Animal Identification & Management Solution (AIMS)
AGIX, white-labelled as MTN AIMS: a platform to identify livestock and record ownership with RFID tags, delivered for Sponge Analytics.
Two years, from March 2017.
- 2 yearsservice agreement from March 2017, with AGIX licensed in white label as MTN AIMS
- RFIDanimal-ID chip numbers loaded on the AIMS portal, which we maintained and supported
Engagement details from the service agreement with Sponge Analytics. Livestock figures are not published.
Livestock records relied on paper and inspection.
Livestock records relied on manual record-keeping and physical inspection. That is slow, error-prone and open to fraud and theft.
AIMS needed a way to identify individual animals, link them to their owners and manage the data centrally.
It had to work in rural areas with limited connectivity.
Our platform, under the AIMS name.
- 01LicenseAGIX in white label
AGIX licensed to run as MTN AIMS, under the client’s brand.
- 02IdentifyRFID chip loading
RFID chip numbers loaded onto the portal, so each tagged animal links to its owner’s record.
- 03RunPortal maintenance
Maintenance of the AIMS portal for the length of the agreement.
- 04SupportFault fixing
Technical faults reported by the client fixed to agreed time frames.
What AIMS is, and why it matters now.
- Launch
MTN publicly launched AIMS around 2016 to help owners identify livestock and combat rustling.
How We Made It In Africa, “Why MTN is venturing into livestock tracking in Nigeria” (opens in a new tab) (10 Nov 2016) - How it works
Each animal receives an RFID microchip registered to its owner’s profile on an MTN portal. Law enforcement can read it with handheld scanners.
How We Made It In Africa, “Why MTN is venturing into livestock tracking in Nigeria” (opens in a new tab) (10 Nov 2016) - Policy today
The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development is discussing digital livestock identification and traceability with UNIDO (September 2026).
Feed Business MEA, “Nigeria, UNIDO discuss digital livestock traceability” (Oct 2026)
What it runs on.
- AGIX platform
- White-label deployment
- RFID integration
- Web portal
On screen and in the field.
Screens from the AIMS portal · personal details removed
Where these figures were reported.
- How We Made It In Africa, “Why MTN is venturing into livestock tracking in Nigeria” (opens in a new tab) (10 Nov 2016)
- ThisDay, “Four years after, Katsina yet to track rustled cattle with MTN microchip” (opens in a new tab) (21 Dec 2021)
- Feed Business MEA, “Nigeria, UNIDO discuss digital livestock traceability” (Oct 2026)
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