Tanzania Conservation and Community Empowerment Initiative (TACCEI)

What Tanzania Conservation and Community Empowerment Initiative (TACCEI) does

TACCEI is a Tanzania-registered nonprofit organization headquartered in Terrat village, Simanjiro district, that integrates biodiversity conservation with socio-economic empowerment of Maasai communities in the Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem. Founded in 2010, the organization operates three core programmatic lines — Nature Conservation, Community Empowerment, and Climate Change Adaptation — delivered through specific projects including the Maasai Women Empowerment and Climate Change Adaptation Project (MWECCAP, targeting 2,000+ women across four villages), the Fighting Climate Change through Tree Planting and Environmental Education (FCCTPEE) project (20 schools, ~30,000 native trees), the Human-Elephant Coexistence Program ("Vijana na Tembo" youth groups), the Jitolee Education Project, the Tuwaibue Project for people with disabilities, and camera-trap-based ecological research. Field methods rely on remotely triggered camera traps, GPS tracking, satellite data, and participatory rural appraisal tools rather than on proprietary software or AI systems.

The organization runs with a lean team of roughly 8 core staff plus international volunteers and is supported by a community-liaison function that anchors village-level delivery. Funders are a concentrated set of international foundations — primarily FEMI Foundation, Wilde Ganzen Foundation, Global Exploration, and ECHO East Africa — supplemented by individual donations via bank transfer and PayPal, and a tiered membership program (€30 regular / €15 student). TACCEI's customers in the strict sense are its beneficiaries (Maasai women, farming households, schoolchildren, PWDs) rather than paying buyers, while its counterparties for revenue are foundation donors and individual supporters; government partners (Simanjiro District Council, TANAPA, TAWA, TAWIRI) provide operational access and endorsement within Tanzania's protected-area framework.

Name

Tanzania Conservation and Community Empowerment Initiative (TACCEI)

Legal name

Tanzania Conservation and Community Empowerment Initiative

Website

https://taccei.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TACCEI is a Tanzania-registered nonprofit integrating biodiversity conservation with socio-economic empowerment of Maasai communities in the Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem, delivering climate adaptation, women's empowerment, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, and environmental education programs through community-led projects funded by international foundations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Forestry (800), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAGAF

Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Environmental & Conservation Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAGAD

Forestry & Reforestation

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Environmental & Conservation Organizations

SECONDARYEUABABAA

Afforestation, Reforestation & Revegetation (ARR)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Carbon & Climate Solutions (Carbon Markets, Offsets, CCS/CCUS)/Carbon Project Development & Origination (Nature-based & Tech-based)

Keywords

• Community conservation
• Wildlife protection
• Climate adaptation
• Sustainable livelihoods
• Environmental education

Headquarters

HQ city

Terrat village, Simanjiro

HQ country

Tanzania

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Grants from Organizations: TACCEI depends on grants from other organizations and international foundations to fund its conservation and community empowerment projects. Major funders include FEMI Foundation, Wilde Ganzen Foundation, and Global Exploration.
2. Private Donations: Individual donations from private supporters, both one-time and monthly recurring contributions. Donations can be made via bank transfer, PayPal, or organized fundraising campaigns.
3. Membership Fees: Annual membership program with fees of €30 for regular members and €15 for students, providing supporters a formal way to join the TACCEI family.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

TACCEI is a nonprofit organization that delivers community-based conservation, community empowerment, and climate change adaptation programs to Maasai communities in Tanzania's Simanjiro district within the Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem. Its offerings include human-wildlife conflict mitigation through camera-trap research, environmental education in schools, homestead gardens and tree planting, interest-free micro-loans for women's entrepreneurship, and disability inclusion initiatives, all funded by grants and donations and delivered free of charge to beneficiaries.

