Komaza
Kilifi, Kilifi County, Kenya 路 Company 路 National 路 since 2006
Smallholder microforestry company growing commercial timber with Kenyan farmers
About
Komaza is a forestry company based in Kilifi, Kenya, founded in 2006 by Tevis Howard. Instead of owning plantations it partners with smallholder farmers who provide land and labour, while Komaza supplies seedlings, a farm-management platform, harvesting and a market for the wood. The company operates in Coastal and Central Kenya and has registered a carbon project with Verra. It describes itself as the largest forestry company in Kenya without owning a plantation.
What they run
Farmers plant Komaza-supplied seedlings on underused land, manage them with a mobile platform, and sell the harvested wood back to Komaza for processing.
Carbon removals from the smallholder woodlots are registered as VCS project 2623 on the Verra registry.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hectares restoredto date | 2026 | 9,500 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceHomepage: 'We have increased total tree cover in Coastal and Central Kenya by 9,500 ha'; undated page |
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 8,000,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceHomepage counter: '8,000,000 trees planted' with 25,000 farmers; the page is undated (also states '16 years in business'), so the as-of year is the year the page was viewed |
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