What the system does
The system is built first for the people doing the work. A worker with an ordinary phone, who may not read much English, signs in with a short PIN and records a goat using taps, pictures, and their own voice, in Kiswahili. There is little to learn and little to get wrong. That simplicity is the whole point: if the work is easy to record, it actually gets recorded.
Today the manager and worker run the farm from that phone, and the app keeps a full record for each goat:
- Who it is. Breed, family line, and its own tag number.
- Health. Regular checks of eye colour for worms (FAMACHA), body score, weight, and temperature, with a photo, a short video, or a spoken note.
- Treatments, dewormers and vaccinations. What was given, the day it was given, and when the next one is due.
- Births and deaths. So the herd's true count is always right.
- Sick or new goats. Kept apart until they are cleared, so trouble does not spread.
- Milk. Recorded at each milking, doe by doe, as the dairy side grows.
The manager gives each worker their jobs for the day and reviews every result. A task is not closed until the manager confirms it. Routine checks and milkings can only be marked done by saving the actual record, and the manager can ask for a photo or a note as proof on any other job. Nothing closes on a worker's word alone.
It works with no network. The phone keeps the records and sends them up once the signal comes back. It speaks Kiswahili and English, and it is built to run a herd of thousands across more than one farm without slowing down.
The same daily records add up to plain money for the owner. Goats sold, costs, cash in hand, and a forecast for the months ahead, each figure with a clear reason behind it. Selling live goats is the farm's income today, and milk will add to it as the dairy herd grows.
Next come farm sensors for weather and soil, which we are building toward. With them the system will learn from the records to advise on deworming and feeding, and to warn early when a goat is unwell. A hardware partner would help us get there sooner. Until then, clearly marked public weather data fills the gap.
Example data The screens below are the real app, filled with example information, not a real farm's private numbers. Partners can ask for a guided look at the live system.
In the worker's hand
Made for the worker in the field
The worker signs in with a PIN and opens a goat. Then they go down the check: body score, eye colour for worms (FAMACHA), weight, temperature, ticks, how it moves and eats, and any symptoms. They can add a photo, a short video, or a spoken note. A quick check on routine days, a fuller one when it matters. With no network the phone holds the record and sends it later.
A full check (Ukaguzi Kamili), top to bottom:
On the manager's screen
The whole farm, and any goat in detail
The manager sees the day's work across the herd, confirms it was done, and assigns the next round. They can open any goat to its full story: who it is, how it is growing, the care it has had, and what it produces.
For the owner
The herd, in plain numbers
On the owner's screen the herd turns into plain money. Goats sold, money this month, cash in hand, and what the next three months may look like. Beside each figure sits a short reason, so the number is never a mystery. When the system is not sure it says so instead of guessing.
Made to be trusted
- The records stay put. Once something is written down it is not quietly changed. A correction is added on top, showing who changed it and why, and the first record is kept.
- Work is confirmed, not assumed. The manager signs off every finished task, and routine checks and milkings can only be closed by saving the actual record.
- The numbers come with reasons. The system shows how it reached each figure, and holds back when it is unsure.
- Honest about what is real. Real farm sensors will be added as we build toward them. Until then, that is clearly marked.
Built here, offered to others
We built this for our own goats at Gongoni, on real days, with real workers and a real herd. It is not a demo looking for a problem. Because it already runs a working farm, we are opening it to other livestock keepers as a service that we set up and support. If you run goats, sheep, or cattle and want this kind of clear record of your herd and your money, we would like to work with you.