Chowdeck, the YC-backed Nigerian meals supply startup, has employed Henry Whyte, Bolt Ghana’s senior operations supervisor, to guide its Ghana operations, marking a key step in its worldwide enlargement. This hiring comes 10 months after the corporate tapped one other senior supervisor at Bolt, Umar Nas’ir, to go its Nigerian operations.
A spokesperson for Bolt confirmed Whyte’s transfer to Chowdeck however declined to touch upon his exit from Bolt. Chowdeck didn’t reply to requests for remark.
Whyte has been Bolt Ghana’s senior operations supervisor since November 2021, based on his LinkedIn profile. He joined Bolt as a buyer help specialist in 2018 and rose via the ranks to grow to be operations supervisor in 2020. He now leads Chowdeck’s enlargement into Accra, the place it would compete with Bolt Meals for market share.
Umar Nas’ir, employed in July 2024 to go Chowdeck’s Nigerian operations, beforehand led Bolt Nigeria throughout 20+ cities, based on his LinkedIn profile.
Whyte and Nas’ir’s mixed 13 years of expertise at Bolt shall be priceless to Chowdeck’s ambitions to transcend meals supply; the startup additionally operates an asset-light last-mile logistics service, which Bolt has been doing for years in Ghana and Nigeria.
This isn’t the primary time Chowdeck has tapped rival expertise for management roles. The corporate’s enlargement lead, Michael Toyinbo, joined in 2023 from Jumia Nigeria, the place he headed planning and efficiency.