Established in 1997, MultiChoice Tanzania has maintained consistent success in the market through consistent growth and investment in the Tanzanian media and entertainment industry. The company has maintained a very focused approach on meeting ever-changing consumer needs on service delivery, payment models and distribution, to provide top-class support services for customers in Tanzania.

MultiChoice has been operating in Tanzania for over 25 years and continues to grow and evolved, signifying a high level of creativity in content selection & delivery, exemplary customer experience, ease and convenience of purchase, digital options for subscription and the great ambition to remain at the top of the game in the Pay-TV industry in the country.

MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy is a 12-month long film making boot camp where the aspiring film makers will be taken on an experiential and practical film-making journey that will result into highly competent graduates who are passionate, employable, and worthy entrepreneurial film makers. The program has benefitted a total of 13 young aspiring film makers from Tanzania, who have attended the East Africa MTF Academy to date since first launched in 2018.

Our alumni are now economically active in the industry, running a joint production company that works on various projects with local and international institutions including the M -Net commissioned films such as Mvamizi and Uncle which recently won the 2022 Zanzibar International Film Festival – Chairman Award.

The program has continued to pave successful alumni like securing full-time employment in various institutions i.e., Kefa Igilo, MTF alumni class of 2020 being employed at the National Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) working as the producer of the Current Affairs and Entertainment Programs on film segment.

The program also celebrates Wilson Nkya who won an award of the Outstanding Youth in Entertainment at the 2022 Tanzania Emerging Youth Awards and Priscilla Marialle won a Global Fund Competition to write and do a pre-production for a feature film titled The Space Maasai.
Contributing to Tanzania’s Economy
MultiChoice Tanzania is classified as a Large Taxpayer company by the Tanzania Revenue Authority and operates with a workforce of over 300 Employees across the country. In addition to the service and operations teams, the company plays a critical role in employment creation through the Door to Door sales model where an average of 1,000 youth have been deployed across all the regions and districts to ensure maximum reach of the DStv service to each and every citizen in Tanzania.

The employment value chain extends further with over 500 accredited and trained installers providing technical support to the DStv Subscribers and wider base of over 900 Dealers & Sub Dealers supporting the distribution network across the Regions.