Tanzania, July 10 -- Arusha. The East African Community (EAC) has stepped up efforts to establish a regional instant payment system, with experts from Tanzania and Rwanda meeting in Zanzibar to advance the implementation of a pilot cross-border digital payments platform linking the two countries.

The technical meeting, running from July 7 to 11, builds on progress made during the inaugural implementation meeting held in Kigali, Rwanda, in November 2025, where the two EAC Partner States initiated the technical integration of the Tanzania Instant Payment System (TIPS) and Rwanda's National Payment Switch (RSwitch).

According to an EAC statement issued on Friday, July 10, 2026, the meeting is focused on strengthening the governance, commer...