The Living Wealth of the Horn

From Somaliland's rangelands to the world's tables.

Alpha Livestock Company is a modern, standards-compliant livestock enterprise in Somaliland — fattening, breeding and supplying premium sheep and goats for Gulf export and the domestic meat market, backed by our own fodder production and a diversified, resilient business model.

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~US$1bn
Annual Horn-of-Africa livestock exports (2024)
85%
of Somaliland's export earnings from livestock
70%
of the population dependent on the sector
6
complementary business models, one company

Livestock is the backbone of Somaliland's economy and one of the largest live-animal trades in the world. Yet most of that value still leaves the country as thin, unfinished animals. Alpha Livestock Company exists to change that — adding weight, quality, health certification and reliability to every animal we handle, so that more of the value stays here and more of our buyers come back.

What We Do

Four services, one integrated operation

Each service stands on its own commercially — and together they make the company stronger.

Fattening for export

We finish young sheep and goats over intensive 90–120-day cycles, adding weight and body condition to meet Gulf export grades — timed to the Hajj and Eid demand peaks.

Breeding with superior genetics

We improve indigenous flocks and cross local ewes with high-value Dorper genetics to produce faster-growing, meatier, higher-value animals — building a self-renewing herd.

Domestic meat supply

We supply healthy, meat-ready animals to butchers, hotels and modern abattoirs across Somaliland — a fast, dependable market that never closes.

Fodder production

We grow high-tonnage irrigated fodder, so our animals are fed well and cheaply year-round — turning Somaliland's biggest livestock constraint, feed, into an advantage.

About Us

Who we are

Alpha Livestock Company (ALC) is a private limited company incorporated in Hargeisa, Somaliland, under the Companies Act (Law No. 80/2018) and operated in full accordance with the standards of modern livestock management.

We are a modern livestock business built by a team of experienced entrepreneurs, scientists and sector professionals who know this trade from the rangeland to the export ramp. We bring intensive fattening, improved genetics, on-farm fodder, animal-health discipline and a diversified commercial model together under one roof — converting Somaliland's vast pastoral resource into export-grade and market-ready livestock for buyers at home and across the Gulf and beyond.

Herd grazing the Somaliland savanna at sunset
Pastoralists with a flock of Somali Blackhead sheep

Our story

For generations, Somaliland's herders have raised some of the most sought-after sheep and goats in the Horn of Africa. But the value chain has remained largely traditional: animals are often sold lean, feed is scarce and expensive, water is a constant constraint, and recurring export bans expose anyone who depends on a single market.

ALC was founded to professionalise this chain — to finish animals properly, secure their health and traceability, feed them from our own fodder, and sell across several markets so that no single shock can sink the business. We are starting focused and disciplined, and building, season by season, toward owned land, secure water and a premium breeding herd.

Our mission
To transform the Horn of Africa's livestock from an unfinished commodity into premium, certified, market-ready animals — raising incomes across the value chain, earning the trust of international buyers, and doing so in a profitable, sustainable and fully compliant manner that meets the standards for live-animal export and meat production.
Our vision
To be the Horn of Africa's most trusted name in quality livestock — a vertically integrated producer and exporter whose animals, fodder and standards set the benchmark for the region.

What we stand for

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Quality over quantity

Finish fewer animals to a high standard rather than ship many that are lean and unreliable.

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Health & traceability

Every animal vaccinated, inspected and handled to international SPS and OIE standards.

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Resilience by design

Several markets at once, so an export ban, drought or price swing dents us — never sinks us.

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Community partnership

A reliable buyer for pastoralists, jobs created, and more value kept inside Somaliland.

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Stewardship

Investing in water, fodder and improved genetics so the land and herd are stronger for our being here.

ALC at a glance

Legal name
Alpha Livestock Company (ALC)
Headquarters
Hargeisa, Somaliland
Operating areas
Hargeisa, Hawd rangelands, Burao corridor; export via Berbera
Core activities
Fattening · Breeding · Domestic meat supply · Fodder production
Primary markets
Gulf states (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain), Yemen, Egypt; plus domestic markets
Standards
SPS / OIE animal-health compliance; halal handling
Why Somaliland

A sector that anchors a nation

Few economies are as defined by a single sector as Somaliland is by livestock — contributing an estimated 60–65% of GDP, around 85% of foreign-exchange earnings, with roughly 70% of the population depending on it. Across the wider Horn, live-animal, meat and skins exports reached an estimated US$1 billion in 2024 — one of the largest concentrations of live-animal trade anywhere in the world.

The Saylad — a livestock market in Somaliland

The Gulf market on our doorstep

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain — together with Yemen and Egypt — absorb the overwhelming majority of the region's livestock exports. Demand peaks dramatically around the Hajj pilgrimage, Ramadan and Eid, when prices typically rise 20–30% above baseline. Roughly 70% of small-ruminant exports move in this annual window.

