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Olapeju Umah
Founder, My Food Angels
Ketu, lagos State
At My Food Angels, we specialise in transporting food directly from farmers and markets to consumers,
which includes both individuals and businesses.
With food inflation soaring every year, people now spend about 51% of their salaries on food.
By cutting out the middleman and sourcing directly from farms, we aim to
reduce costs for our customers.
The current market only has about 26.7% of food fit for consumption, meaning that roughly 73% is wasted.
We address this issue by ensuring our customers get fresher, less expensive food.
Post-harvest loss and logistics are the toughest parts of what we do. Even though we source directly from
farms, we still have to discard some products that have deteriorated. We do have some cold storage, such
as freezers, but cold storage for vegetables is expensive. Before migrating to solar, we struggled with power
outages and could not store our products properly, incurring additional costs, but all this has changed. We
now have reliable power, which has improved our ability to store proteins and shorten delivery times. This has
allowed us to meet our customers’ expectations more effectively.
The Nigerian market is large, youthful, and growing, which positions us well for the future.
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