Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania

Name

Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania

Legal name

Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania

Website

https://janegoodall.or.tz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wildlife Conservation Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Biodiversity Baseline Studies & Long-Term Monitoring Programs (EUAHAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Conservation & Sustainability Volunteering (EDAIAGAB), Environmental Education, Capacity Building & Community Engagement (BPADALAO)

Keywords

• Wildlife conservation services
• Community-based conservation
• Environmental education programs
• Chimpanzee research
• Sustainable livelihood programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Dar es Salaam

HQ country

Tanzania

HQ region

Africa

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: JGI Tanzania operates as a non-governmental organization funded through donations, grants, and partnerships with international development agencies and conservation organizations.
2. USAID Partnerships: Funding through USAID Hope Through Action project supporting community conservation and sustainable livelihood programs, including beekeeping initiatives.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

JGI Tanzania conducts long-term wild chimpanzee research at the Gombe Stream Research Centre and delivers community-centered conservation, environmental education, and sustainable livelihood programs across Western Tanzania. Its work combines field science (chimpanzee behavior, ecology, and habitat monitoring) with community development (land-use planning, livelihoods, water and sanitation, education) and youth engagement through the Roots & Shoots program.

Product overview

Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania operates as a community conservation organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs. The core offerings include the Gombe Stream Research Center (a living laboratory for long-term chimpanzee research), Roots & Shoots (a global youth empowerment program), TACARE (a reforestation and community development project), and the Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania project. Supporting infrastructure includes a whistle-blowing reporting system and the Gombe Scholarship Program for primate research. These programs work together to advance Dr. Jane Goodall's vision of community-centered conservation that improves lives of people, animals, and the environment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Roots & Shoots: Youth-led global community action program that helps young people become informed generation of compassionate citizens through environmental conservation and service-based learning.
• Tacare
• Gombe Stream Research Centre

Products and services

• Gombe Stream Research Centre operations Long-term wild chimpanzee research, behavioral and ecological monitoring, and associated scientific output at Gombe Stream National Park, providing the scientific foundation for JGI Tanzania's conservation programs.
• TACARE (Take Action for Community-Centered Conservation) Integrated community development and conservation program delivered to villages in Western Tanzania, combining sustainable land-use planning, alternative livelihoods, and biodiversity protection around chimpanzee habitat.
• Roots & Shoots (Tanzania) Youth-focused environmental and humanitarian education program running in Tanzanian schools and communities, developing locally-led conservation projects.
• Lake Tanganyika Catchment Wildlife Conservation (LCWT) Landscape-scale conservation and community development project across the Lake Tanganyika catchment, addressing habitat protection, ecosystem services, and sustainable livelihoods for buffer-zone communities.
• Gombe Scholarship Program Education scholarship and support program for students from communities adjacent to Gombe, linking the conservation program to long-term community capacity building.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,100 beekeepers earning up to 3x market price for honey through USAID partnership
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• USAIDcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 December 2024USAID partners with JGI through the Hope Through Action project, a flagship USAID project that puts communities at the center of conservation. USAID provides funding and support for organic honey export initiatives, community livelihood programs, and biodiversity conservation in Western Tanzania. Approximately 1,100 beekeepers participate in the organic honey program producing 150 tons annually for export to U.S. markets.
• Burlap & BarrelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 December 2024U.S.-based social enterprise Burlap & Barrel partners with JGI and USAID to export Tanzanian-harvested organic honey to U.S. consumers. The partnership enables American consumers to purchase Tanzanian honey online while linking local beekeepers to global markets.
• Upendo HoneycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 13 December 2024Local Tanzanian honey producer Upendo Honey is a key partner in the honey export initiative. The company processes and exports organic honey harvested from forests far from agriculture and human settlements, enabling communities to earn up to three times average market price.
• Pathfinder InternationalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPathfinder International partners with JGI through the LCWT project, providing family planning support and reproductive health education to communities in Katavi Region. This partnership integrates health services with conservation, demonstrating how family planning can be an effective tool in biodiversity conservation.
• National Geographic SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Geographic Society financially supported Dr. Jane Goodall's research in Gombe starting in 1963, publishing her 7,500-word account of chimpanzee behavior. This historic partnership established the foundation for chimpanzee conservation research.
• Jane Goodall Institute (Global)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJGI Tanzania operates as part of the global Jane Goodall Institute network, which was founded in 1977 and operates through 24 global offices. The global institute provides strategic direction, research support, and international coordination for conservation programs.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wildlife Conservation Society: Large, established wildlife NGO running field programs, scientific research, and community conservation across Africa; overlaps with JGI Tanzania on great-ape habitat management and livelihoods, but operates across many species and geographies.
• Fauna & Flora International: Long-established species and habitat conservation NGO with active African programs, including great-ape range states; comparable mix of biodiversity monitoring, community engagement, and partnerships, but more geographically diversified.
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Tanzania: Tanzania office of a global conservation NGO focused on species, forests, and community engagement in the same Western Tanzania landscapes — overlapping habitat and livelihoods work but part of a much broader portfolio.
• Conservation International: Global conservation NGO with significant Africa footprint focused on biodiversity, climate, and human well-being — adjacent in mission but broader in scope than JGI Tanzania's community- and research-led model.

Others

• Trees for the Future: Non-profit that trains African smallholders in agroforestry and sustainable land use, sharing JGI Tanzania's interest in livelihoods-driven landscape restoration but focused on tree-based systems rather than great-ape conservation.

Direct peers

• Frankfurt Zoological Society: Conservation NGO funding protected-area management, wildlife monitoring, and community-based natural resource management in Africa and beyond — comparable programmatic mix of field research and community conservation.
• African Wildlife Foundation: Africa-focused conservation NGO that pairs landscape-level habitat protection with community enterprise and policy engagement across East Africa, including chimpanzee range countries — directly comparable mission, geography, and livelihoods approach.
• Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund: Long-running great-ape conservation NGO using site-based research, protected-area management, and community livelihoods — the closest analog to JGI Tanzania's combination of continuous ape research and community-centered conservation in Africa.

Emerging players

• Tropical Biology Association: Africa-focused capacity-building and applied tropical ecology organization with field-research training and biodiversity monitoring programs in Tanzania — adjacent niche with overlapping research-and-capacity methodology.

Regional players

• Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA): Government body managing Tanzania's national parks, including Gombe — the principal in-country counterpart for JGI Tanzania's research and law-enforcement collaboration, with overlapping mandate but very different mandate and funding model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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