“They came, loaded cows and goats and made fake transaction alerts; it was when we got to the bank that we realised it.”
Livestock traders in Keffi, Nasarawa State, describing a ₦1.5 million loss. Daily Trust, 22 October 2022
Livestock trade you can trust.
Dabbobi is building Nigeria's leading verified livestock marketplace. Your money is held in escrow, and the animal is checked by its muzzle print at delivery, before the seller is paid.
Escrow on every order
Muzzle-print verification
6 languages
Payment held in escrow
Escrowon every order
Muzzle IDchecked at delivery
6languages, from Pidgin to Fulani
Nationwidebuyers and sellers across Nigeria
The problem
Livestock trade still runs on trusting strangers
Money moves before the animal does, and there is no way to get it back when a deal goes wrong. Nothing proves the animal that arrives is the animal that was sold. And buyers and sellers mostly find each other through middlemen who take a cut at every step.
“Over $3billion is lost to agricultural inputs counterfeiting in Nigeria annually.”
Ayo Okediji, CEO of Agdyna Limited, on fake farm inputs such as day-old chicks. Farmers Voice, 20 December 2023
One marketplace
Everything a livestock business trades
Livestock is at the centre, with the feed, produce and services around it in the same app.
Livestock
Cattle, goats, sheep and rams, and poultry, listed by the people who raise and trade them.
Animal feed
Feed and supplements from suppliers you can identify and rate.
Crops
Farm produce sold direct, alongside the livestock trade it supports.
Storage services
Space to hold animals and stock between purchase and delivery.
Meat processing
Slaughter and processing partners for buyers who need meat, not live animals.
Farm workers
Skilled hands for herding, care and farm work, hired through the same platform.
How it works
Nobody gets paid until the right animal arrives
Every order follows the same four steps, whether it is one ram for Sallah or a truck of cattle for an abattoir.
1
List
The seller lists the animal with photos, price and location, and scans its muzzle with an ordinary phone.
2
Pay into escrow
The buyer pays. The money is held by a licensed payment partner, not sent to the seller.
3
Scan at delivery
When the animal arrives, its muzzle is scanned again and matched against the listing.
4
Release or resolve
A match and the buyer's confirmation release the payment. A mismatch freezes it for our team to review.
Built for every side of the deal
Buy it, sell it, or move it
For buyers
Abattoirs, butchers, restaurants, event buyers and families. Buy from the north without travelling, and pay nothing to the seller until the animal you chose is at your gate.
For buyersFor sellers
Herders, ranchers, dealers and farmers. Reach buyers in the cities directly, and know the money is already held before your animal leaves.
For sellersFor partners
Logistics, storage, meat processing and farm labour. Plug your service into the trade as it moves onto one platform.
Partner with us
Trust & safety
Three layers of protection on every order
We are building the safeguards this trade has never had, so a buyer in Lagos can deal with a herder in Katsina without either one taking a blind risk.
Escrow payments
Buyers pay into escrow held by licensed payment partners, including Paystack. Sellers are paid when delivery is verified, not before.
Muzzle-print verification
Like a human fingerprint, the ridges on an animal's muzzle are unique to it. A scan at listing and at delivery proves it is the same animal.
Disputes handled by people
If something is wrong, the buyer reports it in the app and the payment stays frozen while our team reviews the case.
The app
Your livestock market, in your pocket
Dabbobi is in development and launching late 2026 on iPhone and Android. It speaks English, Pidgin, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa and Fulani, so nobody has to trade in a language they are not comfortable with.
Coming soon to theApp Store
Coming soon toGoogle Play
Join the waitlist
Be first on Dabbobi when we launch
We are launching late 2026 and onboarding our first buyers, sellers and partners now. Join the list and we will contact you before the public launch.
- Early access before the public launch
- Sellers: help onboarding your first listings
- No spam. We only contact you about Dabbobi
Where we are headed
A marketplace first. The trust layer for African livestock next.
Verified animal identity is what lets insurers, lenders and processors finally work with this trade. We are starting in Nigeria, with our head office in Lagos and yards in Lagos and Katsina.