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Life at Cheffar

Building the infrastructure for private hospitality

We are an engineering and operations team developing a decentralized marketplace. We build the FinTech, trust, and product systems that turn home kitchens into private dining venues.

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The Mission

Empowering culinary micro entrepreneurship

Life here means building scalable systems that solve real market inefficiencies. You ship peer to peer tools, secure payment flows, and digital storefronts that let independent chefs retain their revenue and operate with autonomy.

The Leadership

Meet the team

The people who build product, keep money and agreements clear, and help hosts and cooks succeed.

Agbor Franklen, founder of Cheffar

Agbor Franklen

Visionary, Cheffar · CEO, Zoraar

Sets where Cheffar goes next: home tables, cook tools, and how we grow across Africa.

Platform Architecture

How we organize

We operate in cross functional units focused on solving specific marketplace inefficiencies.

01

Product & Engineering

Building digital storefronts, calendar management tools, and the core booking engine.

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Trust & FinTech

Developing segmented billing logic, mobile money escrow integrations, and our multi stage vetting architecture.

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03

Market Operations

Managing supply acquisition, chef onboarding, and maintaining high behavioral standards across the network.

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04

Growth & Acquisition

Scaling host demand and positioning the platform as a premium alternative to traditional catering.

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Why join

What you get and what we expect

01

Own the ecosystem

You will ship features that directly impact micro entrepreneurs. Decisions are made close to the market data.

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02

Rigorous standards

We maintain a high operational bar. The complexity of FinTech and peer to peer trust requires exact execution.

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03

Scale across Africa

You will design infrastructure that adapts to diverse markets while maintaining one unified standard of trust and payment security.

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04

Autonomy and leverage

Early access to core surfaces means your work has immense leverage. Move quickly and build systems that scale.

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The Cheffar team collaborating on product and operations

Beyond the code

Strengthening the culinary ecosystem

We are committed to elevating independent culinary talent beyond our immediate platform.

01

Economic Empowerment

Providing tools and education to help cooks transition into independent micro entrepreneurs with sustainable revenue.

02

Market Integration

Partnering with local suppliers and markets to ensure the entire value chain benefits from our decentralized network.

03

System Reliability

Ensuring our payment and booking infrastructure remains resilient during high volume cultural and holiday seasons.

Platform inquiries

Operational answers

Engineers, operators, and product thinkers who enjoy solving complex two sided marketplace problems and building secure FinTech systems.

Ready to join the build? Reach us on Contact or read how we work on Culinary heritage.

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Join the build

Scale personal hospitality with us

Tell us how you can impact our product, FinTech, operations, or growth systems. Or register to cook if your expertise is in the kitchen.

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