Agbor Franklen
Founder, Cheffar · CEO, Zoraar
Hosts get their evening back — that is the test.
Cheffar
Life at Cheffar
We build home hospitality for Africa. The work is precise, warm, and close to real kitchens — not theatre.
Work that lands on tables
Small team. High bar. Real kitchens.
Life here means shipping for private homes — ceremonies, busy weeks, soft evenings. You debate hard, write short, and leave every booking clearer than you found it.
Our crew
Meet the team
The people who ship host and cook product, hold money carefully, and keep our voice gathering-literate.
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Ama Mensah
Head of Product
Host flows under real pressure.
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Chidi Okonkwo
Head of Trust
Private kitchens stay private.
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Fatima Diallo
Host success
Answers that land on busy nights.
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Kwame Boateng
Cook growth
Craft supply that shows up.
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Zainab Ibrahim
Brand & voice
Gathering feed, continental, short.
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Thabo Nkosi
Engineering
Rails that hold when money is held.
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Aisha Camara
People & ops
Warm rooms, high bars.
How we organize
Meet the work
We do not pad charts with empty titles. These are the surfaces that own real outcomes.
Product & design
Host flows, cook flows, discovery, and the copy people read under pressure.
Trust & payments
Money held cleanly, screening that protects private kitchens, support that stays plain.
Host & cook success
Live cities, supply quality, messages that unblock a night mid-service.
Growth & brand
Gathering-literate voice, continents without costume, campaigns that can be repeated out loud.
Why join
What you get — and what we ask
Own the outcome
You will ship for real bookings, not decks. Decisions are close to the people who cook and host.
A warm high bar
Kind with people, stern with quality. Soft culture that excuses weak work does not survive here.
Continental craft
You will design for African gathering life — many tables, many cities, one standard of care.
Space to grow
Early surface means your work has room. Credit the team. Move when we decide.
Beyond the product
Care outside the booking
We do not invent volunteer totals for a poster. We define how we show up when the work is not a feature release.
Social
Skills, time, and craft offered where they help — community tables, skills nights, local partners we trust.
Place
Respect for markets, kitchens, and cities we operate in. Leave spaces better than marketing copy claims.
Response
When communities around us face sudden pressure, we organize carefully — clarity first, no empty noise.
Ask Cheffar
Straight answers
Answer
People who prefer private kitchens over stage cookery, plain language over jargon, and high bars without cruelty. Gathering literacy helps.
Ready to join the build? Reach us on Contact or read how we work on Culture & values.
Join the table
Come build life at Cheffar
Tell us how you move product, trust, support, design, or growth — or apply to cook if the kitchen is your craft.