🇹🇿 Send TSh5,000 in Tanzania: fees by provider
To send TSh5,000 in Tanzania, M-Pesa and Halo are free, while the others charge up to TSh130.00. So the cheapest is Free and the most expensive TSh130.00.
TSh5,000 is a small everyday sum in Tanzania — roughly a daladala commute and lunch. Tanzania has a genuinely competitive field — Vodacom M-Pesa, Airtel Money and Mixx by Yas (ex-Tigo Pesa) — landing money in Dar es Salaam and upcountry.
TCRA-mandated interoperability lets you send across networks, so what varies is the band tariff and the agent's float, not the network itself. The cheapest (M-Pesa and Halo) works out at 0%; a flat fee, where it applies, still counts at this size.
The Tanzania send tariff is banded by amount: flat TSh25 TSh200–TSh499; flat TSh61 TSh2,000–TSh2,999; flat TSh92 TSh3,000–TSh3,999; flat TSh583 TSh20,000–TSh29,999; flat TSh714 TSh40,000–TSh49,999. That is why the cost depends as much on the amount as on the provider.
Compare all providers for TSh5,000
| Provider | Fee | Levy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
MPSM-PesaCheapest | Free | None | Free |
HALHaloCheapest | Free | None | Free |
AIRAirtel | TSh130.00 | None | TSh130.00 |
TGOTigo | TSh130.00 | None | TSh130.00 |
Indicative verified fees; any applicable government levy is included in the total.
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