Transparency International Kenya

What Transparency International Kenya does

Transparency International Kenya (TI-Kenya) is the Kenyan national chapter of the global Transparency International movement, established in 1999 and registered as a company limited by guarantee under Kenyan law. Headquartered in Nairobi with a regional office in Mombasa and presence in the North Rift, the organization operates a multi-vertical anti-corruption program spanning Citizen Demand & Oversight, Natural Resource & Climate Governance, Public Finance Management, and Institutional Development, formalized in its 2022-2028 'Action for Integrity' Strategic Plan. Its service portfolio comprises Advocacy & Legal Advice Centers (ALACs) offering free legal support to citizens, digital reporting platforms (SMS short code 22130 and web forms) for corruption case submission and tracking, the fee-based Business Enterprise Program delivering anti-corruption compliance and ethical leadership training to institutions, and a research arm producing the Corruption Perceptions Index, the National Gender and Corruption Survey 2025, and policy reports on campaign financing, climate governance, and public finance. Revenue is derived primarily from international development donors (USAID, UKAID, DANIDA, SIDA, EU, GCERF) supplemented by fee-for-service institutional training, and the organization is governed by a Board of Directors under Executive Director Sheila Masinde with approximately 74 staff.

Name

Transparency International Kenya

Legal name

Transparency International Kenya

Website

https://tikenya.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Transparency International Kenya is a Nairobi-based non-profit anti-corruption organization founded in 1999, operating ALACs, digital citizen reporting platforms, and fee-based institutional training to advance governance reform across Kenya under its 2022-2028 Strategic Plan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-Corruption Advocacy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

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-Corruption, Integrity & Transparency (BPADAGAC), Public Communications, Transparency & Open Government (BPAIAAAH), Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption (ABAC) (EDABADAA)

Keywords

• Anti-corruption advocacy
• Legal advice centers
• Corruption reporting platforms
• Governance research
• Compliance training

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donor Funding and Grants: TI-Kenya operates primarily through donor funding from international development partners including USAID, UKAID, DANIDA, SIDA, EU, and GCERF. Jane Kingori serves as Grants Manager for the USAID USAWA Program.
2. Training and Consultancy Services: Business Enterprise Program offering anti-corruption compliance training, ethical leadership workshops, and financial management training to public and private institutions on a fee-for-service basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Transparency International Kenya operates Advocacy & Legal Advice Centers (ALACs) and digital corruption-reporting platforms that allow citizens to submit and track reports of corruption online and via SMS (short code 22130), supported by ICT-based case-tracking databases. The organization also delivers the Business Enterprise Program, a fee-based portfolio of anti-corruption compliance training, ethical leadership workshops, and financial management courses for public and private institutions. Through research and policy advocacy, TI-Kenya produces the Corruption Perceptions Index reporting for Kenya, sectoral studies such as the Kenya National Gender and Corruption Survey 2025 and the Breaking the Barriers Report, and influences legislation on public finance, natural resource governance, and political integrity.

Product overview

Transparency International Kenya operates as a nonprofit anti-corruption organization offering a portfolio of advocacy programs, digital reporting platforms, legal advisory services, and research publications. The core offerings include the TI-Kenya Digital Platforms enabling citizen corruption reporting via SMS and online channels, the Business Enterprise Program providing anti-corruption training and consultancy services, and Advocacy & Legal Advice Centers (ALACs) supporting affected citizens. The organization's research arm produces annual Corruption Perceptions Index reports, the Kenya National Gender and Corruption Survey, and various policy analysis reports on topics including campaign financing, climate governance, and public finance management. The product portfolio functions as interconnected services rather than a unified software platform, combining digital tools for reporting, human-centered legal support services, and knowledge products for advocacy and policy influence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ALAC (Advocacy & Legal Advice Centers): Legal advice centers providing support to citizens reporting corruption
• Uwajibikaji Pamoja
• Sema! Piga Ripoti
• Integrity Walkathon
• National Integrity Awards
• Business Enterprise Program
• Adili E-Newsletter

Products and services

• Business Enterprise Program Fee-based portfolio of anti-corruption compliance courses, ethical leadership workshops, and financial management and budgetary analysis training delivered to public and private institutions in Kenya on a contractual basis.
• Advocacy & Legal Advice Centers (ALACs) Physical and digital legal-advice service points across Kenya (including Mombasa) where citizens affected by corruption receive free legal counsel, case support, and referrals through the ALAC network.
• TI-Kenya Digital Platforms Multilingual (English and Swahili) web and SMS platforms enabling Kenyan citizens to submit corruption reports across all 47 counties, attach supporting documents, and receive tracking numbers and status updates via short code 22130.

