Cowtribe

We are pioneering cutting edge technology and logistics systems to deliver animal vaccines and other livestock services to last mile farmers in Africa.

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What an extraordinary year it has been impacting the lives of millions of smallholder farmers in Ghana!

As the year comes to an end, we want to express our gratitude to all our amazing stakeholders.Thank you for being a part of this inspiring chapter!
Happy Holidays 🎊

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Cowtribe is looking for an experienced Data, Learning and Impact Manager!
Take the first big step : https://t.co/RVC6nTTlkw

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Farmers are incredibly important. From ensuring food security to transforming local economies, their work is so impactful and so very timely especially during these times. Wishing all farmers a Happy Farmer’s Day.

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We are #hiring. As part of our mission to support and hone talents, we have launched our Graduate Talent Programme. We can’t wait to meet you all.

Send your CV, NSS number, and a brief introduction to [email protected]

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A Vet conducting a vaccination exercise in one of the communities we serve.

Timely vaccinations are very crucial in maintaining animal health and reducing mortality rate.

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They conducted preventive measures by diagnosing and educating the women beneficiaries thereby contributing to overall animal health and welfare.

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Representation is crucial in inclusive design. How we promote #inclusion at Cowtribe is by actively involving women farmers in our design process. To promote #diversity and excellence in veterinary care and to encourage the participation of women during The Women’s Rear Project..

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these vets provide which makes them more at risk to lose their animals to preventable diseases. The female veterinary officers were able to deliver comprehensive livestock services.

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Peter Awin @awinpeter led a breakout session at #BarcampTamale discussing STEM - science, technology, engineering, mathematics. His @afrilead is working on a Kids Science Lab in #Tamale. He leads @CowTribe, another #bctamale partner.

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An importance of inclusive design is that it helps us address gender disparities by ensuring that our services are flexible,❗️equitable, and ❗️tailored to the needs of farmers. We apply these principles in every aspect of our service delivery-from service design 2 data collection

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It is important to us to develop products and services that are accessible to all, and usable by as many people as possible. How we achieve this at Cowtribe is through Inclusive Design.

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To eliminate traditional mobility issues, our team engages directly with farming communities, providing them with in depth knowledge about our services to enable them make informed decisions.

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At Cowtribe, it is important to us to develop products or services that are accessible and usable by as many people as possible. We believe that a tech targeted digital outreach is crucial to connecting with farmers and sharing information more efficiently.

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Utilising our multi language Voice Response system, we execute targeted digital outreach 🔈. Animal 🐓🐄 husbandry tips, news about diseases outbreaks, vaccination tips are shared with our farmers in the languages that they are fluent it overcoming language barriers.

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To eliminate traditional mobility issues, our team engages directly with farming communities, providing them with in depth knowledge about our services to enable them make informed decisions.

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Addressing these barriers do not only benefit women livestock farmers but also contributes to:
1️⃣ poverty reduction
2️⃣ ensuring food security; and
3️⃣ community development.

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Women Rear Project is an initiative aimed at empowering women livestock farmers by making veterinary services accessible to all regardless of gender.
Some of the challenges women livestock farmers include;
📌low literacy rate
📌 lack of access to resources

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📌 extra responsibilities imposed by societal norms.

These challenges limit their access to crucial services like livestock vaccination and veterinary care, impacting their productivity and income.

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✓Why inclusive design is crucial in eliminating gender disparities in vaccine access;
✓Why equity in vaccine access and distribution is very important to us and;
✓Some of the challenges and barriers women livestock farmers face.
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Our CEO, Peter Awin, has first hand experience about how devastating it can be to lose your animals to diseases and the feeling of helplessness it can evoke. It is for this reason that Cowtribe works tirelessly to increase vaccine accesss to smallholder farmers in Africa.
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One of Cowtribe’s goals is to eliminate gender disparity in vaccine access by promoting equity in vaccine access and distribution. Over the next few days we will share more about:
✓The Women’s Rear Project;
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