Men lead Tanzania’s telecom race as sector posts strong growth

TCRA Director General, Dr Jabir Bakari

Dar es Salaam. The gender gap in Tanzania’s telecommunications sector continues to widen, with male users registering a stronger increase in mobile subscriptions compared with their female counterparts, according to the latest report from the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA).

The newly released statistics for the quarter ending September 2025 indicate that the country recorded 99.3 million active telecommunications subscriptions, representing a penetration rate of 145.7 percent from the previous quarter.