Last updated: March 2026
📢 In plain English: Some links on TIC earn us a commission. This never changes our ratings or recommendations — brokers earn their scores through testing, not payments.
How TIC Makes Money
TIC is a free resource for African traders and investors. To sustain our independent research and testing, we participate in affiliate marketing programmes. When you click certain links on our site and subsequently open an account or make a deposit with a broker, we may receive a commission from that broker at no additional cost to you.
What This Means for Our Reviews
We review brokers whether or not we have an affiliate relationship with them. Our editorial scores are determined by a standardised testing methodology covering regulation, spreads, platform quality, deposit/withdrawal options, and customer support. A broker cannot purchase a higher rating or a featured position in our top-rated lists.
Where we do have an affiliate relationship with a broker we review, this is a potential conflict of interest that we acknowledge openly. We manage this by maintaining strict editorial independence — our review team operates separately from any commercial arrangements.
FTC Compliance
In accordance with the US Federal Trade Commission’s guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 C.F.R. § 255), we disclose material connections with the companies whose products or services we discuss. This disclosure applies to all pages on TIC where affiliate links may appear.
Identifying Affiliate Links
Affiliate links on TIC typically appear as “Visit Broker”, “Open Account”, “Get Started”, or similar call-to-action buttons. Clicking these may take you to a third-party site where we have a commercial relationship. You are under no obligation to use these links — you can always go directly to the broker’s website.
Our Commitment
We are committed to transparency. If you ever feel that a review does not reflect a broker’s true offering, or if you have experienced something different from what we describe, we encourage you to contact us at editorial@tic.co.tz. Reader feedback is a critical part of keeping our content honest.