Meet the men behind the popular food venture “PizzaMan & Chickenman,” dedicated service to serving delicious pizza and tasty chicken at affordable prices.
Thedistin.com has gathered some facts about the business venture and its CEO, challenges, and how the business was birthed.
Below are 10 facts about Pizzaman;
1. Who are the owners of Pizzaman and Chickenman?
This business venture was started by 2 students namely Christian Boakye Yiadom and Ebenezer Essuman-Amankwah with the immense support of their friend Prince Owusu. For now, the chief executive officer of Pizzaman is Christian Boakye Yiadom with Essuman-Amankwah Ebenezer serving as the company’s Chief Operations Officer (COO).
In an interview, Christian disclosed that he lived with his big cousin who taught him how to cook at the age of 8. Pizzaman was, however, how he modernized and got his hobby monetized.
Chris B is also an expert in Coding and everything that has to do with Excel presentations.
2. How old are the founders of Pizzaman and Chicken man?
Pizzaman CEO Christian Boakye is 26 years of age as of today. Essuman-Amankwah Ebenezer, the Chief Operations Officer of the Pizzaman and Chickenman is a 30-year-old self-driven young entrepreneur. He is a Ghanaian, born and raised in Salt pond in the Central Region of Ghana.
3. Where did the founders of Pizzaman and Chickenman attend school?
Christian Boakye Yiadom had his Junior High School education at Cambridge. He proceeded to Kumasi Academy where he completed in 2013. He is affably known as Chris B, a nickname only his peers called him way back in Kumasi Academy. Chris B pursued his BSc in Actuarial Science studies at KNUST and completed it in 2018. He has a bachelor’s degree (1st class honors) in Actuarial Science from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, a professional diplomat Certificate in Food and Beverage Management from the Bocconi University, and a professional diplomat in Data Analysis from the University of Colorado.
Ebenezer Essuman-Amankwah also graduated from KNUST with a degree in BSc Mathematics whereas his friend Prince Owusu, who was also a student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology.
4. When and how was Pizzaman & Chickenman established?
Per the company’s website, the parent of Ceqa Foods & Beverages is a fully-owned Ghanaian company that aims at serving the people of Ghana and Africa with the best of meals. As the founder and Chief Executive Officer of this company, it is our vision to be the first and leading fast food chain in Ghana and West Africa at large. The aim of the company is to make quality and tasty food accessible and affordable.
According to Chris B, he was a candidate for the KNUST SRC president during his time but unfortunately, he lost and was in the fourth position. The slogan of his campaign was “Go for it”. He was then advised by his friend, Essuman-Amankwah Ebenezer, to start a business, and that birthed PizzaMan & Chickenman. Pizzaman started with the sales of pizza in slices in 2018 January. It started in a rented apartment located opposite the Sharp Kids Academy at Kotei-Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana.
After their first contract, which was awarded by the then SRC women’s Commissioner of KNUST namely Miss. Ruth Anku-Gbetanu, a lot of orders came in from other organisations such as the Medical Students Association (KNUST), Social Sciences Students Association, and the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS_KNUST). News about PIZZAMAN began to spread as it was a bit surprising to see a former Presidential aspirant of the KNUST students Representative Council engaging in a food business.
Eventually, the market share grew and there was a need to introduce the selling of full boxes of pizza. The first commercial full box of pizza was sold on 14th April 2018. It then continued from that day until June 2018 when the business went on a recess due to financial obstacles.
On 7th September 2018, Pizzaman was moved from the apartment in Kotei to a small shop at Ayeduase, opposite the Victory Towers Hostel. From that period, pizza was sold daily. A revenue of GHC12,000 was generated in the first month of operation, which looked promising. October 2018 would have been a great month until there was a student demonstration at KNUST which led to the closedown of the pizzeria since the market was targeted at students during those moments.
How about Chickenman, how did this venture start? A Ghanaian business mogul by the name of Richard Nii Armah Quaye is one of the investors in the business. He is the CEO of Quick Angels Ghana Limited.
