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Job: Senior Fiber Planning & Transmission Engineer at Halotel – April 2026
Organization background:
Rewarded in 2017 by the Stevie International Awards as the “Fastest Growing Enterprise in the Middle East and Africa”, Halotel have proven its ambition to become the leader in the telecommunication market in Africa.
As part of the international Vietnamese telecommunication group “Viettel Group”, Halotel strive to provide the best service with high technology and reasonable price in Africa. With more than 20,000 km of Fiber Optic Cable, Halotel’s network is the most reliable connection at high-speed covering up to 95% of the Population in Tanzania.
Halotel is always looking for individual who are Professionals, Talented and Passionate about telecommunication as we are, to join our Family in building the Fastest Growing Telecom in Tanzania.
Position title:
Senior Fiber Planning & Transmission Engineer
Job purpose:
To serve as the principal technical architect for Halotel’s national fiber and transmission network. This role is responsible for the strategic design, capacity forecasting, and technical integrity of the DWDM, SDH, and GPON ecosystems. The Senior Engineer ensures that all backbone, distribution, and last-mile networks are highly resilient, scalable, and flawlessly integrated with the National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB).
Required qualifications & experience:

Industry experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in the telecommunications sector, specifically within fiber optics (OFC), engineering, core transmission planning, and network architecture.

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Technical proficiency: Deep understanding of DWDM, SDH, GPON technologies, and large-scale IP/MPLS network architectures. Expert proficiency with GIS planning software (e.g., GE Small world, MapInfo) and optical design tools.

Leadership: Proven track record of leading technical engineering teams, directing complex designs projects, and managing multi-million dollar CAPEX infrastructure budgets.

Local context: Strong knowledge of the Tanzanian telecom landscape, including familiarity with TCRA regulations, national spectrum allocation, and NICTBB operational protocols.

Reporting to: Director of Fiber Infrastructure & Network Strategy
Workplace:
All regions, Tanzania
Employment benefits:

Attractive remuneration based on experience and business result outcome.

Company health insurance plan.

Employee allowances.

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Job: Regional Fiber Operations Officer at Halotel – April 2026
Organization background:
Rewarded in 2017 by the Stevie International Awards as the “Fastest Growing Enterprise in the Middle East and Africa”, Halotel have proven its ambition to become the leader in the telecommunication market in Africa.
As part of the international Vietnamese telecommunication group “Viettel Group”, Halotel strive to provide the best service with high technology and reasonable price in Africa. With more than 20,000 km of Fiber Optic Cable, Halotel’s network is the most reliable connection at high-speed covering up to 95% of the Population in Tanzania.
Halotel is always looking for individual who are Professionals, Talented and Passionate about telecommunication as we are, to join our Family in building the Fastest Growing Telecom in Tanzania.
Position title:
Regional Fiber Operations Officer

Job purpose:
To direct and oversee the end-to-end operational execution, maintenance, and expansion of Halotel’s fiber optic infrastructure across all regional branches and zones in Tanzania. This leadership role acts as the critical bridge between national strategy and local execution, ensuring that every regional team adheres to global telecom standards, minimizes Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), and maintains seamless connectivity for the distribution and last-mile networks.
Required qualifications & experience:

Industry experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in the telecommunications sector, specifically within fiber optics (OFC) and transmission.

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Technical proficiency: Deep understanding of DWDM, SDH, GPON technologies, large-scale IP/MPLS network architectures, and modern fiber optic testing and splicing methodologies.

Leadership: Proven track record of managing large cross-functional field teams (100+ personnel) and multi-million dollar regional OPEX budgets.

Local context: Strong knowledge of the Tanzanian telecom landscape, including familiarity with TCRA regulations, NICTBB operational protocols, and the distinct geographical challenges of Tanzania’s various zones.

Reporting to: Director of Fiber Infrastructure & Network Strategy
Workplace:
All regions, Tanzania
Employment benefits:

Attractive remuneration based on experience and business result outcome.

Company health insurance plan.

Employee allowances.

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Summary
Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam is pleased to announce the reopening and enhancement of our Oriental Restaurant , marking a new chapter in our dedication to delivering world-class dining experiences. As part of this exciting development, we are seeking an accomplished and passionate Restaurant Manager to lead the team and oversee operations in this newly reimagined venue.