Product overview

TACCEI is a non-profit conservation organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs and projects rather than a unified technology product. The core offerings include three main programmatic areas: Nature Conservation, Community Empowerment, and Climate Change Adaptation. These are delivered through specific projects including the Maasai Women Empowerment and Climate Change Adaptation Project (MWECCAP), Human-Elephant Coexistence Program, Conservation Education Project, Tree Planting and Environmental Education (FCCTPEE), Jitolee Education Project, Sustainable Agriculture Project, and Ecological Research initiatives. The organization does not offer a software product or technology platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nature Conservation Program Core program focused on mitigating human-wildlife conflicts (HWC), developing ecological research, restoring habitat, and providing conservation education to communities in the Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem. Delivered free of charge to Maasai communities and surrounding stakeholders in Simanjiro district.
• Community Empowerment Program Core program that works with communities to increase their capacity to develop sustainable livelihood options that reduce poverty and conserve biodiversity, delivered through training, capacity building, and support for environmentally sustainable businesses. Free of charge to beneficiary communities.
• Climate Change Adaptation Program Core program focused on diversifying livelihoods to reduce climate risks, improving agricultural techniques, and strengthening community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) for communities in northern Tanzania.
• Maasai Women Empowerment and Climate Change Adaptation Project (MWECCAP) Two-year project spanning five villages that delivers climate change adaptation and community resilience measures for over 2,000 Maasai women through capacity building, economic empowerment (interest-free loans and entrepreneurship training), and elimination of gender-based violence. Funded by FEMI Foundation and delivered free of charge to beneficiaries.
• Human-Elephant Coexistence Program (Turning Killers into Warriors) Project working with farmers on crop damage reduction, farm-based crop protection techniques, and education/awareness-raising about elephant behavior, including the establishment of community youth groups (Vijana na Tembo) that monitor elephant movements in village lands and push elephants out of farms during nighttime crop raids.
• Fighting Climate Change through Tree Planting and Environmental Education (FCCTPEE) One-year environmental education and tree planting project for twenty schools in Simanjiro and Longido districts targeting youth and school-going children, with the aim of planting nearly 30,000 native tree species in and around school compounds and public areas. Funded by Wilde Ganzen and Global Exploration.
• Jitolee Education Project Project empowering Tanzanian graduates and volunteers to teach in underserved rural communities in Simanjiro district, improving public education systems while contributing to career building for rural unemployed graduates.
• Tuwaibue Project (Supporting People with Disabilities) Project aimed at attitude change among the Maasai community towards persons with disabilities (PWDs) and creating an empowered community of PWDs economically, socially, and politically through community awareness, inclusion, and economic participation activities.
• Sustainable Agriculture Project Project leveraging agro-ecology to address ecosystem degradation while restoring lost biodiversity, with focus on rural-based smallholder farmers, including training on diversified farming systems and reduction of post-harvest loss.
• Ecological Research with Camera Traps Research initiative using remotely triggered camera traps and participatory rural appraisal tools to assess population distribution of species (including striped hyaenas), map conflict hotspots, and inform mitigation interventions for human-wildlife conflicts.
• Tree Planting and Environmental Education Project Project working with youths, school-going children, and community members to establish community tree nurseries, plant trees, and implement environmental education programs in northern Tanzania.
• TACCEI Annual Membership Annual membership program that provides supporters a formal way to join the TACCEI family and receive organizational updates; tiered at €30 per year for regular members and €15 per year for students, payable annually.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 Maasai women benefiting from climate change adaptation and economic empowerment programs
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Green Food FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023Visited TACCEI's eco gardens in Loswaki village and women entrepreneur groups in October 2023. Led by Wendy (FEMI Board member) and Leo Verzijl, Founder and Chairman.
• ECHO East AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2023Provided agricultural training for MWECCAP beneficiaries, including training on gardening practices, agroecology approaches, and establishment of homestead gardens for nearly 100 Maasai women from Terrat, Loswaki, Emboreet, and Engonongoi villages.
• Simanjiro District CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Government partner for project implementation, including endorsement of MWECCAP project and collaborative tree planting activities in Simanjiro district.
• TANAPA (Tanzania National Parks)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization, suggesting collaboration on wildlife conservation initiatives within national park areas.
• TAWA (Tanzania Wildlife Authority)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization for wildlife conservation and management activities.
• TAWIRI (Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization for wildlife research and ecological studies.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PAMS Foundation: Tanzania-based nonprofit focused on community-based conservation around Ruaha and other ecosystems. Most directly comparable peer in terms of operating model — grassroots NGO delivering wildlife-conflict mitigation and livelihoods programs alongside local communities.
• Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG): Tanzanian environmental NGO delivering community-based forest conservation, reforestation, and environmental education — closely matching TACCEI's FCCTPEE-style tree-planting and school-club programming across rural districts.
• African People & Wildlife: Northern-Tanzania-based nonprofit delivering environmental education, conservation entrepreneurship, and human-wildlife conflict solutions in pastoralist communities. Direct match for TACCEI's integrated conservation-plus-livelihoods model near Tarangire.
• Lion Landscapes (formerly Ruaha Carnivore Project): Tanzania-focused carnivore and human-wildlife coexistence research organization. TACCEI's director previously worked here; it represents the closest technical peer for camera-trap research and community coexistence programming in Tanzania.
• Honeyguide Foundation: Tanzanian nonprofit combining community-based conservation with human-wildlife conflict mitigation and livelihood support in northern Tanzania. Highly comparable in size, mission, and operating geography (Manyara/Tarangire ecosystem overlap).

Broad incumbents

• African Wildlife Foundation: Larger pan-African conservation NGO operating across multiple ecosystems including northern Tanzania. Comparable in that it combines habitat protection with community livelihoods, but at substantially greater scale and geographic breadth than TACCEI.
• Wildlife Conservation Society (Tanzania): Global NGO with long-standing Tanzanian footprint including Tarangire and Manyara. Overlaps with TACCEI on ecosystem protection and community-based natural resource management but operates at global NGO scale.
• Frankfurt Zoological Society: International conservation NGO working extensively in Tanzania on protected-area management and species conservation. Comparable mission and operating geography to TACCEI around Serengeti/Tarangire ecosystems.
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Tanzania: Major international conservation organization with active programs in the same northern Tanzania ecosystems. Comparable in thematic focus on wildlife and community coexistence but vastly larger in scale and budget.

Emerging players

• Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT): Tanzanian NGO focused on securing land rights and community-based natural resource management for pastoralist and hunter-gatherer communities. Highly comparable community-empowerment orientation in overlapping Maasai geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Tacceitanzania
• Facebookfacebook.com/Tacceiofficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tacceiofficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/taccei_tanzania

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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