Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

One ecosystem.
Every link in the chain.

TakaLink is the infrastructure company behind Tanzania's waste economy — connecting waste pickers, aggregators, recyclers, municipalities, and regulators through a suite of products built on a single, verified data foundation.

9
Products in ecosystem
4
Live & in pilot
TZS
Built for Tanzania
Waste picker
Field collection, doorstep
TakaApp
Aggregator
Consolidation & sorting
TakaApp
Recycler
Processing & recovery
TakaLink
Municipality & regulator
Oversight & compliance
TakaLink

Everything runs on TakaData

Before any product can work, the data must be trusted. TakaData is the verified ledger that every other product depends on — immutable by design.

TakaData

Live · Core infrastructure

A blockchain-grade, hash-linked double-entry transaction ledger recording weight, material type, GPS coordinates, and timestamp for every event. Every TakaLink product reads from and writes to TakaData — the single source of truth for Tanzania's waste economy.

Nine products. One mission.

Each product solves a distinct problem for a distinct actor — together they form a complete operating system for the waste economy.

Live
TakaLink
Supply chain ledger

Core platform connecting every actor. Tracks transactions, enforces roles, and delivers regulatory-grade reporting.

Live
Traza
Organisation management

Member lifecycle, fee tracking, attendance, SMS broadcasting for waste associations and cooperatives.

Pilot
TakaApp
Field operations · Offline-first

Mobile tool for waste pickers and aggregators. Offline-capable data entry for collections, weights, and GPS.

Coming
TakaPay
EPR payment engine

Disburses EPR incentives automatically: 50% to aggregators, 30% to waste pickers.

Coming
TakaScore
Credit scoring engine

Turns TakaData history into a credit score. Queried by banks via API.

Coming
TakaMarket
Base price platform

Publishes reference prices for PET, metal, glass — protects pickers from exploitation.

Coming
TakaChap
Logistics coordination

Optimised collection routes, demand heatmaps, and transport booking.

Coming
TakaHub
Community & engagement

Training, digital IDs, behaviour-change programmes including TakaNiPesa.

Pilot
TakaOlympics
Gamified tournaments

Gamified tournaments and events that drive adoption, healthy competition, and brand visibility across the waste ecosystem.

The ecosystem in numbers

2,480+
Active waste pickers
512
Aggregator points
145K+
Immutable transactions
9,100+
Tonnes tracked

From waste to worth

1
Collection recorded
Waste picker uses TakaApp to log weight, material, GPS. Data writes to TakaData.
2
Verification
Aggregator confirms receipt. TakaLink creates a hash‑linked transaction.
3
Recycling
Recycler processes material. Regulators access real‑time dashboards.
4
Payment
TakaPay distributes EPR fees. TakaScore builds credit history.

Infrastructure, not just software

Verified data at root
TakaData's hash-linked ledger ensures no record can be edited or altered after the fact.
Local by design
TZS currencies, Swahili/English localisation, and custom ward-level geography built specifically for Tanzania.
Picker-first economics
TakaPay, TakaScore, and TakaMarket structurally shift financial power back to the bottom of the value chain.
PDPA compliant
Engineered structurally from the ground up to support Tanzania's Personal Data Protection Act rules completely.
Production-grade
No brittle prototypes — highly precise software systems architected meticulously for operational correctness at scale.
EPR & impact-ready
Institutional-grade audit trails and reports ready instantly for global EPR compliance schemes and environmental impact funds.

Building the waste economy together

Whether you're a municipality, waste organisation, EPR scheme, or impact investor — let's connect.

hello@takalink.africa · Dar es Salaam, Tanzania