Chowdeck
Founded
October 2021 in Lagos, Nigeria — Chowdeck was created to provide a fast, reliable, and tech-enabled on-demand delivery experience for food, groceries, medicine, and everyday essentials across African cities.
Founders & Leadership
Femi Aluko — Co-Founder & CEO
Olumide Ojo — Co-Founder & CTO
Lanre Yusuf — Co-Founder & COO
Location
Lagos, Nigeria — with operations extending across multiple major Nigerian cities and in Accra, Ghana as part of regional expansion.
Industry
Tech-Enabled Logistics / On-Demand Delivery / E-Commerce — focused on last-mile delivery of meals, groceries, medicines, essentials, and related products via a digital marketplace platform.
Overview
Chowdeck is an Africa-focused on-demand delivery and logistics platform that connects consumers, local restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, and delivery riders through a unified digital experience. The Chowdeck app — available on Android and iOS — enables users to order fresh meals, groceries, health essentials and more, with typical delivery times around 30 minutes from order placement. The platform also supports merchants by giving them access to a broader customer base, tools for online ordering, logistics support, and operational data insights.
Core Features & Capabilities
On-Demand Food Delivery: Order meals from local and partnered restaurants with rapid delivery.
Grocery & Essentials Delivery: Customers can order groceries, household items, and medications for delivery through the same platform.
Quick Commerce Strategy: Deployment of dark stores and hyperlocal logistics hubs to enable ultra-fast delivery of items in dense urban areas.
Merchant Support & Tools: Provides vendors with logistics, payment processing, and performance analytics, plus partnerships with chains like Shoprite in Nigeria.
Large Rider Network: Over 20,000 riders serving millions of customers across Nigeria and Ghana.
Target Market
Urban Consumers seeking quick, convenient delivery of meals, groceries, and essentials.
Local Restaurants & Grocery Stores looking for expanded reach and reliable delivery logistics.
Delivery Riders & Gig Workers looking for flexible income opportunities.
Tech-Savvy Customers who prefer app-based ordering and real-time tracking across major African cities.
Value Proposition
Chowdeck delivers a high-speed, tech-driven logistics solution specifically engineered for African urban environments — where traditional delivery services have struggled with inefficiencies and long wait times. By combining local market insight, a rapidly scaling rider network, dark stores, and an integrated digital platform, Chowdeck:
Reduces delivery times to ~30 minutes or less in high-demand areas.
Supports local businesses by providing them with digital ordering, logistics, and analytics tools that help boost sales and operational efficiency.
Expands accessibility of groceries, meals, and essentials to a large user base that may have lacked reliable last-mile delivery options.
Drives economic opportunity for thousands of delivery riders earning income while serving expanding customer demand.
Pivots toward quick commerce with dark stores and hyperlocal hubs to capture additional value beyond restaurant delivery, making Chowdeck a contender in the broader on-demand logistics and super-app ecosystem across Africa.