African Discount Foods: Africa's global food marketplace.

Name: African Discount Foods
Brand: Schaide LLC

What it does

A multi-vendor marketplace connecting grocers, farmers, home chefs and restaurants across Africa and the diaspora with buyers everywhere, browsable in 21 languages and 7 currencies. One Stripe checkout splits automatically into per-seller shipments; live parcel timelines; order rooms (a live conversation per shipment); AI shopping, order-room and seller-brief assistants.

Key capabilities already built

Multi-seller basket with one Stripe checkout, automatic per-seller shipments and Connect payouts
AI store setup, listing copy and compliance screening for sellers; AI personal shopper and meal plans for buyers
Mobile-first PWA with offline shell, push notifications and order rooms; Play Store (TWA) and App Store (MAUI) packaging
Admin analytics and moderation console; CI/CD to Azure Container Apps with one command

How it makes money

Marketplace take-rate on every order (Stripe Connect payouts), seller storefront subscriptions and promoted listings. Sellers onboard in minutes with AI-written listings and automated compliance screening.

Why investors should care

Diaspora food is a high-frequency, high-loyalty purchase with fragmented supply and no dominant global platform. Africa's digital commerce is forecast to grow ~25% per year through 2026 (Daba Finance / Mastercard). The AI-assisted seller onboarding is the supply-side flywheel that lets the marketplace scale without a large sales team.

Status: Live · africandiscountfoods.com · PWA + store-ready mobile shell
Stack: C# · .NET 10 · .NET Aspire · Blazor · PostgreSQL · Stripe Connect · Claude agents · Azure Container Apps
Revenue model: Marketplace take-rate on every order (Stripe Connect payouts), seller storefront subscriptions and promoted listings. Sellers onboard in minutes with AI-written listings and automated compliance screening.
Investor angle: Diaspora food is a high-frequency, high-loyalty purchase with fragmented supply and no dominant global platform. Africa's digital commerce is forecast to grow ~25% per year through 2026 (Daba Finance / Mastercard). The AI-assisted seller onboarding is the supply-side flywheel that lets the marketplace scale without a large sales team.
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