The successful candidate will demonstrate proven leadership in hospitality, a strong background in Oriental cuisine, and the ability to uphold Hyatt’s standards of excellence. Preference will be given to candidates from Asian countries who can contribute authentic cultural and culinary expertise to enrich the guest experience.
This is a unique opportunity to join Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam during a landmark reopening and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Oriental Restaurant.
Qualifications

Proven experience as a Restaurant Manager in a high-end hospitality environment.
Strong knowledge of Oriental/Asian cuisine and dining culture.
Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
Ability to manage diverse teams and resolve challenges effectively.
Preference for candidates from Asian countries with relevant cultural and culinary exp

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Job: Director of Fiber Infrastructure & Network Strategy at Halotel – April 2026
Organization background:
Rewarded in 2017 by the Stevie International Awards as the “Fastest Growing Enterprise in the Middle East and Africa”, Halotel have proven its ambition to become the leader in the telecommunication market in Africa.
As part of the international Vietnamese telecommunication group “Viettel Group”, Halotel strive to provide the best service with high technology and reasonable price in Africa. With more than 20,000 km of Fiber Optic Cable, Halotel’s network is the most reliable connection at high-speed covering up to 95% of the Population in Tanzania.
Halotel is always looking for individual who are Professionals, Talented and Passionate about telecommunication as we are, to join our Family in building the Fastest Growing Telecom in Tanzania.
Position title:
Director of Fiber Infrastructure & Network Strategy
Job purpose:
To lead the strategic expansion, maintenance, and optimization of Halotel’s national optic fiber footprint. This role is responsible for overseeing the full lifecycle of the four-tier network architecture—Backbone, Distribution, Metro, and Last Mile—ensuring seamless integration with the National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) and high-availability connectivity for all Base Transceiver Stations (BTS).
Required qualifications & experience:

Industry experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in the telecommunications sector, specifically within fiber optics (OFC) and transmission.

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Technical proficiency: Deep understanding of DWDM, SDH, GPON technologies, and large-scale IP/MPLS network architectures.

Leadership: Proven track record of managing large cross-functional teams and multi-million dollar infrastructure budgets.

Local context: Strong knowledge of the Tanzanian telecom landscape, including familiarity with TCRA regulations and NICTBB operational protocols.

Reporting to: CTO / CEO
Workplace:
All regions, Tanzania
Employment benefits:

Attractive remuneration based on experience and business result outcome.

Company health insurance plan.

Employee allowances.

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The Developer is responsible for creating prototypes, designing and building modules and solutions in an iterative agile cycle, develop, maintain, and optimize the business outcome. This role is responsible for estimating user and technical stories, designing and developing code, writing and executing unit and integration tests, and supporting testing of deliverables against user and technical story acceptance tests. The incumbent is responsible for performing peer reviews, collaborating with architects and other developers to produce “just enough” design, and ensuring that enough technical documentation and training is provided for reference and operational support. This role is responsible for providing software-related operations support, including managing level two and level three incident and problem management.
Must Have
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering and other related field
Should be strong on ​Web with Laravel Framework.
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Good understanding of APIs and Web/Mobile Applications security.

Key Accountability and Decision Ownership
· Estimate user and technical stories to help inform and prioritize backlog
· Design modules according to user stories, UX designs, and technical stories
· Develop solutions according to module designs and deploy using delivery pipeline
· Develop and execute unit and integration tests; support testing against user and technical story acceptance tests
· Suggest improvements to user stories and UX
· Manage technical debt as part of daily activities
· Conduct peer reviews and maintain coding standards
· Manage incidents as level two and level three support
Manage problems as level two and level three support
Core competencies, knowledge, and experience
 
Core competencies, knowledge, and experience
· Agile and lean programming and development of software systems in Web-scale environments
· Mobile app developer skills with ability to create, maintain and implement the source code to develop mobile apps and programs that meet the needs and requirements of the clients using the computer programming languages.
· Backlog item estimation
· Unit, integration, smoke and static code analysis testing
· Architectural element testing e.g. APIs
· Automated testing and tools e.g. Selenium
· Code reviewing
· Software incident and problem management
· Expertise in multiple programming and markup languages, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript/Native script, Android, Java,PhP, Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, C and Python, and paradigms such as object-oriented-, even-driven.
· Must have knowledge of the following databases i.e. MariaDB, MySQL, MongoDB.
· Vast knowledge of Operating systems such as LINUX etc.
· Continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies and tools
· DevOps culture, processes, and tools
· Cloud-native architectures, including public cloud PaaS / IaaS, micro-services architectures, API
· Highly cross-functional and able to swap and perform adjacent roles at short notice
· Flexibility to deal with changing projects and priorities in a short space of time
· Strong problem solving skills and ability to learn new methods and processes
· Strong relationship building, persuasion, and collaboration skills that drives internal-and cross-team constructive feedback and support
· Strong communications skills, with the ability to distil difficult technical concepts into simple and actionable modules
· Strong time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple balls, and comfortable working under pressure
· Good understanding of the business capability / user journey, wider organizational goals, and desired product business outcomes

