Nairobi — Tanzania's communications sector has spearheaded the country's national economic growth for the 2008/2009 financial year, thanks to an increase in the mobile phone subscriber base.
Mustafa Mkulo, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, said subscribers grew from 9.5 million people in 2008 to 15 million last year, thus increasing airtime sales.
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