Singita Lowveld Trust

Name

Singita Lowveld Trust

Legal name

Singita Lowveld Trust

Website

https://singitalowveldtrust.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wildlife Conservation and Community Development Non-Profit

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Land Trusts & Protected Areas (BPAGAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wildlife Rescue, Rehabilitation & Release (BPAGAIAC), Dropout Prevention, Alternative Education & Re-Engagement Nonprofits (BPAGADAL)

Keywords

• Wildlife conservation services
• Community development programmes
• Anti-poaching operations
• Environmental education services
• Enterprise development training

Headquarters

HQ city

Newlands, Cape Town

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The trust operates as a non-profit organization relying on donations from individual donors, corporate sponsors, and Singita guests. Donations are collected through the website and via Empowers Africa as US fiscal sponsor.
2. Corporate and Foundation Grants: Funding from foundations and corporate partners supporting specific conservation and community development projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Singita Lowveld Trust is a South African non-profit trust that operates conservation and community development programmes in the Greater Kruger National Park region. It delivers anti-poaching operations, species monitoring (rhinos, leopards, lions, wild dogs, vultures), wildlife rehabilitation, early childhood development, culinary and tracker vocational training, micro-enterprise support, and climate resilience programmes. The trust is funded through donations from individual donors, corporate sponsors, and Singita guests, processed via Stripe/Empowers Africa and PayGate.

Product overview

Singita Lowveld Trust operates as a non-profit conservation and community development organisation with a portfolio of interconnected programmes focused on three key areas: Community Partnerships (education, enterprise development, and environmental awareness), Biodiversity Conservation (protecting wildlife and wilderness through anti-poaching, species research, and ecosystem management), and Sustainability (aligned with The Long Run's 4C framework). The portfolio consists of 11 core programmes including the Anti-Poaching & K9 Unit for 24/7 wildlife protection, Panthera Partnership Leopard Research for population monitoring, Rehabilitation & Rewilding of Rhino Orphans in partnership with Care for Wild, Saving Species of Conservation Concern (vultures and raptors) with the Endangered Wildlife Trust, Holistic Early Childhood Development Programme supporting children aged 0-5 across 27 centres, Singita Community Culinary School providing chef training with Prue Leith Culinary Institute, Good Work Foundation Digital Learning Centre, Hustle Economy Programme for entrepreneurship, Tracker Academy for tracking skills training, Environmental Education through connected learning journeys, and the Community Development and Resilience Fund for climate disaster response. These programmes work in concert to achieve the organisation's 100-year purpose of preserving African wilderness while ensuring meaningful positive impact for neighbouring communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Anti-Poaching & K9 Unit 24/7 anti-poaching and law enforcement unit protecting wildlife in the Greater Kruger region, with canine detection capabilities and innovative early detection technology including trail cameras, night-vision equipment, and perimeter fence-line detection, for conservation of species of conservation concern including rhinos.
• Panthera Partnership Leopard Research Flagship leopard research and monitoring project in the Sabi Sand Nature Reserve, tracking leopard populations through field guide sightings data and DNA analysis, with over 850 life histories and 90,000 sightings recorded, in partnership with PANTHERA.
• Rehabilitation & Rewilding of Rhino Orphans Partnership with Care for Wild (world's largest rhino orphan sanctuary) supporting rehabilitation and rewilding of orphaned rhinos, contributing to veterinary care, nutrition, security, monitoring, and habitat management, with drone-based nighttime monitoring to safeguard orphans until rescue teams arrive.
• Saving Species of Conservation Concern Partnership with Endangered Wildlife Trust protecting vultures and large raptors through Vulture Safe Zones, GPS-tagged sentinel vultures for real-time poaching detection, and GPS collars for tracking large carnivore movements across the Greater Kruger landscape.
• Holistic Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programme Comprehensive ECD support programme for children aged 0-5 supporting physical, nutritional, developmental, and health needs through practitioner support, specialist guidance, curriculum-aligned resources, and monitoring of child development across 27 centres in 13 villages, reaching 3,000+ children annually.
• Singita Community Culinary School (SCCS) Flagship culinary training programme offering young people from neighbouring villages intensive 12-month chef courses in partnership with Prue Leith Culinary Institute, culminating in City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Professional Cookery and a six-month paid internship, with over 200 graduates across South Africa, Tanzania, and Rwanda campuses.
• Good Work Foundation - Justicia Digital Learning Centre Digital learning hub providing access to online educational resources in rural villages neighbouring Singita Sabi Sand, supporting basic literacy, mathematics, technology skills, and professional work preparation through the Open Learning Academy (1,000+ school-aged learners annually) and Bridging Academy (approximately 550 young school leavers annually).
• Hustle Economy Programme Entrepreneurship development programme led by Wild Impact equipping micro-entrepreneurs with skills, mentorship, and funding to grow sustainable businesses in the informal economy. Has enrolled 818 hustle-preneurs across seven cohorts since 2021, with 96% of participants earning above minimum wage after completing the foundation phase.
• Tracker Academy South Africa's first formally accredited tracker training institution training young people from rural communities in traditional tracking skills for careers in wildlife protection, monitoring, and ecotourism. SLT provides ongoing scholarship support and mentorship within Singita's tracking teams.
• Environmental Education Connected learning journey for environmental education from early childhood through school years, including ECHO4ECD Wild Impact for ages 3-5, Lessons in Conservation for primary school, and School Safaris for experiential learning, alongside conservation technology including camera traps, thermal cameras, drones, and AI-supported monitoring.
• Community Development and Resilience Fund Fund providing immediate support to communities during natural disasters such as storms and floods while fostering long-term climate resilience, partnering with organisations to deliver essential resources to affected families.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,000+ children reached annually through ECD programme across 27 centres
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 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

