Thursday, January 26, 2017

Tigo 4G offers free English Premier League and NBA basketball with Kwesé



Tigo is excited to announce a partnership with Kwesé Sports that allows customers who buy Tigo 4G LTE packs worth Frw 1,500 and above to stream free English Premier League and La Liga games on their smart phones and tablets. In addition, customers can stream other exciting sports such as NBA basketball and car racing live via the Kwesé app.




In addition to sports, Tigo 4G LTE customers will also access to premium entertainment and news from channels such as Al Jazeera and France24 right on their smartphones.

Tigo is excited to announce a partnership with Kwesé Sports that allows customers who buy Tigo 4G LTE packs worth Frw 1,500 and above to stream free English Premier League and La Liga games on their smart phones and tablets. In addition, customers can stream other exciting sports such as NBA basketball and car racing live via the Kwesé app.

In addition to sports, Tigo 4G LTE customers will also access to premium entertainment and news from channels such as Al Jazeera and France24 right on their smartphones.

Commenting on the partnership with Kwesé, the Chief Commercial Officer of Tigo Rwanda, Yaw Ankoma Agyapong, said;

The introduction of this exciting product is part of our mission at Tigo to lead the adoption of the Digital Lifestyle. With this, all our customers have to do is purchase any of our 4G packs from Frw 1,500 and they will receive bonus data to stream free content from the Kwesé app. This is just the start of our work to expand Tigo’s portfolio of digital services for our data customers, there is more to come.

How does it work?

1.       Download the Kwesé app on Google Play or App store to enjoy free English Premier League, La Liga football games and other sporting action.
2.       Dial *310#, purchase a Tigo 4G LTE pack worth Frw 1,500 or more and you are ready to enjoy free sports and entertainment from Kwesé!


Up to 31st January, all content on Kwesé will be free. Afterwards, some content will only be available for a small fee.

What is Kwesé?

Kwesé is brought to you by Econet Media, a subsidiary of Econet, a leading diversified telecommunications group with investments and operations across Africa, Europe, South America and the East Asia Pacific Rim.

About Tigo Rwanda
Tigo Rwanda is owned by Millicom, a leading telecommunications and media company uniquely dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa. It provides mobile, mobile financial, cable and satellite services to over 60 million customers in fourteen countries, primarily under the Tigo brand. Tigo has been operating in Africa since 1993, in Rwanda since 2009, and serves over 26 million customers in Africa.

Monday, January 16, 2017

Tigo Rwanda moves to new headquarters in Kigali Heights



Tigo Rwanda is today happy to announce the move of its corporate headquarters from Muhima Sector, Nyarugenge District to the 6th Floor, West Wing of the Kigali Heights building in Kimihurura Sector, Gasabo District. 


This move affects all the departments that worked in the former Tigo Rwanda headquarters namely; External Affairs, Human Resources, Marketing, Commercial (including Mobile Financial Services), Business to Business, Sales and Distribution, Customer Operations and the Offices of the CEO and Deputy CEO.

The departments of Technology and Finance remain at the Tigo offices in Nyarutarama, Gasabo District.  



Commenting on the move, Tigo Rwanda CEO, Philip Amoateng, said;

“We are proud to announce that Tigo has moved to Kigali Heights. This move is a clear indication of where Tigo has reached as a brand and where Rwanda has reached as a country for as Rwanda has grown, so has Tigo.  

Our year on year growth, as a company, has only been made possible due to the services that we have given to Rwandans since we entered the local market in 2009. These services have allowed the over three million customers using our network to enjoy greater digital and financial inclusion, thereby improving their lives for the better”. 

Kigali Heights, officially launched on 5th, December 2016 by President Paul Kagame, is Kigali’s premier office space, located adjacent to the Kigali Convention Center.

Tigo Rwanda Address

6th Floor, West Wing
Kigali Heights Plot 772,
Kamukina Cell, Kimihurura Sector, Gasabo District
PO Box 6979, Kigali Rwanda


About Tigo Rwanda

Tigo Rwanda is owned by Millicom, a leading telecommunications and media company uniquely dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa. It provides mobile, mobile financial, cable and satellite services to over 60 million customers in fourteen countries, primarily under the Tigo brand. Tigo has been operating in Africa since 1993, in Rwanda since 2009, and serves over 26 million customers in Africa.