Building a food delivery business in Nigeria: An entrepreneur's journey

FoodCourt is redefining the traditional food delivery model in Nigeria. The company operates over a dozen in-house, delivery-only restaurant brands – including Jollof & Co. (everyday Nigerian cuisine), Wrap City (shawarmas and wraps), and Good Greens (healthy meals) – with all dishes prepared in a single, centralised kitchen.

How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz speaks with FoodCourt co-founder and CEO Henry Nneji about his journey building the business.

Topics discussed during the interview include:

• Why his previous startup, Fashion Map, didn’t succeed
• How his mother’s experience running a Chicken Republic franchise influenced the creation of FoodCourt
• The advantages of FoodCourt’s centralised dark kitchen business model
• The circumstances that forced the company to vacate one of its early commercial kitchen locations and the resulting financial challenges
• Raising funding and securing investors
• The impact of Nigeria’s high inflation on FoodCourt’s operations

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE

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