Cherehani Labs | Mobile for Development
The GSMA Innovation Fund Cherehani Labs

Cherehani Labs

Kenya | AgriTech & Livestock Diagnostics

The company

Cherehani Labs solves animal healthcare inequality by building a chain of solar-powered, containerised veterinary laboratories in rural areas and providing zero-rated access to an AI-driven platform for translating lab results and recommending medical and dietary interventions to veterinarians via their mobile phones.

The problem

Smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya face high livestock morbidity and mortality due to limited access to timely, affordable, and accurate veterinary diagnostics. Traditional testing options are often distant, costly, and slow, leading to delayed treatments, reduced productivity, and financial insecurity. These challenges disproportionately affect underserved households, limiting their income, resilience, and access to essential services like credit or insurance.

GSMA project

In December 2025, Cherehani Labs received a GSMA grant to focus on scaling the AI component of its existing diagnostics management platform. This core innovation leverages artificial intelligence to dramatically accelerate and improve the efficiency of laboratory result interpretation.

The platform instantly converts lab results into actionable treatment and dietary recommendations, which are delivered directly to veterinarians and farmers via mobile phones. To enhance accessibility and treatment accuracy, the platform integrates Text-to-Speech (TTS) models, allowing full recommendations to be both displayed and read aloud in English and Swahili.

Key project initiatives include:

  • Enhancing AI Robustness: Cherehani Labs will conduct extensive supervised testing with human lab technicians to refine the AI model and ensure high accuracy in diagnostic outputs.

  • Driving Veterinarian Adoption: The team will facilitate the adoption of AI-guided interventions through targeted, in-person training sessions designed to build trust with rural smallholder farmers and veterinary professionals.

  • Scaling the Intervention: The project will expand the platform’s reach, aiming to extend the benefits of AI-powered diagnostics to a broader network of rural smallholder farmers across Kenya.

Founders

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Wesley Owiti – CEO & Founder

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Robert Mboya – Co-Founder & COO

A message from the founders

“Livestock is the lifeline for millions of smallholder farmers across rural Africa. These animals provide crucial nutrition, a reliable income stream, and serve as the primary store of wealth where traditional banking fails. However, the lack of timely veterinary diagnostics has led to unnecessary losses, high mortality, and low productivity. This funding from the GSMA is a transformative validation of our mission. We are leveraging the power of AI and mobile technology to bridge that healthcare gap, fundamentally de-risking rural smallholder farmers.”

Team | 11-50 employees

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Grant Status
Active
Theme(s)
The GSMA Innovation Fund for Impactful AI
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