Ex-Paystack principal engineer Femi Aluko co-founded Chowdeck and, in 2024, secured a multi-million-dollar seed round to scale on-demand delivery, then pushed into POS/restaurant tech with a 2025 acquisition of Mira.
Operationally, Chowdeck has reported crossing tens of billions of naira in deliveries and, three months after launching in Accra, surpassed 1,000 daily orders, rare momentum in a notoriously tough category.
He’s nominated for disciplined, engineering-led execution and smart market timing, showing how a Nigerian startup can win on reliability, speed, and product breadth.
Recognising leadership excellence and mastery..
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