The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau

What The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau does

The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) is a Tanzanian government agency headquartered in Dodoma, established in 1975 to prevent and combat corruption within the country. It operates as a state statutory body with legal authority to investigate and prosecute corruption offences, and its functional remit spans investigation and prosecution of corruption cases, prevention activities, public education and awareness, and international cooperation on anti-corruption efforts.

The bureau's core offerings are public services rather than commercial products: it accepts and processes corruption reports from the general public, conducts investigations into bribery, fraud, abuse of office, and related economic crimes, and pursues prosecutions across Tanzania. It also runs public education programmes to raise awareness of anti-corruption measures. There are no disclosed proprietary technology platforms, software products, or commercial service offerings in the input data; the entity operates through official government channels and physical offices.

PCCB is funded by public appropriation and does not operate a commercial revenue model; pricing is not applicable. Its customer base, in a public-service sense, is the general population of Tanzania and all government institutions, and its segment reach is horizontal across all sectors affected by corruption. The bureau employs between 11 and 50 staff and serves the Tanzanian market as its primary geography, with no disclosed commercial expansion activity or international commercial operations.

Name

The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau

Legal name

The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau

Website

https://pccb.go.tz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) is a Tanzanian government agency, headquartered in Dodoma, that investigates, prosecutes, and prevents corruption across Tanzania, serving the general public and government institutions since 1975.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Anti-Corruption Services

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (926150)

akta.pro primary industry

Government Accountability, Ethics & Anti-Corruption Advocacy (BPAGAFAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fraud Risk Management & Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption (ABAC) (BPAHAFAL), Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption (ABAC) (EDABADAA)

Keywords

• Anti-corruption enforcement
• Corruption investigation services
• Public integrity oversight
• Government regulatory agency
• Anti-fraud compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

DODOMA

HQ country

Tanzania

HQ region

Africa

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

The PCCB is a Tanzanian government bureau that investigates, prosecutes, and prevents corruption offences including bribery, fraud, and abuse of office. It also conducts public education and awareness campaigns, and engages in international cooperation on anti-corruption efforts, serving the general public and government institutions across Tanzania.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corruption Investigation Services
• Corruption Prosecution Services
• Corruption Prevention Programs
• Public Education and Awareness Campaigns

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Technology focussed No

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Regional players

• Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Tanzania: Tanzania's prosecution authority that receives corruption cases from PCCB. Closely linked in the enforcement chain within the same jurisdiction and a natural operational counterpart.

Direct peers

• Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) of Ghana: Ghana's anti-corruption and administrative-justice body combining investigation, prevention, and public education functions. Directly comparable to PCCB's enforcement-plus-advocacy model in a neighboring African jurisdiction.
• Inspectorate of Government (IGG) of Uganda: Uganda's constitutional anti-corruption and ombudsman body with a similar mix of investigation, prosecution support, and prevention functions. Closely comparable in regional scope and statutory mandate.
• Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) of Kenya: Kenya's statutory anti-corruption enforcement body with investigation, prevention, and public education functions analogous to PCCB. Comparable mandate, regional context, and government-agency structure make it the closest direct peer.
• Special Investigating Unit (SIU) of South Africa: South Africa's statutory body investigating corruption and maladministration in public sector spending. Comparable investigation-and-prosecution-support mandate at a larger operational scale.
• Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of Nigeria: Nigeria's federal anti-corruption body tasked with investigating corruption, public education, and prevention. Comparable mandate and four-pillar structure, though operating at significantly greater scale.

Broad incumbents

• African Union Advisory Board on Corruption (AUABC): African Union body tasked with promoting and encouraging anti-corruption measures across AU member states including Tanzania. Comparable regional mandate and natural coordination counterpart for PCCB.
• Transparency International: Global anti-corruption advocacy organization that produces indices, advocates reforms, and partners with national anti-corruption agencies including PCCB's regional peers. A broad incumbent operating in the same mission space from civil society.
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC): UN body implementing the UN Convention against Corruption and providing capacity-building to national anti-corruption agencies like PCCB. Broad incumbent enabling PCCB's international cooperation pillar.

Others

• Financial Action Task Force (FATF): Global standards-setting body for anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing that shapes the regulatory environment in which PCCB operates, particularly for financial-corruption cases.

Market position

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Customer concentration

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