Dar es salaam, Tanzania – November, 2025
The Recycler, a leading waste management and recycling company in Dar es salaam, Tanzania has received impact-linked funding from Daraja Impact. The Daraja Impact program, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by SEAF in partnership with Alpha Mundi Foundation, provides and supports enterprises through impact-link, innovative financing and technical assistance to advance economic inclusion for women and youth in Tanzania.
The impact link fund will be used to establish and expand the women-led “Taka Pesa” waste-to-cash centers and expand critical waste management trainings across the country.
The recycler currently operates material recovery facilities in Dar es salaam and has collection centers in Arusha and Zanzibar, providing recycling services for plastics, paper, metal, glass, and hazardous waste. The company serves a range of corporate clients, including Serena Hotels and CRDB Bank. At the heart of its model is the “Taka Pesa” program, which empowers women and informal waste collectors by providing fair prices and a formalized structure for recyclable materials.
This investment will help scale this model, creating a new economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs. The company is also advancing environmental innovation by collaborating with cement manufactures to transform non- recyclable plastic into alternative fuel, significantly reducing CO2 emissions, and partnering with Biobuu limited for organic waste composting and insect feed projects.
This support will expand our Taka Pesa centers, create new income opportunities for women, and accelerate Tanzania’s shift toward a stronger circular economy,” said Peter, Recycler
“This funding empowers women entrepreneurs and strengthens Tanzania’s circular economy,” said Ezra Musoke, SEAF Tanzania. “The Recycler is turning waste into opportunity and sustainable impact.”
Media Contacts:
For more information on this release, contact: Irene Lyamuya | ilyamuya@ceed-tanzania.org
For more information on Daraja Impact, contact: Ezra Musoke | emusoke@seaf.com
About Daraja Impact:
Daraja Impact is a 5-year project that seeks to support enterprises by providing capital and technical assistance to advance inclusion and empowerment for women and youth in Tanzania. The project is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (“SDC”) through the Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania and implemented by SEAF, a global impact organization, in partnership with AlphaMundi Foundation.
About SEAF:
SEAF is a global impact organization dedicated to improving lives and communities through entrepreneurship and small businesses. We invest in debt and equity capital and provide advisory and mentorship to support SMEs in underserved markets, creating jobs and building sustainable communities. Since 1989, SEAF has made more than 433 investments across 46 funds in over 31 countries globally.
About Alpha Mundi Foundation:
AlphaMundi Foundation (AMF) is a US not-for-profit 501(C)(3), with a Kenyan branch based out of Nairobi. AMF provides blended finance products (technical assistance, returnable grants, concessional loans, first loss guarantees, etc.) to scale small and medium-sized businesses operating in Africa and Latin America. AMF supports these companies to incorporate gender- and climate-smart operations that create financial returns and positive social and environmental outcomes.