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With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
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Job Summary
Reporting to the Business Assurance Manager the purpose of the role will be:
• Review of annual renewal credit papers for Business Banking and Corporate Businesses
• To sanction and structure deals relating to new business propositions from Medium Business Sales or live business applications from Relationship Managers, taking into account Credit Policy.
• To exercise personal / joint discretion in structuring and sanctioning facilities with the additional benefit of financial and other information provided by Sales or Customer Services.
• To recommend and implement requisite amendments to Credit Policy.
• To report on proposals, in an agreed format, commenting on product type, the level of advance, covenants and key factorability issues.
• To ensure suitable conditions are set within the customer agreement to mitigate the risk issues.
• To participate in deal teams, visiting prospective customers as required.
• To develop the Credit/Sales partnership and key relationships with the Sales Teams.
• To assist in training others around the business as required.
• To undertake and complete ad hoc projects as and when required.
Job Description
Main accountabilities and approximate time split
CREDIT MANAGEMENT
Survey Sanctioners (SS) – 25%
The jobholder will assess/analyse proposals submitted for sanction of Asset & Sales Financing products, requesting further information where required and make Sanction decisions for those proposals within her personal sanction authorities. This will include presentation to higher sanction authorities where necessary and the exercising of joint discretions with others. The jobholder will need to assess the product and financial risks from a wide range of sources, including reports from Business Development Managers, Relationship Managers, Receivables Assessors survey reports, prospective client ledgers, terms and conditions of trade/contracts, financial accounts and information from other sources such as Credit Reference Bureaus, CCN and Lending Advisor, Business Plans, Due Diligence Reports.
The jobholder will have a personal sanctioning authority, which will be decided by the Head of Credit (depending on the individual mastery of lending activities) for annual renewal of the existing business at same level as well as enhancements/new businesses.
The job holder will review and recommend applications above her mandate to the respective mandate holders, after ensuring that the paper is of the required standards and qualities.
Where sanctions do not fall within the standard Credit Policy, typically large and bespoke deals, the jobholder is required to structure the proposal in such a way as to balance the customer’s needs with the risk appetite of Absa.
Legal documentation is produced/ratified detailing the terms of the facility and supporting securities involved with a new client prior to dispatch. The jobholder may have to sanction alterations, or amendments to offers when necessary.
The jobholder will ensure the conditions of offers are complied with and may be required to authorize first payments to new customers.
The jobholder will work closely with Senior Sanction Officers where appropriate.
· The applications sanctioned by the jobholder will be subjected to sampling of lending decisions made around the company. These will be compared with current Credit Policy and where flexibility is required in relation to a particular lending decision it is the jobholder’s responsibility to challenge and amend the original where necessary.
Senior Auditor – Survey Sanction (SS) only: –
Planning & Preparation – 5%
Liaise with Corporate Credit Managers to establish specific requirements for each assessment.
Research industry issues as appropriate and review the supporting information provided by Corporate Credit Managers, obtaining additional network reports as required.
Establish contact with the prime mover prior to each assessment to ensure the availability of relevant information and the customer understands scope of the assessment.
Risk evaluation, research & analysis and report writing – 70%
The jobholder will undertake the onsite assessment / evaluation of debt to be financed at the customer’s premises, often in competitive and / or sensitive situations.
Through interrogation of prime movers and detailed analysis of customer information, the jobholder will review and validate adherence to the conditions of the previous sanction.
The jobholder will confirm validity of the debt and the prospective customer’s ability to run a Sales Finance facility.
Analysis will utilize a suite of tests at the discretion of the jobholder (subject to policy compliance) to ensure satisfactory understanding of all 5 key factorability issues: collectability, auditability, contractual completeness, quantifiability, assignability. Further investigation will be carried out to enable satisfactory comment / understanding of business viability issues, business structure and personnel.
Interrogate and pursue anomalies from discussions with the prospective customer through examination of additional data.
Obtain hard copy reports including aged sales ledger, aged purchase ledger, trial balance and any other information appropriate to the overall assessment of the facility.
Establish the appropriate funding level based on the outcome of onsite investigations.
Complete report of onsite findings using the most appropriate reporting format allowing for the size and complexity of the business operation.
Undertake additional audit work (subsequent risk evaluation visits) as work patterns may dictate.
Risk and Controls Objectives
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Absa Operational Risk Framework and internal Absa Policies and Standards
Manage risk and control effectively by applying applicable risk frameworks and embedding a positive risk culture.
Understanding of own role in the end-to-end processes in which you play a part, including applicable risks and controls.
Adhere to Absa’s policies and procedures applicable to own role, demonstrating sound judgement and responsible risk management.
Report all risk events / incidents / issues using the defined process for your business area and help to understand why these happened and how to prevent them in future.
Proactively look for ways to improve the control environment by considering what could go wrong in the processes you operate and how errors could be prevented.
All mandatory training completed to deadline
Essential
· Knowledge of Asset and Sales Finance Credit Policy and Procedures
In depth knowledge of Money Laundering Policy and Guidelines
Good working knowledge of the Companies Act, in order to assess deals such as MBO’s. E.g. section 151 issues.
Credit experience within a bank environment.
In depth knowledge of Asset and Sales Finance products and their operation in order to be able to assess the viability of funding structures
Working knowledge of other bank products that may form part of the customer’s credit with the Bank.
Working knowledge of the guidelines and procedures of the FDA in order to effect transfers between factors.
Understanding of Credit as it applies to the network teams.
Working knowledge of Lending Advisor in order to assess Credit against other Bank business the customer may have.
Credit assessment skills
Policy interpretation and report writing experience.
Economic and commercial awareness
Good negotiation skill
Spent time in a corporate related environment in the Bank
FDA/FLA Certificate/Diploma
Working towards, or holds, a professional qualification in the Financial Services industry.
Absa Values
Absa’s Values and Behaviours represent the set of standards which governs the actions of all of us who work for the bank and against which the performance of every one of us in Absa are being assessed and rewarded:
· Trust
· Resourceful
· Stewardship
· Inclusive
· Courage
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BACK-END SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The Developer creates the logical back end, front end and core computational logic of a website, software or information system (using broad technologies such as JAVA, C#, Python etc). Creating prototypes and designs and builds modules and solutions in all iterative cycles, to develop, maintain, and optimize the business outcome. This role is responsible for performing peer reviews, collaborating with architects and other developers to produce design, and ensuring that technical documentation and training is provided for reference and operational support. Typically reports to the Chapter Lead.
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The Developer creates the logical back end, front end and core computational logic of a website, software or information system (using broad technologies such as JAVA, C#, Python etc). Creating prototypes and designs and builds modules and solutions in all iterative cycles, to develop, maintain, and optimize the business outcome. This role is responsible for performing peer reviews, collaborating with architects and other developers to produce design, and ensuring that technical documentation and training is provided for reference and operational support. Typically reports to the Chapter Lead.
Key accountabilities and decision ownership
• Estimate user and technical stories to help inform and prioritize backlog
• Design modules according to user stories, UX designs, and technical stories
• Develop solutions according to module designs and deploy using delivery pipeline
• Develop and execute unit and integration tests;support testing against user and technical story acceptance tests
• Suggest improvements to user stories and UX
• Manage technical debt as part of daily activities
• Conduct peer reviews and maintain coding standards
• Manage incidents as level two and level three support
• Manage problems as level two and level three support

