How it works

The right medicine, before the shortage.

Loboco has two jobs: connect the people who make medicine to the pharmacies that need it, and use data to make sure the right products reach the right regions in time. Here's how, in plain terms.

1 · A two sided marketplace

Factories on one side, pharmacies on the other.

Authorized factories and importers list their products and prices. Verified pharmacies browse, compare, and order. Loboco sits in the middle — verifying both sides, moving the medicine, and keeping the records straight.

  • Everyone is verified — only licensed pharmacies buy, only authorized makers sell.
  • Prices are clear — no guessing, no back and forth.

The flow

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Verified maker → we source, check & distribute → licensed pharmacy, tracked the whole way.

Regional demand signal

2 · The AI forecasting

Illness follows patterns. So does demand.

Rains bring malaria. Dry season brings respiratory illness. Each region moves a little differently. Loboco learns these patterns from ordering trends and positions stock ahead of the peak — so pharmacies don't run dry exactly when their community needs them.

  • By region and season, not one national average that fits nobody.
  • It's a forecast, not a promise — it guides stocking; people still decide.
  • Privacy by design — it uses aggregated, anonymised demand data. Never individual patient records.

3 · The logistics

Medicine handled the way medicine should be.

Sourced & checked

From authorized makers only, and inspected on the way in — our front line against falsified medicine.

Stored to standard

WHO Good Distribution Practice — cold chain where needed, storage integrity, and traceability throughout.

Delivered & tracked

To the pharmacy's door, tracked end to end, and confirmed in writing so nothing goes missing.

4 · Ordering

Website when you can, WhatsApp when you can't.

Reliable data is scarce in much of the DRC, so ordering works two ways. Use the website when you're online, or just message us on WhatsApp from a basic phone — on 2G, on a tight data budget. Either way, you get a written confirmation.

See it work for you.

Whether you run a pharmacy or make medicine, getting started takes one message.