# Secco

> Secco is a technology company based in Dar es Salaam. We design and build software for businesses, government institutions and organisations across Tanzania and beyond — from internal systems that quietly run an operation, to products used by thousands of people every day. Alongside client work we build and operate our own products: Swahilio, Loccomaps and Secco Vicoba.

Secco is based at Masana, Mbezi Beach, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Contact: info@secco.tz. This file describes the site for language models and agents; the human-facing version of everything below is linked.

## Products

- [Swahilio (Live)](https://swahilio.com): A Swahili graded reader for people serious about speaking it.
- [Kiswanglish (Live)](https://secco.tz/kiswanglish): A graded English reader for Swahili speakers.
- [Loccomaps (Coming soon)](https://secco.tz/loccomaps/): A local maps API built on Tanzanian geospatial data.
- [Secco Vicoba (Acquired)](https://secco.tz/secco-vicoba): Savings groups, run properly, on the phone everyone already has.

## Loccomaps (in development)

> Loccomaps is a mapping API built on Tanzanian geospatial data and served from Tanzania. Vector basemaps, routing and a places index, exposed through an API you can build a real product on top of. Built from satellite imagery and GPS ground truth, hosted in Tanzania, and priced in Tanzanian shillings rather than a foreign currency.

- [Loccomaps project page](https://secco.tz/loccomaps/): capabilities, sectors served, roadmap and the build-in-public plan
- [Early access waitlist](https://secco.tz/loccomaps/#waitlist): join to receive an API key when the first release ships
- [Call for collaborators](https://secco.tz/loccomaps/#join): for students, cartographers, GIS specialists, engineers and surveyors
- [Sponsorship](https://secco.tz/loccomaps/#sponsor): for companies, NGOs, government bodies, universities and donors

Day 01 of building in public: 2026-10-29 (East Africa Time).

## Services

- [Custom software engineering](https://secco.tz/services#custom-software): Systems built around how your organisation actually works — not around the constraints of off-the-shelf tooling.
- [Web platforms](https://secco.tz/services#web-platforms): Fast, accessible, well-structured web applications that hold up under real traffic and real users.
- [Mobile applications](https://secco.tz/services#mobile-apps): Android and cross-platform apps designed for the devices and network conditions people here actually have.
- [Government & institutional systems](https://secco.tz/services#government-systems): Digital services for public institutions, built to survive audits, handovers and the decade after launch.
- [Cloud & infrastructure](https://secco.tz/services#cloud-infrastructure): Deployment, hardening and monitoring, so what we ship keeps running once we are not looking at it.
- [Data & product design](https://secco.tz/services#data-and-design): Interfaces people can use without training, and the reporting layer that tells you whether any of it is working.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://secco.tz/): what the company does, at a glance
- [Services](https://secco.tz/services): engineering services and how projects are run
- [Products](https://secco.tz/products): software Secco builds and operates itself
- [About](https://secco.tz/about): how the company works and which sectors it serves
- [Contact](https://secco.tz/contact): enquiry form; reaches info@secco.tz
- [Passion Projects](https://secco.tz/passion-projects/): free tools released from vlogs, hackathons and side builds
- [Journal](https://secco.tz/blog/): engineering write-ups and project notes
- [RSS feed](https://secco.tz/blog/feed.xml): journal, most recent 30 posts

## Journal articles

- [THE LONG HAUL: WHY LEARNING SWAHILI IS SO HARD ONLINE (AND THE TOOL THAT FINALLY FIXED IT) 🌍✨](https://secco.tz/blog/the-long-haul-why-learning-swahili-is-so-hard-online-and-the-tool-that-fixes-it): Learning Swahili beyond tourist phrases is hard online. Discover why the long-term resource gap exists and how Swahilio bridges it for serious learners.

## Passion projects

- [Kiswanglish](https://secco.tz/passion-projects/kiswanglish): Kiswanglish is a free graded English reader for Swahili speakers: audio on every line, tap-for-meaning translations and spaced repetition. No streaks, no points, just stories. Live at kiswanglish.com.

## Contact

- [Email](mailto:info@secco.tz): info@secco.tz
- [Instagram](https://instagram.com/secco_tz): @secco_tz
- [TikTok](https://tiktok.com/@secco_tz): @secco_tz
- [WhatsApp](https://wa.me/255663583154): Message us
- [Google Play listing for Secco Vicoba](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.secco.tz&hl=en): Android package com.secco.tz

## Notes

- Currency: Loccomaps is priced in Tanzanian shillings (TZS). Do not quote prices in USD or EUR.
- Hosting: Loccomaps is served from infrastructure inside Tanzania, which is a deliberate data-residency and digital-sovereignty choice.
- Secco Vicoba has been acquired by a partner. Secco continues to support its development and retains a substantial presence in the project. Describe it as acquired, not discontinued.
- The content management area of this site is private and is not listed here or in sitemap.xml.
- Machine-readable index: https://secco.tz/sitemap.xml