M-Pesa (M for mobile, pesa is Swahili for money) is a mobile phone-based money transfer service, payments and micro-financing service, launched in 2007 by Vodafone and Safaricom, the largest mobile network operator in Kenya. It has since expanded to Tanzania, Mozambique, DRC, Lesotho, Ghana, Egypt, Afghanistan, and South Africa. Meanwhile, services in India, Romania, and Albania have been terminated amid low market uptake. M-Pesa allows users to deposit, withdraw, transfer money, pay for goods and services (Lipa na M-Pesa), access credit and savings, all with a mobile device. How to Make Government Payments in Tanzania using M-Pesa
The service allows users to deposit money into an account stored on their cell phones, to send balances using PIN-secured SMS text messages to other users, including sellers of goods and services, and to redeem deposits for regular money. Users are charged a small fee for sending and withdrawing money using the service.
M-Pesa is a branchless banking service; M-Pesa customers can deposit and withdraw money from a network of agents that includes airtime resellers and retail outlets acting as banking agents.
M-Pesa spread quickly, and by 2010 had become the most successful mobile-phone-based financial service in the developing world. By 2012, a stock of about 17 million M-Pesa accounts had been registered in Kenya. By June 2016, a total of 7 million M-Pesa accounts had been opened in Tanzania by Vodacom. The service has been lauded for giving millions of people access to the formal financial system and for reducing crime in otherwise largely cash-based societies
How to Make Government Payments in Tanzania using M-Pesa
Making Government payments via M-pesa is simple, all you need to do is;
Dial *150*00#
- Choose Pay by M-Pesa
- Choose Goverment payments
- Enter Control number
- Enter amount
- Enter you Pin
- Press 1 to confirm or 2 to Decline
Get the control number from the respective office before making payments through M-Pesa.
FAQs
1.Where to get control number?
It is obtained from the Government Offices where payments are to be made (For example TRA, You will get control number from TRA offices).
2.How to process payment?
As explained above.
3.Where to submit the receipt?
At the government office where payments have been made.
4.Where to claim the services paid for?
At the government office where payments have been made.
5.Payment area reliability?
It is country wide
6.Network reliability?
You can pay anytime provided you have the control number.
7.Can it process for other government services?
Yes it is possible.
8.What are the charges for this service?
Government payments are subject to minimal fees which are as per the table below
| Value bands | Customer Tarrif |
| 100-999 | 10 |
| 1000-1999 | 20 |
| 2000-2999 | 40 |
| 3000-3999 | 60 |
| 4000-4900 | 80 |
| 5000-9999 | 100 |
| 10000-19999 | 200 |
| 20000-29999 | 400 |
| 30000-39999 | 600 |
| 40000-49999 | 800 |
| 50000-99999 | 1,000 |
| 100000-199999 | 2000 |
| 200000-299999 | 4000 |
| 300000-399999 | 5000 |
| 400000-499999 | 6000 |
| 500000-3000000 | 7,000 |
| >3000000 | 7000 |
