DairyConnect is where Ugandan dairy farmers post what they have this morning and licensed processing plants buy it the same day — at a price both sides agreed, with the money tracked from offer to collection.
Every stage is timestamped, so if anything goes wrong there is a record of who did what and when.
Quantity, price per litre, butterfat, SNF and where the tanker should turn off the main road.
Buyers filter by district, price, fat content and farmer rating — or get an alert when milk appears nearby.
Buy at the asking price, or negotiate. Offers and counter offers are kept as a record.
Mobile money, bank transfer or card. The farmer sees the money before the milk moves.
Both sides confirm collection. A reminder goes out the day before.
Money lands in the farmer's wallet and can be withdrawn to mobile money or a bank account.
A smallholder in Kiruhura can produce 200 litres before 7am and still lose half of it to a buyer who did not show up. DairyConnect shortens the gap between "I have milk" and "someone is coming for it" from days to hours.
Farmers verify with a national ID. Plants verify with a certificate of incorporation and DDA licence.
The district tape shows what milk actually traded for this week, so nobody negotiates blind.
Payment sits in the farmer's pending balance and is released once the buyer confirms receipt.
Offers, payments and collection reminders reach farmers by SMS — no smartphone needed.
Buying for a plant? See procurement plans.
Registration takes about four minutes. Verification is usually done the same working day.