Vet Connect is the first digital solution in Nigeria that enables users the ability to call a Veterinary Doctor anywhere in Nigeria. With the ability to generate cost analysis in real-time to start a farm, interact with the platform to seek clarifications on pet care and animal husbandry, buy birds, feeds, drugs, equipment directly from producers; Vet Connect offers the livestock and pet industry an idea “Telehealth” platform that will leverage machine learning which is and will be the basis of the Vet-Connect chat bot providing professional advice to users on the platform. More details available at www.vetconnect.com.ng. The motivation to develop a solution that addresses pertinent questions and challenges by leveraging technology not only aligns with the global digital trend but also reiterates the fact that there is a growing need for collaboration across the board in addressing the recurring challenges faced by all stakeholders in the industry.
The birth of every innovation comes from a deep desire to solve a problem. For Vet Connect, it was the motivation to tackle quackery with a superior approach, provide pet owners/animal farmers with reliable information and access to professional care and finally transform the mode of operations across the livestock value to a more digitally oriented one. So if today a user can call a Veterinary doctor anywhere in Nigeria, calculate to cost of starting a poultry, fish or piggery farm, book birds, feeds, drugs, equipment, etc directly from producers, access veterinary clinics within their vicinities and have access to professional veterinary consultancy via a chat bot then I will say that we have succeeded.