Quantifiable outcome

• Citizens supported through Advocacy Legal & Advice Centers (ALACs) in the past 5 years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered minor, moderate and core.

• Uwajibikaji PamojaminorOthersListed as a partner organization, likely a local Kenyan anti-corruption coalition or initiative working on transparency and accountability issues
• Water Integrity NetworkmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network focused on transparency and accountability in water sector governance, aligning with TI-Kenya's Natural Resource & Climate Governance focus area
• Action for TransparencymoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal transparency initiative complementing TI-Kenya's work on citizen demand for accountability and anti-corruption efforts
• Contract Monitoring Network of KenyamoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition focused on monitoring public procurement and contracts, supporting TI-Kenya's work on transparency in public procurement
• The Climate Governance Network (CGN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork supporting climate governance transparency and accountability, directly aligned with TI-Kenya's Natural Resource & Climate Governance strategic focus area
• The African Parliamentarians' NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of African parliamentarians working on anti-corruption and good governance, supporting TI-Kenya's institutional development and policy advocacy work
• Freedom of Information NetworkmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition advocating for access to information legislation and transparency, supporting TI-Kenya's work on citizen demand and oversight
• Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKenya's constitutional anti-corruption body with whom TI-Kenya jointly launched the Kenya National Gender and Corruption Survey 2025
• National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstitutional commission on gender equality partnered with TI-Kenya for the Gender and Corruption Survey addressing gendered corruption realities
• Kenya National Bureau of StatisticsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGovernment statistical body partnered for survey methodology and data collection for the National Gender and Corruption Survey 2025
• URAIA TrustmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivic education organization partnered on the National Gender and Corruption Survey 2025, supporting citizen awareness components
• National Integrity Alliance (NIA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of civil society organizations including TI-Kenya that issues joint statements on national integrity issues including police brutality, civic space, and political accountability
• Police Reform Working Group (PRWG)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition focused on police reforms and accountability, TI-Kenya participates in joint press statements and advocacy
• Civic Freedoms ForummoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition defending civic freedoms and media freedom, TI-Kenya participates in joint statements on civil liberties
• Okoa Uchumi CampaigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition focused on public finance accountability and opposing problematic legislation like Finance Bill 2026, co-convened with TI-Kenya

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Open Government Partnership: Multistakeholder initiative promoting transparency, accountability, and citizen participation. Comparable in the transparency, public-finance, and citizen-demand focus areas of TI-Kenya's Strategic Plan 2022-2028, though operating as a multistakeholder platform rather than a national advocate.
• Transparency International (Global Secretariat): Global parent organization of the Transparency International movement. Directly comparable as the umbrella network to which TI-Kenya belongs, sharing mission, methodology (CPI), and brand, but operating globally rather than within a single national jurisdiction.

Direct peers

• Global Integrity: Independent non-profit producing data, evidence, and analysis on governance and anti-corruption. Highly comparable in research output, donor-funded programming, and methodology, with a similar focus on accountability mechanisms in Africa and globally.
• Kituo cha Sheria (Legal Advice Centre): Kenyan legal aid and human rights organization providing free legal services to citizens. Operates in overlapping citizen-facing service delivery (notably Diana Mwanzia's prior affiliation), shares the free-service model, and competes for similar donor funding in the governance and rights space.
• Transparency International Uganda: National chapter of Transparency International in neighboring Uganda. Operates an analogous ALAC-equivalent legal advice network, conducts CPI advocacy, and runs donor-funded anti-corruption programming in the same East African context, making it the closest functional peer to TI-Kenya.
• Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG): Kenyan civil society organization focused on open governance, public finance accountability, and anti-corruption advocacy. Operates in the same Nairobi civic space, targets the same government institutions, and competes for overlapping donor funding with TI-Kenya.
• Transparency International Rwanda: Rwandan national chapter of Transparency International. Direct peer in the East African regional network, with shared methodology, research products, and donor base; included in joint AUCPCC implementation research with TI-Kenya.
• Transparency International Tanzania: Tanzanian national chapter of Transparency International. Highly comparable regional peer with similar ALAC-style citizen engagement, government accountability work, and donor mix; included in the comparative AUCPCC study co-produced with TI-Kenya.

Regional players

• Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC): Kenya's constitutional anti-corruption body. Functions as both a strategic partner (jointly publishing the Gender and Corruption Survey 2025) and a structural parallel, with overlapping mandates on corruption investigation, public engagement, and policy advisory.

Emerging players

• International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL): Global organization supporting an enabling environment for civil society. Comparable to TI-Kenya in the civic-space and freedom-of-association dimensions of its work, particularly relevant given the 2026 press statements on civic space intimidation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TIKenya
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/transparencykenya
• Facebookfacebook.com/TransparencyKenya
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/transparency-international-kenya

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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