Mipango Fintech just launched a new app that will provide Tanzanians with free personal financial management.

The app is a personal finance mobile application that allows users to monitor and manage their income, expenses, financial targets, help and offerings, and savings. It makes use of Artificial Intelligence to guide users to better financial management towards attaining financial freedom.

The Mipango app operates in Swahili and aims at supporting Tanzanians in managing their expenses and also provides them with the opportunity to set up budgets, analyze their costs, and track their financial life.

In a statement, co-founder of Mipango Fintech, Lilian Makoi said, financial literacy is a crucial gap in the growth of this market. A more significant percentage of Tanzanian adults do not keep track of their expenses and have no financial goals. This leads the majority to abject poverty as they engage in lousy debt practices.

The company aims to change the way the citizens of Tanzania relate to money by launching this application. Apart from the tracking of the user’s income and expenses, the app will also help users manage loans and provide them with access to relevant investment opportunities.

‘’The company expects to have more than 1 million downloads within the first twelve months of launch,’’ Lilian added.

‘’This launch has three features. Create your financial profile, set up your monthly budget, and record your daily to monthly expenses. With swift access to your financial data, you should be in more control of your finances than before,’’ says Chris Rabi, Mipango Fintech co-founder.

During the virtual launch of the NCC’s five-year strategic plan in Abuja, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami, stated that the new Strategic Management Plan (SMP) by the Nigerian Communications Commission would be a pedestal to drive the execution of the Federal Government’s digital economy vision.

The event was held virtually in compliance with the Federal Government’s directive on social distancing. Present at the launch was a few officials from the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, critical stakeholders in the telecoms sector, and members of the Nigerian Communications Commission.

In the Honorable Minister’s statement, he mentioned that the launch of the SMP showed the Commission’s effort in fast-tracking the implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy and the National Broadband Plan (NBP) of the Federal Government.

‘’The launch of the SMP is a clear indication that the Nigerian Communications Commission is undergoing great improvement and I’m excited about that,’’ he added.

Earlier, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said the SMP is the corner-stone that will aid the NCC in driving its telecom regulatory mandate in the telecoms industry.

The SMP (2020 – 2024) is the strategy the Commission is looking to put in place for the planning, monitoring, assessment, and analysis of its set goals and objectives.

This SMP has five pillars and 25 intended outcomes. The pillars include; regulatory excellence, market development, universal broadband, strategic partnering, and development of the digital economy.

The Chairman of Senate Committee on Communications, Senator Oluremi Tinubu who was represented by the Senator Obinna Agbo praised the Commission for its outstanding performance so far. He wished the Commission great success in implementing the Strategic Management Plan.

Airtel Nigeria, one of the leading telecom service providers in the country has partnered with a new division of the Trace TV group to bring to your screens Living in Bondage – Breaking Free. A classic drama thriller on the Airtel TV platform. 

The drama that was directed by veteran actor, Ramsey Noah, is a sequel to the 1990’s blockbuster; Living in Bondage. 

‘Living in Bondage: Breaking Free’ has received excellent appraisals taking home 11 awards at the 2020 edition of the Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards (AMVCA) and numerous positive reviews from movie lovers, reviewers, and movie critics. 

The movie has broken records on the Box Office securing the 11th position on the list of highest-grossing Nigerian films of all time. 

The Chief Commercial Officer Airtel Nigeria, Dinesh Balsingh, commented on the introduction of the movie of Airtel TV. “Airtel will always go the extra mile to provide quality and top-notch content for consumers on the Airtel TV platform,” he said. 

“In a bid to revolutionize the television viewing experience for all its customers, the telecom provider brings to you the best shows, best movies and the best of live TV through our television platform. Our sole aim is to engage viewers with premium content and simultaneously bring laughter, joy, and happiness to everyone,” Balsingh added. 

To enjoy Airtel TV, customers can download the app on Google Play Store or Apple Store, as the case may be. Launch the app and complete the registration process. Once done, you can begin to stream any channel or content of your choice. 

Customers will have data-free access to contents on the app for the first seven days after download. Thousands of Nollywood and Hollywood blockbusters are available to choose from on the Airtel TV at no subscription cost. 

Multichoice, a South African TV satellite dish operator will be adding streaming services like Amazon Prime Video and Netflix to its DSTV platform soon. This new development comes as the TV operator continues to experience growth in the market, adding about 900,000 GOTV and DStv subscribers to its pay-TV platform over its last financial year.

Already, Multichoice offers its video-on-demand subscription-based streaming service, but in a bid to add a new set of fresh subscribers to its already large 19.5 million subscriber base, the company is looking to add the Netflix and Amazon Prime Video streaming services to the services it offers.

Now, by paying their monthly bill in the local currency for the Amazon add-ons and Netflix, existing DStv customers will have access to the aforementioned video streaming services.

As the world is very familiar with the use of Netflix and Amazon streaming services, DSTV is adding their services to its platform to discourage customers from abandoning the satellite TV service for streaming services.

Now, customers can access Netflix and Amazon Prime Video without leaving the DStv platform.

Calvo Mawela, Multichoice CEO said for long we have been a content aggregator, and this is proof of our aggregator model at work-providing simplicity, choice, and convenience for our customers.

Also, Multichoice is getting ready to unveil it’s yet to be named DStv dishless stand-alone streaming service. The service is expected to mimic its existing Direct-to-Home service, but without the need for installation.