Last mile delivery

Last mile delivery in Tanzania: door, collection and COD.

How last mile delivery works in Tanzania: door delivery on published coverage rows from Dar es Salaam, PUDO collection where it is configured, and cash on delivery captured per order.

Delivery options

The three ways a Tanzania order reaches its buyer

Read from the governed coverage rows for this market, not a service brochure.

Door delivery

Door delivery runs on the published Tanzania coverage rows — Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza, Dodoma, Zanzibar — dispatched from Dar es Salaam against the cut-off shown for each row. Outside those rows the route is reviewed before an order is accepted, so no window is promised that operations has not signed off.

PUDO collection

Where a buyer cannot take a door delivery, collection is available on the Dar es Salaam rows. Points are vetted partner-operated locations, not MFT branches, so the exact point, its opening hours and the collection evidence required travel with the buyer's pickup notification.

Cash on delivery

COD is configured on the Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza, Dodoma, Zanzibar rows. Collections are taken by cash at the door, m-pesa, tigo pesa, airtel money, captured per order in Tanzanian shilling (TZS), and reconciled daily, against your order manifest so a payout line can be traced back to a named parcel.

Coverage rows

Which last-mile options run where in Tanzania

Straight from the governed coverage table published on the country page.

Last mile delivery options by coverage row in Tanzania
AreaDoorPUDOCODService levelCut-off
Dar es SalaamKinondoni, Ilala, Temeke, Ubungo, KigamboniYesYesYesSame day to 1 working daySame-day dispatch on orders confirmed before the daily cut-off
ArushaArusha city and Usa RiverYesYes2–4 working daysScheduled runs — confirmed at onboarding
MwanzaMwanza city and IlemelaYesYes3–5 working daysScheduled runs — confirmed at onboarding
DodomaDodoma cityYesYes2–4 working daysScheduled runs — confirmed at onboarding
ZanzibarStone Town and UngujaYesYes2–5 working daysScheduled runs — confirmed at onboarding

Town not listed? Read how route review works on the Tanzania page.

Evidence

What every last-mile order carries

These are the fields a delivery, collection or payment query is reviewed against.

  • Order reference and destination row
  • Dispatch cut-off the order was released against
  • Delivery or collection reason code
  • Custody and rider record for the run
  • Delivery or collection evidence
  • Amount collected in Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
  • Return leg on the Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza, Dodoma, Zanzibar rows
  • Reconciliation reference the line settles under
FAQ

Tanzania last mile: the questions this raises

Answered from the same governed coverage rows the country page uses.

These are the published service levels on the Tanzania coverage rows — Dar es Salaam: same day to 1 working day, Arusha and Dodoma: 2–4 working days, Mwanza: 3–5 working days and Zanzibar: 2–5 working days. Dispatch depends on the cut-off (same-day dispatch on orders confirmed before the daily cut-off and scheduled runs — confirmed at onboarding), and the actual window a buyer experiences also depends on customer confirmation, parcel dimensions and the route schedule for that area. For anywhere outside those rows the route is reviewed before an order is accepted; no delivery window is promised until onboarding confirms it.

Collection is available on the Dar es Salaam coverage rows in Tanzania. These are vetted partner-operated locations, not MFT-owned branches, so the specific collection point, its opening hours, the holding deadline and the collection evidence required are sent to the buyer with the pickup notification rather than published here.

You raise a line-level query using the reconciliation reference or the parcel reference, within the window stated in your service schedule. MFT then reviews the order reference, the delivery or collection reason code, the custody and rider record, the delivery or collection evidence, the amount collected in Tanzanian shilling (TZS) and the payout batch the line sits in before the query is closed. Outcomes follow that evidence — no automatic refund and no fixed resolution time are promised unless your contract states one.
Tanzania operations

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