Live export vessel loading at Berbera

Berbera — the gateway

Berbera Port, on the Gulf of Aden, is Somaliland's principal livestock gateway and is being modernised through major port investment and the Berbera Corridor. Millions of sheep and goats have moved through it to Gulf markets. Its terminal markets — Hargeisa, Burao and Togwajale — draw animals from across Somaliland and the wider region, placing ALC at the heart of an established export logistics chain.

Our Services

Four services, one integrated operation

Our fodder feeds our fattening; our breeding supplies our pipeline; our export and domestic channels balance each other through the seasons.

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Livestock fattening & weight-gain for export

"We finish animals to export grade — adding the weight and condition the Gulf market pays a premium for."

We procure young, lean sheep and goats from Somaliland and cross-border markets and finish them over intensive 90–120-day fattening cycles. Through balanced rations built on our own fodder, supplements and disciplined animal health, we add weight and body condition until animals meet export grades for Gulf buyers — synchronised for the Hajj and Eid demand peaks.

  • Intensive 90–120-day finishing cycles, multiple cycles per year.
  • Target weight gain and body condition for export Grade I–III.
  • Full vaccination, quarantine and SPS/OIE-compliant health certification.
  • Timed to seasonal peaks (Hajj, Eid) for premium pricing.
ALC fattening feedlot under shade
Lambs in shelter and ewes with offspring
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Livestock breeding with high-value genetics

"We don't just trade animals — we produce better ones."

Our breeding programme improves indigenous flocks — the hardy Somali Blackhead sheep and Somali long-eared goat — through selective breeding, and crosses local ewes with imported high-value Dorper rams to produce faster-growing, meatier lambs. This moves ALC up the value chain from trading other people's animals to producing a premium animal of its own: a self-renewing, compounding asset.

  • Improvement of indigenous breeds for meat and milk performance.
  • Dorper crossbreeding for faster growth and heavier carcasses.
  • Structured breeding calendar — two viable offspring per female per year.
  • Certified, quarantined breeding stock fed into the fattening pipeline.
  • Sale of quality breeding stock as an additional revenue stream.
Why it matters — Better genetics raise the margin on every single animal, structurally — and a breeding herd turns ALC from a buyer of livestock into a producer of it, with a growing asset on its own balance sheet.
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Fattening for the domestic meat market

"Healthy, meat-ready animals for Somaliland's butchers, hotels and modern abattoirs."

Not every animal is destined for the Gulf. ALC supplies meat-ready sheep and goats into the strong, year-round domestic market — selling to butchers, hotels and modern slaughterhouses, with demand concentrated on peak market days and during Ramadan and Eid. This channel is fast, recycles capital quickly, and is completely insulated from export bans.

  • Meat-ready Grade A/B/C animals finished and sold on short cycles.
  • Buyers: butchers, hotels, restaurants and modern abattoirs (incl. ISO-standard partners).
  • Concentrated on high-demand days and seasons (Ramadan, Eid).
  • Domestic-only — a deliberate hedge against export disruption.
Why it matters — The domestic meat market never closes. It keeps cash flowing between export windows and means an export shock dents — rather than halts — the business.
Meat-ready animals at an ALC feeding yard
Green pastoral landscape in the rainy season
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Fodder production

"We grow what we feed — turning the sector's biggest constraint into our advantage."

Feed scarcity and water cost are the single biggest constraints on profitable livestock in Somaliland. ALC tackles them head-on by producing its own high-tonnage irrigated fodder — Super Napier and sorghum-family grasses, alfalfa and maize stovers — on intensively irrigated plots served by boreholes, solar pumping and rainwater harvesting.

  • High-tonnage forage (Super Napier, sorghum grasses, alfalfa, maize stovers).
  • Intensive drip irrigation on focused plots — water and yield, not wasted scale.
  • Borehole + solar pumping and rainwater harvesting to collapse water cost.
  • Agronomic safety protocols (e.g. wilting sorghum fodder to manage prussic acid).
  • Surplus fodder and hay sold as an additional income line.
Why it matters — Secure water can cut annual water cost from tens of thousands of dollars to a fraction of that — the difference between fodder farming that loses money and fodder farming that powers the whole operation.

Supporting income — by-product enterprises

Low-cost by-product lines that make fuller use of our land, water and labour.

🐪Camel milk for the Hargeisa market
🥚Poultry & eggs from layer flocks
🍅Cash crops — tomato, onion, watermelon
🌾Manure / fertiliser, hides & skins
Our Business Model

Six models, one resilient portfolio

ALC does not bet the company on a single activity. We operate a diversified portfolio of six complementary business models, sequenced over time — from fast, low-cost trading that generates cash from day one, to durable owned assets.

MODEL 01 · CASH FROM DAY ONE

Livestock trading & quick finishing

Fast, low-cost buying and short-cycle finishing to generate working capital and market presence immediately.

MODEL 02 · EXPORT MARGIN

Export fattening

Intensive 90–120-day cycles finishing animals to Gulf export grade, timed to Hajj and Eid price peaks.

MODEL 03 · STEADY CASH ENGINE

Domestic meat supply

Year-round, export-ban-proof sales to butchers, hotels and modern abattoirs.

