Your farm, verified. Your future, unlocked.
No internet? No problem. Your digital farmer ID works offline.
Kgolo (Growth) gives you a permanent, verifiable identity – stored on your phone. Prove who you are, what you own, and what you grow. All without needing data or signal.
Get the app
- Works offline
- Farmer-owned data
- Free pilot for North West farmers
The challenge
Why a digital farmer ID matters
Warm, straightforward tools for real farms including where the internet does not reach.
Banks say "no proof of farming"
Without a paper trail, months of honest work do not count. You need a record that shows what you did, when you did it.
Subsidies miss you
Programmes struggle to find real farmers. A verifiable digital farmer ID helps government and NGOs know you are active on the ground.
Livestock theft & disputes
When animals are registered to you with photos and history, you have something solid to stand on stored on your phone, even without signal.
The app
Built for places where the internet doesn't reach
Download on Android, register, map your land, add animals, log your work, then sync when you can.
Digital farmer ID on your phone
Register with your name, ID, and photo. Map your land, add cattle, goats, or sheep, and log vaccinations, treatments, and movements all designed to work offline first.
Your data until you share it
Your information stays on your device until you choose to back up or share. No sharing without consent dignity and trust by design.
Edge-Sync
The app remembers everything you enter without signal. When you get Wi‑Fi or data, it quietly backs up to a secure cloud so you do not lose your work.
Our modules
Livestock today, more later
Livestock traceability that works offline
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District: we are onboarding 50+ smallholder livestock farmers, aiming to register 500+ cattle and log 1000+ activities proving the model where signal is scarce.
- Digital farmer ID and herd records on your phone
- Activity history banks and programmes can take seriously
- LITS traceability context (Jan 2026) for partners who need it with farmer consent
- Edge-Sync when you reach Wi‑Fi or data
For organisations
Reach the farmers others can't
Government (LITS mandate, Jan 2026), agri-fintech, and NGOs: API access with consent, white-label options, and pilot partnership in the North West. Let's talk.
Farmers: use Contact to join the pilot (name, phone, district, herd size). Partners: partners@kgolo.co.za. General: info@kgolo.co.za.
50+
Pilot farmers (target)
500+
Cattle registration goal
Offline
Works without signal
Pilot open in the North West — limited spots
Taung roots, Setswana name: Kgolo means growth. Get involved: we will call farmers who apply with name, phone, district, and herd size.