FoodCourt

Virtual Restaurants & Stores for Africa

Y CombinatorSummer 2022ActiveConsumerFood and BeverageGhost KitchensConsumerDeliveryFood Tech

What they do

Problem

People in African cities struggle to reliably access affordable meals and convenience goods via on-demand delivery.

Solution

FoodCourt operates full-stack virtual restaurants and dark stores, combining technology, centralized production, and delivery to provide consistent on-demand food and goods.

Who it's for

Consumers ordering meals and convenience goods through on-demand delivery in Africa.

Founders

Henry Nneji

Founder

Henry is the Co-Founder & CEO of CoKitchen. He is from a very entrepreneurial family and has always had a keen interest for solving problems with technology. Prior to CoKitchen, Henry has been able to accumulate a range of experiences cut across design, marketing, product development/ management & entrepreneurship. In 2019 he co-founded Fashion Map, a quick way for Nigerians to find tailors & fashion designers across the country, dubbed as the “Uber for Tailors” by The Economist.

Paul Adokiye Iruene

Founder

Paul is the Co-Founder & CTO of CoKitchen. He has a strong engineering background and has always been passionate about technology. Paul is a full-stack engineer with vast experience in back end, web, mobile development, AI, machine learning & DevOps. Prior to CoKitchen he was on the founding tech team of Prospa (YC W21), a digital bank for small businesses across Africa. As a personal project, built “for food only” an AI Vision app that identifies African food items using image classification.