2017 tough year for borrowers

What you need to know:

With lenders continuing to face a liquidity crunch, the year ending March 2017 saw the annual growth of bank credit in the form of personal loans dwindle to -4.9 per cent. The rate was a contraction compared to the growth of 37.2 per cent that was recorded in a similar period in 2016, according to Bank of Tanzania (BoT) figures.