CowTribe

Cowtribe (Cowtribe Technology, Ltd.) is a Ghanaian last-mile veterinary delivery company that operates an on-demand animal vaccine distribution platform for smallholder livestock farmers. The company coordinates the delivery of veterinary vaccines and other animal health products to rural and underserved communities, positioning itself as Africa's first on-demand veterinary vaccine distribution platform. Its stated mission is to make accessible and affordable animal health services available to farmers regardless of location or herd size, addressing supply-chain barriers that limit vaccine availability in hard-to-reach areas.

The operating model centers on a network of agrovets, veterinarians, community animal health workers and other last-mile partners who serve as the link between Cowtribe and farmers. Alongside the direct-to-farmer service, Cowtribe offers an end-to-end mass vaccination management solution for governments, NGOs and community organizations, covering livestock and owner registration, real-time vaccine inventory tracking, last-mile logistics, proof of delivery, real-time campaign data and emergency outbreak response. The company also collaborates with the government of Ghana on a national livestock identification system built on Cowtribe's market data and network.

Cowtribe frames the problem it addresses in terms of livestock loss and food security: it cites that smallholder farmers lose roughly a quarter of their livestock annually to preventable diseases, that only about 5% of farmers have access to vaccines, and that accessible vaccination can prevent a large share of animal mortality while raising farmer income and reducing zoonotic disease transmission.