Tesfay and Mulugeta Veterinary activity
partnership company
Experiences sharing on Public-Private
Partnerships, Ethiopia
Gebreegziabher Kassa
HEARD Project Stakeholder Workshop−PPP Models for Veterinary Service
Delivery, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 20 June 2019

Company Background
• Tesfay and mulugeta Veterinary activity p/ship is
an association of young veterinary doctors
graduating from Mekelle University
• is formed by 4 veterinarians with three male and one
female.
• established at Mekelle city,Tigray region in
september 2013.

objectives
• Creating job opportunities and increasing livestock
production and veterinary services through
privatization”
• To offer a range of services to livestock owners
rather than concentrating on one

Cont…
• Vision: To be strong entrepreneur in the area of
livestock industry and animal health services.
• Mission: To deliver quality and affordable services
and products through professional and customer
based approach.

Current Major Activities of the p/ship
Poultry Production

Veterinary mobile Clinic:

Rabies Vaccination:
door to door dog vaccination
Face to face Public education
Certification for vaccinated dogs

.
Drug shop whole seller:

as commission agent:
Sale of day old chicks and poultry feeds,poultry
vaccine by commission with cooperation of
other private poultry and femel association
mekelle farm

Steps of Development of p/ship:
Selection of business
type
Business plan
development
Business license
Starting of work
Formation of partners

Organization structure of p/ship:
Board of Directors
Auditor
General manager
Finance and Administration Extension coordinator
Marketing
dept
casher accountant
Vaccinati
on dept
Mobile
Clinic dept
pharmac
y

Financing:
• At the beginning the source of funds of
the partners is without loan that is
they simply open a business license
and
• they find vaccine supplier of drug
shops as a credit so that they earn the
profit for themselves and it becomes
revolving and maximize their income
through time.

Cont…
• All the members have salary from their income
• Most of the income is deposited for further
investment and to solve any risks regarding
finance problem
• All the income and expenses are audited
• during license renewal balance sheet and income
statements are prepared
• Every expense is paid from the petty cash
prepared
• And every income is also deposited to the account

Interactions with other sectors:
• made by following the rule and regulation of the
region.
• mutual or reciprocal action and interchanging of
ideas with the public veterinary sectors and
administrators of the region gives opportunity to
expand and achieve the goal of the company.

The supporting role of the public sector
for PPP activities:
• The role of public sector to enhance private
veterinary service is some what good and
supported by out sourcing of work like meat
inspection, vaccination, capacity building,
experience sharing and information flow is
really appreciable and motivate for
entrepreneurs to exercise their knowledge and
skill.

Marketing strategies:
• The partner marketing strategy to display its
product and service uses different techniques
like media, poster, brusher and communicating
directly with the customers and by awareness
creation of the public and
• The price for product and services is set based
on the feedback of the customers and the
profit gain which is fair.
• Quality, availability and time are critical in
business practice

Prime importance of professionalism and
quality in delivery of livestock services
• a successful livestock / veterinary services and
business will be created
• The public benefit from the service and satisfied
• Public health significance( reduce zoonotic
disease like rabies and other)
• Increase economy of the country in general

Relations with Other Private and
Public veterinary Services providers:
• A coordination work with private and governmental
sectors is paramount important in business
practice(as commission agent, out-sourcing)
• Exchanging of ideas, experience
• competition is solved by discussion and supplying
best service and product at the right time to
customers

Future Plans of the partner
• Strengthening the already existed
businesses
• expanding its activity on milk
processing, forage development,
veterinary pharmaceuticals production
and feed preparation and
• extending the existed business to nearby
woredas of the region and lastly to the
whole country.

Advantages and disadvantages of a
livestock service company formed
with a team work and individual
Enterprise Advantage Disadvantage
Team work Time leverage Staff members lose independence
External help- Utilizing
qualities of every team
Personal development
easy to obtain financial
credit
Individual independence Difficult to take advantage of
training opportunities
the owner takes all profit Difficult to obtain credit

Recommendations:
Private professionals should aware of:
• Methods in accessing credit, negotiating with public veterinary
services, licensing, dealing with clients, dealing with suppliers and so
on
• the prime importance of assuring professionalism and quality in
service delivery
• How to exploit Innovative business approaches to service delivery in
the private veterinary
• Business and other skills that are required for a successful veterinary
services business
• Their dreams, desire to change, believing their dreams, developing
positive attitude, the value of persistence and commitment