Lagos Food Bank

What Lagos Food Bank does

Lagos Food Bank Initiative (LFBI) is a registered Nigerian non-profit organization (RC No.: 80366, Part C Section 590 of CAMA 2004) founded in 2015 and headquartered in Ikeja, Lagos. It is Nigeria's first and largest hunger-relief food bank, operating an integrated portfolio of ten social programs: TEFAP (emergency food assistance), EDUFOOD (school feeding), NUMEPLAN (maternal and child nutrition), NIDS (diabetes nutrition support), Family Farming (agricultural empowerment), Agricultural Recovery Program (food surplus recovery), Food Bank Network Nigeria (NGO hub coordination), Cloth Banking Nigeria (clothing insecurity), Job Placement, and Covid-19 Response. The organization reports reaching over 2-3.5 million beneficiaries across 170 communities, supported by a 30,000+ volunteer base and a warehouse facility in Ikeja.

LFBI's operational infrastructure comprises a centralized warehouse in Punch Industrial Estate, Ikeja, where surplus food is sorted, packed, and distributed; a Volunteer Hour Tracking System (VHTS) launched in 2025 to coordinate physical and virtual volunteers; and a beneficiary registration and program documentation workflow used across outreach events. GFN (Global Foodbanking Network) certification in 2025 provides international food-banking standards alignment. The technology stack is conventional non-profit operational tooling with no disclosed AI/ML components.

LFBI generates no commercial revenue. All inflows come from individual donations (bank transfer, online, in-person), corporate partnerships and CSR contributions, foundation and institutional grants (notably the Aliko Dangote Foundation), and in-kind donations of food, clothing, vehicles, and household items. Reported total program expenditure is $1,000,000, supported by 600+ corporate partners and 150+ NGO partners. All services to beneficiaries are provided free of charge. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, anchored on bi-weekly Saturday outreach events and recurring celebrity/influencer partnerships (Simi, Teni, Taaooma, Chike, Kamaru Usman) that drive awareness, volunteer recruitment, and donor conversion.

Name

Lagos Food Bank

Legal name

Lagos Food Bank

Website

https://lagosfoodbank.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Lagos Food Bank is a non-profit organization that focuses on combating hunger and malnutrition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hunger Relief and Food Banking Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD), Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH), Emergency Food Assistance & Nutrition Response (BPADADAE)

Keywords

• Hunger relief services
• Food banking
• School feeding programs
• Nutrition intervention
• Community food distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Ikeja

HQ country

Nigeria

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Individuals make monetary donations through bank transfers, online platforms, and in-person drop-offs at the Lagos Food Bank warehouse. Donations are accepted daily Monday through Saturday. Donation options include money, clothing, vehicles, food and non-food items.
2. Corporate Partnerships & Donations: Corporate organizations partner with and donate to LFBI through monetary contributions, in-kind food and non-food item donations, employee volunteering programs, and cause marketing. Partners include major Nigerian and multinational corporations across banking, telecoms, technology, consumer goods, and other sectors.
3. Foundation & Institutional Grants: LFBI receives grant funding from foundations such as the Aliko Dangote Foundation. These grants support specific programs such as distributing food items to nutrition-focused NGOs and reaching vulnerable households across Nigeria.
4. Food & Non-Food Item Donations: LFBI receives in-kind donations of surplus food, clothing, and household items from individuals and corporations. These donations are sorted, packed, and redistributed to beneficiaries rather than sold.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Lagos Food Bank Initiative (LFBI) operates as Nigeria's first and largest hunger-relief non-profit food bank, recovering surplus food and distributing it free of charge to food-insecure populations across Lagos and Nigeria. It runs an integrated portfolio of 10 programs covering school feeding (EDUFOOD), emergency food assistance (TEFAP), maternal and child nutrition (NUMEPLAN), diabetes self-management nutrition (NIDS), family farming, agricultural recovery, food bank networking, cloth banking, job placement, and COVID-19 response. Operations are powered by a central warehouse in Ikeja and a network of over 30,000 volunteers.

