Tanzania, March 16 -- Dar es Salaam. New transaction data is providing a clearer picture of how Tanzania's economy is evolving, with analysts pointing to rising payment values and expanding digital channels as indicators of growing institutional activity and economic maturity.

Experts speaking at a recent breakfast forum said payments and collections data, once treated largely as a back-office function, has become an important real-time indicator of economic activity, revealing who is transacting, at what scale and through which channels.

Figures presented at the forum show that between 2024 and 2025 the number of recorded payments increased modestly from about 490,000 to 523,000 transactions, representing a 6.7 percent rise.

However, ...