the Kishindo Cha Funga Mwaka campaign.
“We expect a total of 331 winners in the one-month duration of this campaign and the aim is to show gratitude to our customers for being with us throughout the year. We are delighted to once again offer our Tigo customers these prizes, which will enable them to enjoy the festive season as well as begin the new year with a bang as they continue to benefit from our digital lifestyle services” added Mr. James.
Tigo Pesa is more than a payment solution, it’s a fully-fledged service that among other things intends to empower customers by offering solutions that solve their financial needs. It has continued its spirit of leading in innovation, adding to its portfolio different products such as; loans, insurance, corporate solutions for collections and disbursements in the country. Tigo Pesa is Tanzania’s second largest mobile service provider that boasts a large network of over 150,000 agents and merchants countrywide.
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About Tigo:
Tigo Tanzania is Tanzania's leading digital lifestyle telecommunications company. Tigo started its operations in Tanzania in 1995. Through its distinctive and diverse product portfolio in voice, SMS, high-speed internet and mobile financial services, Tigo has pioneered digital innovations such as the first Smartphone in Swahili, Free Facebook in Swahili, Tigo Pesa App, Tigo Mobile App as well as the first East African cross-border mobile money transfer with currency conversion.
In 2010, Tigo launched its Mobile Financial Service product Tigo Pesa. The growth of Tigo Pesa from simply providing remittance services, payments of different bills, paying for products and services at merchant sales points has significantly changed the financial inclusion landscape in Tanzania. In 2014, Tigo Pesa was successful in launching a few first in world services and products, including; interoperability with other MNOs and Banks, a service which enables mobile money users to send money to and from other Operators directly into their wallets seamlessly.
Tigo Pesa has continued its spirit of leading in innovation, adding to its portfolio different products such as; loans, insurance, corporate solutions for collections and disbursements, where companies can disburse directly to wallets of all other players (interoperability bulk disbursement). In its journey to becoming a fully-fledged financial service provider, Tigo Pesa has partnered with the world-renowned brands like Uber and MasterCard to provide easier, convenient and secured digital financial services to its seven million customers.