Digital economy in Tanzania
Where the networks run, who is connected and how fast, who is building data centres, and where the tech markets are strongest.
People using the internet: Tanzania against SADC
People using the internet, people, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's digital economy page.
Tanzania's trade in digital economy goods since 2012
Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$
Subsectors
11 in this pillarMobile networks in Tanzania
- Tracks
- Operators, subscriptions and share, data traffic, base stations by technology, revenue and investment, spectrum.
- Signals ahead
- Spectrum auctions, licence conditions, tower deals.
Select a figure for its trend. Source: CEPII BACI, dotzedw deals tracker.
Trade in detail
Tanzania exported US$6.3m and imported US$225m of mobile networks in 2024; exports up 420% on five years earlier, 1.8% of what SADC sells abroad.
Tanzania's main exports in this subsector, 2024
Tanzania's trade in mobile networks every year since 2012, by partner is part of the Individual plan
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What Tanzania sells abroad across digital economy
Tanzania's exports by subsector, 2024, US$, with its share of SADC's exports. A product can count in two subsectors.
Who is moving
Open in the deals tracker2 deals in the last 12 months involving Tanzania, placed in subsectors by what they say.
- 2026-10-12 · Tanzania · Venture capital · Announced · Online commerce and digital servicesTanzania's East Africa Foods Raises USD 40 M To Expand Agritech Operations
- 2026-09-26 · Tanzania · Venture capital · Announced · Start-ups and venture fundingKenya's Rhea raises $100K to take its soil tech into Tanzania