Kifanya

Kifanya is a town and ward in Njombe Urban District in the Njombe Region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands.
As of 2022, the ward has four villages, namely Kifanya, Mikongo, Liwengi and Lilombwi, with a total population of 9011 and average people per household of 4.2. Main activities within the local area are agriculture and timber industry. The indigenous tribe of the locality is Bena tribe, therefore main languages spoken are bena and kiswahili. If you visit Kifanya expect to hear names like: Mhule, Mgeni, Mwenda, Wandelage, Mayemba, Mtewele and so forth around because they constitute what is indignity of the locality.
The area is seeing what could be described as reasonable technological advancement and economic opening-up. The International telecom union report showed that the number of internet user in Tanzania increased from 3 in 2001 to 20 in 2020. The same progress is seen in the ward with the main usage being on social media. Main telecom companies that provide network services are VodaCom, tigo and halotel. More could be sought about how this rapidly escalating internet usage rate is of importance to Kifanya or Njombe residents in general.
Kifanya has one central tarmac road which is fed by several earth/gravel road.
In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 9,302 people in the ward, from 9,011 in 2012.