Core competencies, knowledge and experience
• Agile and lean programming and development of software systems in Web-scale environments
• Mobile app developer skills with ability to create, maintain and implement the source code to develop mobile apps and programs that meet the needs and requirements of the clients using the computer programming languages.
• Backlog item estimation
• Unit, integration, smoke and static code analysis testing
• Architectural element testing e.g. APIs
• Automated testing and tools e.g. Selenium
• Code reviewing
• Software incident and problem management
• Expertise in multiple programming and markup languages, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript/Native
script, Android, Java,PhP, Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON,C and Python, and paradigms such as objectoriented-, even-driven.
• Must have knowledge of the following databasesi.e. MariaDB, MySQL, MongoDB.
• Vast knowledge of Operating systems such as LINUX etc.
• Continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies and tools
• DevOps culture, processes, and tools
• Cloud-native architectures, including public cloud
PaaS / IaaS, micro-services architectures, API
• Highly cross-functional and able to swap and perform adjacent roles at short notice
• Flexibility to deal with changing projects and priorities in a short space of time
• Strong problem solving skills and ability to learn new methods and processes
• Strong relationship building, persuasion, and collaboration skills that drives internal-and crossteam constructive feedback and support
• Strong communications skills, with the ability to distil difficult technical concepts into simple and actionable modules
• Strong time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple balls, and comfortable working under pressure
• Good understanding of the business capability /user journey, wider organizational goals, and desired product business outcomes
Must have technical / professional qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field
• 2 -3 years relevant experience of which a minimum of one year is in programming and/or systems analysis applying agile frameworks
• Experience working with agile methodologies,such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, LSD, and FDD
• Experience working with multiple programming and markup languages, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, and Python, and paradigms such as object-oriented-,even-driven-, procedural-, functional-, and declarative programming
• Professional experience and knowledge of the Telecommunications industry preferred
• Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) preferred
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