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered key, core and supporting.

• Tracker AcademykeyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024South Africa's first formally accredited tracker training institution. SLT provides ongoing scholarship support and skills development mentorship within Singita's tracking teams. Several graduates now part of tracking teams at Singita Sabi Sand and Lebombo.
• The Long RunkeyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Sustainability programme with 60+ nature-based members conserving 23 million acres. Singita Kruger National Park became Long Run Fellow in 2024; other properties joined in 2025. Aligns with 4C methodology: Conservation, Community, Culture, Commerce.
• Wild ImpactcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Facilitates the Hustle Economy Programme which enables young entrepreneurs to build sustainable micro-enterprises. SLT is anchor financial partner supporting 818 hustle-preneurs enrolled across seven cohorts. Facilitates three-month capacity building, nine-month mentorship, and graduation phases.
• Good Work FoundationkeyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Independent NGO operating digital learning campuses. SLT has been key sponsor of Justicia Digital Learning Campus (JDLC) outside Newington Gate, providing access to online learning for 1,000+ school-aged learners and 550 school leavers annually through Open Learning Academy and Bridging Academy.
• Care for WildcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld's largest orphan rhino sanctuary. SLT provides annual sponsorship contributing to veterinary care, nutrition, security, monitoring, habitat management, and long-term rehabilitation requirements for orphaned rhinos. The goal is to return rehabilitated rhinos to the wild to strengthen wild populations across the Greater Kruger landscape.
• Prue Leith Culinary InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobally renowned culinary institute providing academic quality assurance, accreditation, and curriculum for the Singita Community Culinary School. Graduates earn City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Professional Cookery, WSET Level 1 Wine certification, and Fire Safety/First Aid qualifications.
• PantheracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal wild cat conservation organization leading the Sabi Sand Leopard Project, one of the best-studied leopard populations worldwide with over 850 life histories and 90,000 sightings recorded. Singita field guides contribute data via the Panthera sightings app.
• Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVulture conservation through Vulture Safe Zones, GPS-tagged sentinel vultures for real-time poaching/poisoning detection, and large carnivore tracking research with GPS collars. EWT's Birds of Prey Program Manager collaborates on conservation efforts.
• Empowers AfricakeyChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUS-based fiscal sponsor providing cost-effective fundraising for SLT. Processes credit card donations via Stripe, acting as intermediary for American donors wishing to contribute to conservation and community projects.
• SANParks (South African National Parks)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment protected area management body overseeing Kruger National Park. SLT supports conservation management including wildlife protection, anti-poaching operations, and biodiversity conservation in the concession areas.
• Sabi Sand Nature ReservecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrivate nature reserve adjacent to Kruger National Park, home to one of the highest leopard densities globally. SLT supports conservation management, anti-poaching operations, and partner for leopard research and rhino rescue operations.
