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Established: January 2004

Telecentre / Cybercafe - Current Services: Telephone, IP Telephone, Internet, Fax, Photocopy, Messaging, Word Processing, Desktop Publishing, Secretarial Services, Internet & Computer Training, Digital Photos, and Scanning. Rural Tanzania's first full service Internet cafe.

Location: On Market Street, in Kilosa Town, Morogoro Region. By the bus stand. Click here for more details

Type of Organization: For-profit business organized as a Robinson Cooperate Corporation (RCC) - generating profits through making many villagers capable of earning more money and enhancing their livelihoods. Legally registered commercial company in Tanzania (RCC-Kilosa).

Current Finance: Income from operations, financial investments from members, labour investments from members, low interest loans from other investors.

Future Finance: Public-private partnerships (P3s) with donors/government.

Shareholders: 5 shareholders, based in Tanzania, Switzerland, UK, and Canada.

Telecom Connectivity: AFSAT iWay Ku-band bi-directional satellite Internet connection supporting all TCP/IP applications including Voice over IP (VOIP) - uplinks to the Internet at speeds of 128/256kbps and downlinks from the Internet on a shared return link capable of up to 45Mbps.

Future Services:
(Proposed): Kilosa Farmers News Service, Kilosa Network for Village Entrepreneurs ((ie. grainstores, microirrigation, seed-production, organic cotton, vegetable marketing, etc.), Agricultural Extension Information, Agricultural Market Information, and others.

Manager: Mark Farahani - mfarahanitz@yahoo.com - or - farhanscafe@iwayafrica.com
Mobile: + 255-(0)748-353432 Landline: + 255 -(0)232-623301

Serving: Kilosa, Morogoro, Vidunda, Kimamba, Ulaya, Mpwapwa, Gulwe, Iringa, Mikumi, Godegode, Kidete, Kisanga, the Rubeho Mountains, Dodoma and other places around the Mkata Plain in Tanzania. Stop by Kilosa Town to send and receive email, make telephone calls, surf the Internet, or use our Voice Over Internet Phone (VoIP). Great prices and great service. "It's worth the drive to Kilosa!"