Who We Are
A digital foodstuff marketplace, built for how Nigeria actually shops.
StockedUp Africa connects customers with trusted local food vendors across Nigeria, making it easier to buy foodstuff and everyday groceries online and have them delivered to your doorstep.
From rice, beans, garri and grains to pasta, beverages, fish and other household essentials, StockedUp brings local food vendors and customers together on one easy-to-use platform — helping vendors take their businesses online, reach more customers and grow beyond their physical locations.
Grains · Fish · Tubers · Produce — 21 categories, one marketplace
Our Drive
Closing the gap between vendors and customers
Finding a trusted vendor, comparing products, visiting different markets, negotiating prices and arranging transportation can take valuable time. At the same time, many hardworking foodstuff vendors have great products but limited access to technology, online customers and digital tools.
Our drive is to close this gap.
We are driven by the opportunity to use technology to make everyday food shopping faster, easier, more convenient and more reliable.
Our Mission
To transform how people buy and sell foodstuff in Africa by connecting customers with trusted local vendors through technology.
We are building a marketplace that makes it simple for customers to discover, order and receive foodstuff, while giving local vendors the digital tools and visibility they need to grow.
Our Vision
To become Africa's most trusted digital marketplace for foodstuff and everyday essentials.
A future where buying foodstuff online is as simple and reliable as ordering any other product, while local vendors grow their businesses beyond the limits of their physical stores.
Our Values
What guides how we build
Trust
We believe every transaction should be built on trust. From the vendors we onboard to the products customers receive, we are committed to creating a marketplace people can confidently use.
Convenience
Your time matters. We use technology to remove unnecessary stress from everyday food shopping and make ordering foodstuff as convenient as possible.
Customer First
Everything we build starts with the customer. We listen, improve and continuously look for better ways to make the shopping experience easier.
Empowerment
Local vendors are at the heart of StockedUp. We want to give small and growing businesses access to technology, customers and opportunities that can help them grow.
Innovation
We believe technology can solve everyday problems. We continuously improve our platform, processes and services to make food commerce better.
Reliability
We don't just want to make ordering possible. We want customers and vendors to be able to depend on StockedUp to deliver a reliable experience.
Our Promise
We promise to keep making food shopping easier.
To our customers, a marketplace you can trust. To our vendors, opportunities to reach more customers and grow. To everyone who uses StockedUp, we keep building with your needs at the centre of what we do.
Our Story
Buying foodstuff in Nigeria could be much easier
Instead of customers visiting different vendors one by one, StockedUp brings those vendors into one digital marketplace — closer to how an order actually travels, from a vendor's stall to a customer's door.
The observation
Customers still spend significant time moving between markets and stores to find the products they need, while many local foodstuff vendors depend heavily on physical foot traffic and word-of-mouth to reach customers.
The starting point
We started in Awka, Nigeria, with the goal of solving a local problem first and building something that can eventually serve communities across Africa.
Where we are
Since launching, StockedUp has continued to grow its network of local vendors, products and customers while learning from every order, every vendor and every customer interaction.
What's ahead
We are building StockedUp one improvement at a time — with a long-term goal of making online foodstuff shopping and local food commerce more accessible across Africa.