Dar es Salaam. A growing wave of social media and e-commerce scams is leaving thousands of Tanzanians financially and emotionally scarred, raising concerns over consumer protection in the digital economy.
Recently, a survey conducted by Go7eight, Tanzania’s social e-commerce platform which integrates user and seller verification with an escrow system to safeguard transactions, revealed that seven out of every 10 people in Tanzania have fallen victim to scams on social media or e-commerce platforms.
