The livestock marketplace
Cattle sell for what the second buyer offers
A farmer in a rural district usually has one buyer, whoever drives out that week. An exporter in the city has an order and no way to see the countryside. Chinyama puts both sides on the same board and a person makes the introduction.
If you hold cattle
Two head or four hundred, communal or commercial. Post the species, the number, the condition, the district and the tag status. It takes a minute on a weak connection because every field is a dropdown. You get a reference code and a WhatsApp call.
If you move cattle
Livestock haulage is a trade of its own, and transport is the thing that most often kills a deal. Post the routes you run, the vehicle and how many head you carry, and you get pulled into the introduction when a consignment on your route needs moving.
If you buy cattle
Aggregator, feedlot, abattoir supplier, licensed exporter, finisher. Post the standing requirement once and it sits on the board where the supply side can see it. We assemble the volume out of the districts instead of you doing it one phone call at a time.
The board
Supply and demand, district by district
Every district that has stock listed against it, and every standing requirement pointed at that district, on one screen.
The position, stated plainly
Chinyama introduces. It does not trade.
What Chinyama does
- Takes a listing from whoever holds the cattle
- Takes a requirement from whoever wants them
- Makes each side visible to the other
- Reviews every valid submission within one business day and introduces the two parties on WhatsApp when a current fit is confirmed
- Publishes what a given route requires before anything moves
What Chinyama never does
- Owns, moves, feeds or slaughters an animal
- Handles money, holds a deposit or runs an escrow
- Grades, weighs or values a beast
- Issues, procures or vouches for a permit or a clearance
- Publishes anybody's contact details
Grading, transport, abattoir and export paperwork sit with the buying side, where they have always sat.
Before anything moves
Permits and clearances
Permits and clearances are the friction that keeps a smallholder out of the formal chain. Every district page carries a plain checklist of what that route requires: movement permit, veterinary clearance, tag or brand status, quarantine where it applies, and the import permit for anything crossing a border.
Three steps
Post
Holders list stock. Buyers post what they need. Transporters post the routes they run. Dropdowns only, no account, no password.
Match
A person reads both sides of a district and finds the fit. Not an algorithm, and not a classifieds page you have to police yourself.
Introduce
An operator reviews the submission within one business day and introduces the parties on WhatsApp when a current fit is confirmed. They then deal directly. The buying side runs grading, transport, abattoir and paperwork.