I remember back in the days when I use to quarrel with my
parents about going to buy Luku (the local Tanzania electric bill) from the
nearby petrol station. Most of the time I was tired, coming from school after
the long day all you need is to have a heavy rest and someone is telling you to get
up and find the bus to go and pay your electric
bill. To hell the days, thanks to mobile money the savior, once again mobile
phone proves the power of technology and the way it can affects people’s lives.
The new Tigo package of “Buy Luku”
has come with some added advantage, for every Tigo customer who will use the
service, meaning that paying your electric bills via Tigo Pesa account you will
be given free 10 min talk time (Tigo to Tigo) immediately after the
accomplishment of the mobile transaction. To log into the services you will
have to dial *150*01#. I wish Tigo could
come up with more of these services topping up their current services of paying
Luku and DSTV cable. Still there is lot of services people would like to have
them at their fingertips using their mobile phones. For example places to go
and have fun, booking tickets and so on. It is up to the mobile companies to
become more creative trying to reach the customer requirements and
satisfaction.