MODEL 04 · COST ADVANTAGE

Fodder & feed platform

Own irrigated fodder built in parallel — securing low-cost feed and a surplus to sell.

MODEL 05 · COMPOUNDING ASSET

Breeding herd

A premium, self-renewing herd with superior genetics — a growing asset on the balance sheet.

MODEL 06 · DIVERSIFIED INCOME

By-product enterprises

Camel milk, poultry, cash crops and hides — fuller use of land, water and labour.

Fast, low-cost trading generates cash from day one; a fodder platform is built in parallel; and profits are reinvested into owned land, secure water and a premium breeding herd. It is a deliberate path from quick cash to durable, owned assets.

Partnerships & International Collaboration

We are open for partnership

ALC is actively seeking partners — international investors, importers, development institutions and government bodies — who want a disciplined, credible entry point into the Horn of Africa livestock trade. We bring local knowledge, an established value-chain position and professional standards. Our partners bring capital, market access, technology and offtake.

CURRENT PARTNER · SUPPLY MOU

IBTIKAAR Modern Slaughter & Meat Export

ALC has secured a supply MOU with IBTIKAAR, a well-established investor developing a modern, ISO-standard slaughterhouse near Hargeisa targeting fresh and chilled meat exports to the UAE and other Gulf markets. Under this agreement, ALC serves as a dedicated supplier of fattened livestock — giving us predictable demand and consistent offtake, and giving IBTIKAAR a reliable, quality-assured supply.

ALC value chain — feedlot, veterinary inspection and export logistics

What we are looking for

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Importers & offtake

Partners in the Gulf, Egypt and beyond seeking a reliable supplier of certified live animals and chilled meat.

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Investment partners

Co-investment in land, water infrastructure, breeding stock and feed.

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Technology & genetics

Partners in breeding, animal health, traceability, feed and solar-powered water.

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Government & development

Support for export readiness, certification, quarantine and pastoral livelihoods.

What ALC brings to the partnership

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Local presence and trust — an incorporated Somaliland company with deep roots in the trade and the rangelands.

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A ready value-chain position — sourcing, fattening, fodder, health certification and export logistics through Berbera.

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Established commercial agreements — including a secured slaughter/offtake MOU and a compliant export pathway.

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Professional standards — SPS/OIE health compliance, traceability and transparent reporting.

Sustainability, Quality & Compliance

Trust, built into every animal

Trust is the currency of livestock export. ALC builds it through strict adherence to international Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) requirements and OIE animal-health standards.

Quality & health, on every animal

  • Mandatory quarantine and veterinary inspection on intake and before export.
  • Vaccination and disease surveillance by qualified veterinary technicians.
  • SPS / OIE compliance and animal-welfare standards across housing, feeding and transport.
  • Traceability and health certification aligned to premium Gulf buyer requirements.

Water & climate resilience

  • Borehole / well + solar pumping for low-cost, reliable water.
  • Rainwater harvesting into lined ponds (Hargeisa receives ~400 mm/year).
  • Fodder banks and grazing reserves as a drought buffer.
  • Early-warning monitoring for drought and disease, enabling timely action.

Community & shared value

  • Sourcing from rural herders — a reliable market that reduces distress sales.
  • Finishing, feeding and processing locally to keep value inside Somaliland.
  • Dozens of direct and indirect jobs — workers, herders, technicians, drivers.
  • Stronger traders, transporters and market actors around the operation.

Our promise

Profitable, halal, and good for Somaliland — better animals, secure water, reliable markets for herders, and jobs that stay in the community.

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A disciplined way into a resilient market

ALC offers investors a structured, Sharia-compliant opportunity in one of Africa's most enduring export trades: a sector that earns the bulk of a nation's foreign exchange, a market on our doorstep that imports billions of dollars of livestock a year, and a company built specifically to add the value the chain has historically lacked.

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Proven demand

Gulf markets absorb the vast majority of regional exports, with reliable seasonal peaks.

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Resilient by design

A diversified six-model portfolio that withstands export, drought and price shocks.

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Asset-building path

Growth funded from profit toward owned land, secure water and a premium breeding herd.

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Secured channels

An offtake MOU and a compliant export pathway already in place.

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Ethical structure

Genuine profit-and-loss-sharing (Musharakah) — transparent and halal.

ALC works on Islamic-finance principles. Investment partnerships are structured as Musharakah — sharing both profit and risk on agreed terms — with no riba and no excessive uncertainty. We provide clear reporting, periodic site visits, and honest, proactive communication on performance and risk. Detailed financial projections, the collateral package and the full business plan are available to serious partners on request.

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Whether you're an importer, an investor, a technology partner or a government body — or a herder who wants a reliable buyer — we'd like to hear from you.

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Company
Alpha Livestock Company (ALC)
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Office
Awad Building, Airport Road, Hargeisa — 1st Floor, Somaliland
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Phone / WhatsApp
+252 63 728 0000
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Hours
Sat–Thu, 8:00–17:00 (EAT)

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