Tanzania’s education loans go fully digital with new tech to end payment delays

Minister for Education, Prof Adolf Mkenda launches a new Higher Education Students Loans Board App (HESLB APP) in Dar es Salaam. The Mobile application is designed to simplify loans disbursement to students as well as recovery of loans. PHOTO | COURTESY

What you need to know:

  • The new app, ‘HESLB APP’, eliminates delays and bureaucratic hurdles that have for years frustrated beneficiaries.