SteveRonald/poultry-hub-kenya

# Poultry Hub Kenya > **Kenya's Premier Poultry Marketplace** - Connecting farmers, vendors, > and customers across Kenya ## The Problem I'm Solving The Kenyan poultry market faces critical challenges: - **Fragmented Market**: Farmers and customers lack a centralized platform to connect - **Quality Trust Issues**: Difficulty verifying product authenticity and quality - **Geographic Barriers**: Limited access to suppliers outside local areas - **Market Information Gap**: Lack of clear pricing and product availability information - **Payment Friction**: Unsafe and cumbersome transaction methods ## My Solution **Poultry Hub Kenya** is a digital marketplace platform that: - Brings together poultry farmers, vendors, and customers on one trusted platform - Uses AI to verify product quality through image analysis - Enables location-based discovery of products and suppliers across Kenya - Provides secure payment processing and order tracking - Offers a multi-language experience (English & Kiswahili) to serve all users - Helps vendors reach more customers through advertisements and better visibility ## What I Built - **Product Marketplace**: Browse, search, and purchase poultry products by location, and category - **Vendor Profiles**: Verified farmer and supplier profiles with location information - **Shopping & Orders**: Secure checkout and order tracking from purchase to delivery - **AI Product Verification**: Google Gemini-powered image analysis for product quality assurance - **Smart Chatbot**: Chatbase-powered assistant that answers questions in English and Kiswahili - **Advertisement System**: Vendors can promote products to reach more customers - **Admin Dashboard**: Platform management and vendor verification tools --- ## Built With - **Frontend**: React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS - **Backend**: PHP, MySQL, Apache - **AI**: Google Gemini (image analysis), Chatbase (conversational AI) --- ## Thanks To - **Google Gemini**: For AI-powered image ana …