DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 6 -- OCTOBER is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a time when the world comes together to talk about how to stay safe in the digital age.

For Tanzania, this is not a foreign issue. Every day, millions of Tanzanians rely on mobile phones, internet services and mobile money platforms like M-Pesa, Tigo Pesa, Airtel Money, T-pesa and HaloPesa.

According to the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), mobile phone subscriptions now exceed the national population count and mobile money transactions are part of daily life.

While these technologies make life easier, they also open doors for fraudsters and cybercriminals.

This campaign reminds us that in todays digital age, protecting our money, information and ide...