Nigeria’s food delivery space is heating up. Over the last few years, platforms like Glovo and Chowdeck have led the charge, helping millions of customers get meals at their doorstep. But there’s a new player changing the game — Local Eats Africa — and our approach is shaking up how local restaurants restaurants and customers experience cultural taste and technology.
For us we believe the future of food delivery in Nigeria is hyper-local, faster, and more inclusive says founder Fashola-Oba Ashiodolo
The Big Players in Food Delivery
Glovo is a global powerhouse with operations in multiple cities across Nigeria. With thousands of restaurants and retailers onboarded, Glovo has facilitated over ₦71 billion in revenue for its partners since 2021. Their strength is scale — users enjoy access to a wide range of restaurants and retail categories, from groceries to pharmacies.
Chowdeck, a homegrown success story, has become the go-to platform for millions of Nigerians, facilitating ₦30 billion+ worth of deliveries in 2024 alone. With over 3,000 vendors and 10,000 riders, Chowdeck has built a strong vendor and logistics network while expanding into quick commerce — including grocery and medicine delivery — and partnering with major brands like Shoprite and Chicken Republic.
Where Local Eats Africa Stands Out
At Local Eats.Africa, we’re not just a food delivery company — we’re an integrated food-tech company. Our mission is bigger than just getting meals to customers; we’re building the technology backbone that helps local, unstructured quick-service restaurants thrive in a digital world.
Here’s how we’re different:
1. Proximity-First, Smarter Ordering
We recently introduced a new feature that completely redefines how customers order.
Instead of scrolling through long city lists and manually finding a restaurant, users simply enter their delivery address, and our system:
- Filters restaurants within 3km of their location.
- Highlights top meals customers love for quicker decisions.
- Cuts ordering time from 4 minutes to just 50 seconds.
The result? Faster deliveries, hotter meals, and happier customers.
Everyday meal delivered from local restaurants by localeats.africa
2. Driving Inclusion for Local Restaurants
Most small restaurants in Nigeria run manually — no POS systems, no digital records, no inventory tracking. LocalEats.Africa is changing that:
- We digitize their operations with a free bookkeeping solution that helps reduce fraud and track sales.
- We provide credit financing so restaurants can buy equipment like freezers and gas cookers to improve their operations.
- We give them access to multiple marketplaces — restaurants can embed their Glovo and Chowdeck accounts into LocalEats.Africa and manage all their online restaurants from one dashboard.
This means even the smallest “mama put” can compete with big QSR chains — leveling the playing field for everyone.
3. Hyper-Local Focus, Better Economics
Because we show customers restaurants close by, riders travel less, complete more orders per hour, and earn more. Restaurants benefit from faster order turnover. Customers get their food quicker. Everybody wins.
4. Building a Smarter, Integrated Food Ecosystem
Unlike single-channel platforms, LocalEats.Africa is building an ecosystem:
- Ordering Platform – connect customers with local restaurants.
- Restaurant Tools – bookkeeping, analytics, financing.
- Marketplace Aggregation – manage Glovo, Chowdeck, and other sales channels from one place.
- Logistics Optimization – ensure riders spend less time in traffic and more time delivering.
This positions us as the tech partner for the local food economy, not just a middleman between restaurants and customers.
Impact on the Nigerian Food Sector
By focusing on the unstructured quick-service restaurant space, LocalEats.Africa is:
- Digitizing thousands of informal restaurants, enabling them to join the formal economy.
- Reducing food delivery costs and times, making online ordering accessible for more Nigerians.
- Supporting women-owned businesses — a large share of our vendors are women, and we’ve seen many grow their revenue by over 200% on our platform.
- Creating sustainable rider opportunities with shorter routes and better utilization.
The Future is Local
The future of food delivery in Nigeria is not just about who can deliver the fastest — it’s about who can empower the local food ecosystem to thrive.
Glovo and Chowdeck have paved the way for digital food delivery adoption at scale. LocalEats.Africa is building on that foundation to make the system more efficient, more inclusive, and more impactful — for restaurants, riders, and customers.
We’re not just here to compete. We’re here to make sure every local restaurant can grow, every rider can earn sustainably, and every customer can order a hot, fresh meal in under a minute. – Founder Fashola-Oba A.
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