Government, telecoms join forces to fight mobile fraud

Minister for Information, Communication and Information Technology, Ms Angellah Kairuki. PHOTO | COURTESY

Dar es Salaam. The government is stepping up efforts to combat mobile fraud by strengthening cooperation between regulators, telecom companies and security agencies, with a special meeting planned for August to identify new ways of tackling the threat.

Minister for Information, Communication and Information Technology, Ms Angellah Kairuki, made the statement yesterday during the official launch of the Communications Statistics report for April–June 2026.