A joint venture agreement with Quick Angels GHANA limited birthed Chickenman, a sister brand to pizzaman and they are all under CEQA foods. The idea of chickenman was not to make the pizza overshadow our local rice dishes
Pizzaman along the line attracted some innovators, and these people eventually became a part of the team. Miss Kekeli Awume and Mr. Martin Dari.In May 2019, Pizzaman closed down again and came up stronger with a sister Brand Called Chickenman in January 2020.
5. Which celebrities have endorsed Pizzaman?
Pizzaman has Medikal and Fella Makafui as their brand ambassadors. Aside from them, Strongman, Oseikrom Sikani, Ras Nene, Efia Odo, Hajia4Real, and others have endorsed the food venture.
6. How many employees does Chris B have under Pizzaman?
In an interview with Chris B on Zionfelix’s YouTube channel, the CEO of Pizzaman revealed that he has 102 direct employees and 40 indirect workers who are mostly despatchers.
7. What is the vision of Pizzaman and Chickenman?
According to Chris B, the aim of his business is to be the first local food venture from Ghana to extend to other parts of Africa.
8. What is sold at Pizzaman?
At the moment, Pizzaman sells all types of Pizza. Chickenman sells chicken wings and drumsticks. Aside from that, they sell fried rice, Jollof, yam chips, French rice, and noodles.
9. What is Christian Boakye Yiadom of Pizzaman’s Net Worth?
Christian Boakye Yiadom, the CEO of Pizzaman and Chickenman has an estimated current net worth of $100,000 to $500,000 although he has not disclosed his exact fortune on any platform. One thing we know is, as a young man investing millions into his business, we believe he’s worth a lot more than you think. Chris B does not love to flaunt his wealth on social media. He cruises in some of the finest automobiles in Ghana.
10. How many branches do Pizzaman and Chickenman have?
Pizzaman currently has 13 branches in Ghana only in the Ashanti and Greater Accra regions, per its website. branches. The first branch was opened on the KNUST campus on 17th January 2020. The other branches are located at Suame, Sofoline, and Ahodwo.
Pizzaman is set to open branches in all the regions in Ghana. He has planned to take over the entire nation as time goes on, and even extend to other African countries.
PizzaMan Contact and Locations
Below are PizzaMan branches, with their contact information.
Accra Branches
Tema Branch
CALL 0552817863
Weija Branch
CALL: 059 383 5481
Awoshie Branch
CALL: 059 383 5483 / 059 383 4756
East Legon Branch
CALL; 059 383 5484 / 059 383 5485
Dansoman Branch
CALL: 059 383 4763 / 059 383 4762
Spintex Branch
CALL; 059 383 5482 / 059 383 4760
Kumasi Branch
KNUST Branch
CALL: 055 949 5167 / 055 481 2748
Ahodwo Branch
CALL: 055 281 7948 / 055 281 7984
Sofoline Branch
CALL: 055 521 4339 / 055 281 8211
Darkodwom Branch
CALL 055 281 8170
Suame Branch
CALL: 055 281 8250
Airport Branch
CALL 055 281 7835
KNUST (Annex)
CALL: 055 949 5167 / 055 481 2748
An easy guide on how to order pizza from PizzaMan
There are 3 ways one can request a pizza from Pizza Man; Order online, Dine-In and Take-away.
On both, you can slide into their Dm and order your pizza. Their social media respondent will attend to you by sending replying with their menu card to choose from.
You can access the pizza meal menu from the PizzaMan website and call to place an order using the mobile number provided on the site.
Dine-In
You can either ask that they leave for you to call them back when you’ve settled on what you want or make a choice there and then.
Take-out
This process is just like the dine-in but your pizza will be packaged to be taken away. You can as well request drinks as you wait on your pizza.
Social Media Handles
Pizzaman is active on social media. They are all over the media to interact with their customizers.
You can follow Pizzaman below
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