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A Tanzanian microfinance leadership team of three, two women and one man, in a modest boardroom discussing a decision over documents and a laptop

Why Ustawi

Why institutions choose Ustawi.

Changing the system your institution runs on is a serious decision. Here is what makes Ustawi different from a generic loan package or a legacy core-banking system.
Languages
Kiswahili and English
Field work
Offline-ready, syncs safely
Controls
Maker-checker dual-control
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Built for Tanzanian workflows

Not generic loan software translated into Kiswahili. VICOBA cycles, check-off salary lending, BOT 5-band classification, TRA EFD/VFD, group joint-liability — modelled the way they actually work here, not bent to fit a foreign template.

2

One connected system

Origination → disbursement → repayment → collections → general ledger → regulatory filing all read and write through one ledger. The loan a field agent disburses in cash is the same loan that ages on your PAR report and posts to your GL — no re-keying, no month-end spreadsheet reconciliation.

3

Compliance in the workflow

Affordability assessment, CRB checks, AML sanctions/PEP screening, recovery notices and audit trails are built into the day-to-day process — not a separate binder you assemble before an examination.

4

Field-first and offline-ready

Agents collect cash, issue receipts and capture visits with no signal; everything syncs safely — with idempotency keys so a payment is never recorded twice — when connectivity returns.

5

Bilingual by design

Kiswahili and English throughout, so loan officers, field agents and management each work in the language they actually use.

6

Multi-branch, with real controls

Central management with branch-level scoping, capability-based roles and maker-checker dual-control on sensitive actions — head office sees everything, each branch sees its own.

7

Provable auditability

Every material action is recorded with who did what, when and on which record — reconstructable for an internal audit or a Bank of Tanzania review.

8

Honest and transparent

Real, published pricing and no fabricated traction. What you see on this site is what the product does.

A loan officer at a Tanzanian microfinance branch counter handing Tanzanian Shilling notes to a borrower, with client files on the desk
Built around the counter and the field
Built for how Tanzanian lenders actually work

From the branch counter to the field.

Ustawi is shaped around the real work of Tanzanian institutions — the officer at the counter, the field agent collecting in cash, and the month-end Bank of Tanzania return — so the software fits your operation instead of forcing your operation to fit the software.

Who's behind Ustawi

Built by a Tanzanian technology team.

Ustawi is developed by Click Up Company Limited, a company registered in the United Republic of Tanzania (BRELA No. 163520974), based in Dar es Salaam — building software for the institutions that provide lending and financial services across Tanzania.

Meet the team & our story →

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