32-year-old Chowdeck CEO Femi Aluko reacts as his food delivery platform makes N1.4billion in a day
32-year-old Chowdeck CEO Femi Aluko reacts as his food delivery platform makes N1.4billion in a day
32-year-old Chowdeck CEO, Femi Aluko, has taken to social media to react after his food delivery platform reportedly generated ₦1.4 billion in a single day.
Chowdeck is a leading on-demand delivery platform operating in Nigeria and Ghana, often described as a “super app” for its ability to connect users with restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, and local markets, ensuring fast delivery of meals, essentials, and medications.
The company, owned by Femi Aluko, an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University, was launched in 2021. After recording significant success in the Nigerian market, Chowdeck expanded beyond the country, officially launching its operations in Ghana in May 2025.
Recall that as of October 2024, it was reported that Chowdeck makes over N30billion annually, with 1million registered users.
However, a media outlet identified as Africa Digest News revealed on LinkedIn, where it has nearly 10,000 followers, that Chowdeck recently recorded a major surge in activity.
According to the report, the platform processed a record-breaking 52,100 orders in a single day, exceeding its internal target of 50,000 orders, with total transaction value hitting ₦1.4 billion.
The post that has generated a significant impression online reads :
“Chowdeck has completed what it describes as its most intense weekend yet in West Africa’s food-delivery market, driven by a public live dashboard that drew millions of views.
Across Nigeria and Ghana, users placed more than 183,000 orders. The platform set a new single-day record of 52,100 orders, surpassing its internal target of 50,000. Total transaction value reached ₦1.4 billion.
At peak periods, the system processed 115 orders per minute over several hours. Riders covered 727,000 kilometres during the weekend, with one rider earning ₦205,000. The fastest delivery was completed in 1 minute and 30 seconds.
The live dashboard allowed the public to track incoming orders, rider distance and total value in real time. An interactive puzzle embedded in the dashboard helped fuel traffic, resulting in 2.5 million app visits and a viral response across social platforms.
Despite the surge, Chowdeck reported stable performance across its systems throughout the weekend..”
Reacting to the post, Chowdeck CEO Femi Aluko confirmed that the source is right as he reposted the post using his official LinkedIn page.
This achievement has further highlighted Chowdeck’s rapid growth, as generating ₦1.4 billion in a single day translates to about ₦30 billion in monthly transactions in the year 2025, eclipsing the company’s total earnings for the whole of 2024.
Femi Aluko’s working experience
The Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Chowdeck has built an extensive career in software engineering and technology leadership, spanning over a decade across some of Nigeria’s top tech companies.
He has served as the CEO of Chowdeck since October 2021, leading the fast-growing food and on-demand delivery platform from its base in Lagos State. Under his leadership, Chowdeck has evolved into one of Nigeria’s leading delivery startups, recording rapid expansion and impressive transaction volumes.
Femi Aluko LinkedIn page
Before founding Chowdeck, he worked at Paystack, where he spent over four years in various senior roles. His journey at Paystack began as a Senior Software Engineer in December 2017, before rising to Engineering Manager for Backend Core Engineering in 2019. He later served as Technical Lead for Payment Rails Engineering in early 2020 and was eventually appointed Principal Engineer, a position he held until February 2022. During this period, he played key roles in building and managing critical payment infrastructure that supported millions of transactions.
Earlier in his career, he worked as a Team Lead at Shopping Internet Services between June 2016 and November 2017. There, he led core engineering teams responsible for building scalable e-commerce platforms for major Nigerian banks. He also spearheaded the transition from a monolithic application structure to a microservices architecture and championed test-driven development practices while managing a team of engineers.
He also gained experience at Hutbay, where he worked as a Software Developer from May 2015 to April 2016. At Hutbay, he contributed to building extensible software solutions, automated property listings through web crawling technology, and developed a machine-learning system capable of predicting house prices in different locations.
Between 2013 and 2015, he worked as a Software Engineer at Softblue Nigeria Limited, where he served as technical lead on projects such as performance management and treasury management systems for financial institutions. His early professional experience includes a role as an intern at Toptech Engineering Ltd, where he was involved in the installation and maintenance of access control systems, sensors, and IP cameras across several Nigerian banks and corporate facilities.
His career trajectory reflects a steady rise through technical and leadership roles, culminating in the creation and leadership of Chowdeck, one of Nigeria’s most notable tech startups in recent years.