• Lion Recovery FundsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerConservation organization that has granted $19-million to 158 innovative lion conservation groups in Africa. Singita is member of the Lionscape Coalition coordinated by the Lion Recovery Fund.
• Carbon TanzaniasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCarbon offset partner for Rwandan and Tanzanian properties. Yaeda Valley project protects forests for Hadza hunter-gatherers, wildlife, and climate. Finance of US$167,000 disbursed to date, preventing 18,700 trees per year from being cut down.
• Climate Neutral GroupsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCarbon offset partner for South Africa and Zimbabwe properties. Wonderbag project distributed 600,000 non-electric cookers, each saving 0.32 tonnes of carbon emissions annually. Projects benefit communities while reducing emissions.
• Department of Basic EducationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSouth African government department partnering with SLT's ECD programme to implement National Curriculum Framework in rural classrooms. In 2024, partnered to bring curriculum to life across 17 ECD centres.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• &Beyond: Luxury ecotourism operator with integrated conservation and community impact programmes across multiple African countries. Comparable in ecotourism-conservation hybrid model and high-net-worth guest engagement channel, analogous to SLT's Singita parent.
• WWF South Africa: South African arm of a global conservation leader with programmes spanning rhino conservation, community development, and environmental education. Directly comparable in geographic focus and integrated biodiversity-community model, but operates at much larger institutional scale.
• Wildlife Conservation Society: Major global conservation NGO with extensive African field programmes. Comparable in anti-poaching, species monitoring, and community-based conservation, but operates at far greater scale and geographic breadth than SLT.

Direct peers

• African Wildlife Foundation: Pan-African conservation NGO operating landscape-level wildlife protection and community programmes across multiple countries. Directly comparable to SLT in mission (biodiversity + community), geographic scope (Africa), and integrated conservation model.
• Save the Rhino Trust: Namibian rhino conservation NGO specializing in rhino monitoring, anti-poaching ranger operations, and community-based conservancy partnerships. Comparable in rhino-focused field operations and southern African geography.
• Care for Wild: World's largest rhino orphan sanctuary and SLT partner. Directly comparable in rhino rehabilitation and rewilding operations, veterinary care models, and donor-supported sanctuary management.
• Peace Parks Foundation: Southern African transfrontier conservation organization focused on cross-border protected area management in the Greater Kruger / Kavango-Zambezi landscape. Directly comparable on anti-poaching operations, reserve management, and conservation partnership with government bodies (SANParks equivalents).
• Wild Impact: South African NGO running the Hustle Economy Programme in partnership with SLT. Directly comparable in entrepreneurship and micro-enterprise development for rural communities, with measurable livelihood outcomes.
• Panthera: Global wild cat conservation organization leading the Sabi Sand Leopard Project with SLT. Directly comparable in big-cat research methodology, long-term population datasets, and partnership-based field operations.
• Endangered Wildlife Trust: South African conservation NGO specializing in species-of-concern protection (vultures, large carnivores) and Vulture Safe Zones. Already an SLT implementation partner; comparable in species monitoring, GPS tracking research, and conservation technology deployment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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