Tononoka fireworks bursting over the Dar es Salaam skyline

Est. 2002 · Lighting upweddings

We light upEast Africa

Fireworks, drone light shows and special effects — designed, licensed and fired by one crew, anywhere in Tanzania.

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Click anywhere in the sky to fire a shell

Family run since: 2002
Drone show in East Africa: 1st
Effects, one cue sheet: 9
Crew & permits handled: Licensed

Weddings✦New Year's Eve✦Stadium finales✦Brand launches✦National days✦Concerts✦Resort nights✦Award shows✦

What we do

Nine effects.
One cue sheet.

Everything below is ours — our product, our rigging, our operators. Mix them however the moment needs; we fire them from one timeline.

Fireworks

Shells, cakes, mines and comets fired to a timed cue sheet — matched to the site, heard across the city.

Aerial shellsCakes & minesMusic timed

Drone Shows

A synchronised swarm writing logos, words and countdowns across the night. Quiet, clean, made for camera.

Logo formationsAnimatedLow noise

Stage Pyros

Rotating heads, gerbs and fountains that punctuate an entrance without clearing the room.

RotatingSingle shotThree way

Confetti

Cannons, blowers and ceiling drops — landed on the beat, in your colours.

CannonsCeiling dropsBrand colours

Flame Throwers

Vertical flame columns that put real heat in the room. Feels dangerous. Isn’t.

Flame columnsHeight control

Colour Smoke

Saturated plumes matched to your palette — holds its shape long enough to shoot, reads in daylight.

Brand matchedPhoto readyDaylight visible

Daytime Fireworks

Smoke shells, streamers and daylight comets, planned against the sun.

Smoke shellsStreamers

Smoke SFX

Floor fog and haze. Nobody notices it — everybody notices the lighting looks expensive.

Low fogHazeTimed bursts

Bubbles & Foam

From a gentle drift down the aisle to a full family-day foam pit.

Family safeFoam moments

Our work

Fired, not rendered.

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New Year's Eve — Dar es Salaam skyline — New Year's Eve
Dar es Salaam skyline
01

Drone show — Light formation over the crowd — Drone show
Light formation over the crowd
02

Simba Day — Stadium finale — Simba Day
Stadium finale
03

Stage pyro — Live concert downbeat — Stage pyro
Live concert downbeat
04

Weddings — Walkway pyro entrance — Weddings
Walkway pyro entrance
05

Confetti — Celebration drop — Confetti
Celebration drop
06

National Day — Public celebration — National Day
Public celebration
07

Vibrant fireworks bursting in colour over a night sky in Tanzania

Years firing since 2002

Who we are

One crew,
every effect.

Established in Tanzania in 2002 as a family operation, Tononoka is now led by a father-and-daughter duo — and flew East Africa's first-ever drone show.

Fireworks, drone shows, confetti and stage SFX, designed as one cue sheet, rigged by one licensed team and fired to the beat. From weddings to stadium finales, indoors or out.

Family run since 2002

Led by a father-and-daughter duo

Flew East Africa's first-ever drone show

Licensed crew — permits handled

More about us

How a show comes together

Date to
detonation.

01Brief
Send the date, venue and guest count on WhatsApp. We come back with options at different levels — honestly, even if the date is close.
02Survey & permits
We confirm space, heights and exclusion zones on site, then handle permits and airspace clearance with the authorities and your venue.
03Cue sheet
Send the track. Fireworks, drones and SFX are designed on one timeline so every hit lands on the beat — not near it.
04Fire
Our licensed crew rigs, fires and clears. Weather thresholds and a fallback finale are agreed in advance.