BoT Defends Habib Bank Director

Presence of Habib Mohamed D. Habib as board member of London based Habib Bank Limited and Dar es Salaam based Habib African Bank Limited, has no legal problem. Bank of Tanzania Governor, Professor Benno Ndulu said Mr Habib who is board chairman of the local bank and director of the London based bank in which

Majority Tanzanians Accessing Mobile Phone Money Services

Over half of Tanzania’s adult population currently have access to financial services compared to just 27 per cent in the year 2009, thanks to mobile phone money services which central bank boss Prof Benno Ndulu also describes as ‘electronic wallet.’ The improvement, which stands at 57 per cent of the population above 16 years old,

EAC Banks Adopt Regional Payment System

The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) announced that the East African Payment System (EAPS) has started operating and will enhance cross border payments and boost trade within the region. The BoT governor, Prof Benno Ndulu, said in a statement issued by the Bank in Dar es Salaam that the EAPS was part of modernisation efforts of

Banking Sector Contributes Little to the Economy – BoT

The banking sector contributes little to the economy despite its improved stability, continued growth and dominance in the financial system, the Governor of the Central Bank of Tanzania, Prof Benno Ndulu says. The BoT governor says in the 2012 Annual Report of the Bank of Tanzania’s Directorate of Banking Supervision that the contribution of the