Product overview

Lagos Food Bank Initiative operates as a nutrition-focused non-profit organization offering a portfolio of hunger relief and food security programs rather than a unified software product. The core offerings consist of 10 interconnected social programs: EDUFOOD (school feeding), TEFAP (emergency food assistance), Family Farming (agricultural empowerment), NUMEPLAN (maternal/child nutrition), NIDS (diabetes nutrition support), Agricultural Recovery Program (food recovery), Food Bank Network Nigeria (NGO coordination), Cloth Banking Nigeria (clothing assistance), Job Placement, and Covid-19 Response. These programs work together through an integrated food banking system that combines immediate food relief with long-term sustainability approaches including urban farming, school feeding, and community development. The organization also developed a Volunteer Hour Tracking System (VHTS) as its primary technology platform for volunteer management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EDUFOOD (Education Enhancement Intervention for Food Insecure Students)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2 million beneficiaries impacted across 170 communities; 9.6 million meals served in 2020 alone; 140,000 volunteer hours donated in one year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Iyabode Oluwatoyin-AlliminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 July 2026Individual partner commemorating her 50th birthday by partnering with LFBI through TEFAP to provide essential food relief to resilient widows and their households facing food insecurity.
• JTA FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 July 2026JTA Foundation, a non-profit committed to ensuring less privileged children have access to quality education in alignment with SDG 4, partners with LFBI through the recurring EDUFOOD program. The partnership provides nutritious midday meals to food-insecure students in low-cost schools to encourage attendance, boost focus, and improve general wellbeing through nutrition.
• OlymptradecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 July 2026Olymptrade, an international fintech brand established in 2014 serving users in more than 130 countries, partners with LFBI through the Family Farming program. Phase 2 of the partnership (July 2026) empowers women and youth in Agege community with soil, vegetable seeds, cages, chicks, snails, feed, feeders, and multivitamins to start backyard farms for consumption and enterprise. Olymptrade focuses on social initiatives including food assistance, healthcare support, and financial literacy.
• Simi (Simisola Bolatito Kosoko)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 June 2026Award-winning singer and philanthropist Simi partnered with LFBI for TEFAP outreach on June 29, 2026. She actively participated in packaging and distributing nutritious food boxes to vulnerable families at the LFBI warehouse in Mangoro, Ikeja. Her partnership leverages celebrity influence to raise awareness about food insecurity and inspire donations and volunteerism.
• Victory Empowerment Centre (VEC)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 June 2026Victory Empowerment Centre (VEC), a social enterprise committed to empowering underserved women, youth, micro-entrepreneurs, and low-income communities, partnered with LFBI through TEFAP. VEC packaged and distributed nutritious staple food boxes to vulnerable families in Gbagada community. The partnership reflects VEC's mission extension beyond financial inclusion to include meeting basic food needs.
• Project FoodshareminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 25 June 2026Project Foodshare, coordinated by LFBI volunteer Nnennaya Fakoya-Smith, partnered with LFBI for Children's Day outreach through EDUFOOD. The initiative began as a personal research project inspired by the founder's experience with food insecurity and has partnered with LFBI since 2024.
• Ineza Care FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 24 June 2026Ineza Care Foundation partnered with LFBI through NUMEPLAN (Nutritious Meal Plan Intervention for Vulnerable Mothers and Children) on June 24, 2026. The initiative focuses on reducing undernutrition among children under five and pregnant/lactating mothers. The Ineza team received a facility tour and participated in food packaging and nutrition education sessions. A cloth banking session was also included.
• Esosa Food Systems and Innovations Limited (Classic Cream)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 May 2026Esosa Food Systems and Innovations Limited, makers of Classic Cream bread brand, partnered with LFBI through EDUFOOD on May 26, 2026. The outreach reached 1,000 school pupils in low-cost private schools across the Agege/Dopemu axis with nutritious meals and writing pads. Classic Cream is committed to nutrition-focused food production.
• Taaooma (Maryam Apaokagi-Greene)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 May 2026Indigenous comedian and content creator Taaooma partnered with LFBI for a TEFAP outreach on May 7, 2026. She participated in sorting, packaging, and distributing food boxes to vulnerable women and households. Her partnership leverages social media influence to amplify awareness of hunger and food insecurity in Lagos communities.
• Teni the Entertainer (Teniola Apata)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 April 2026Superstar musician Teniola Apata, popularly known as Teni the Entertainer, partnered with LFBI for TEFAP outreach on April 30, 2026. She packaged nutritious food boxes alongside volunteers at the LFBI warehouse in Mangoro, Ikeja, bringing energy and visibility to the food relief effort. She also contributed product support as a brand ambassador for Mama Joy.
• Aliko Dangote FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAliko Dangote Foundation partnered with LFBI to donate food items to 22 nutrition-focused NGOs, reaching vulnerable households across Nigeria. This partnership significantly extended LFBI's national reach through the Food Bank Network Nigeria initiative.
• Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerRand Merchant Bank partnered with LFBI to bring food relief to families in Bariga community.
• GDLminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGDL partnered with LFBI to cater to Sagbokoji, Mushin, Oshodi, and Isolo communities.
• Sun KingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSun King partnered with LFBI to support vulnerable women in Oshodi community through food distribution.
• 9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB)minorGTM or Marketing Partner9 Payment Service Bank partnered with LFBI to reach vulnerable households with food items.
• Global Foodbanking Network (GFN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLFBI is a GFN-certified member and received the GFN award for advancing food banking in Africa in 2025. GFN membership provides international food banking network access, best practice standards, and global recognition.
• Cloth Banking Nigeria PartnersminorOthersLFBI operates Cloth Banking Nigeria (CBN) as part of its programs, addressing clothing insecurity (a key dimension of multidimensional poverty) alongside food insecurity. Donations of clothing and footwear are sorted and distributed to families, with the cloth banking session allowing families to select quality clothing items.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• FoodForward SA: South Africa's largest food bank with a hub-and-spoke model redirecting surplus food to beneficiary organizations — structurally analogous to LFBI's Food Bank Network Nigeria network and emergency relief programs.
• Food Banking Kenya (formerly Feed Kenya): Kenya's first food bank and a fellow African food banking organization addressing hunger through food recovery and distribution networks — directly comparable mission and operational model.
• Rise Against Hunger: International hunger-relief organization running food distribution and meal-packaging volunteer programs with corporate and foundation partnerships, overlapping with LFBI on volunteer-driven food assistance and corporate CSR engagement.

Regional players

• South African Food Bank Development Network (SAFBD): Coordinator of food bank operations across multiple countries in Southern Africa, comparable in role to LFBI's nascent national FBNN hub function.
• Caritas Nigeria: Domestic Nigerian humanitarian organization providing food assistance, livelihoods support and emergency relief across Nigerian communities with overlapping beneficiary segments.

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: Largest hunger-relief organization in the US operating a nationwide food bank network with 200+ member food banks; provides the global benchmark for scaled food banking operations that LFBI aspires to replicate across Nigeria.
• Food Banks Canada / Feed Ontario: National hunger-relief network coordinating food banks across Canada with corporate partnerships and food rescue programs, structurally similar to LFBI's corporate-driven FBNN model.

Emerging players

• Action Against Hunger (ACF): Global humanitarian organization tackling undernutrition and food insecurity, addressing overlapping themes of maternal/child nutrition (NUMEPLAN), food recovery and emergency feeding programs.
• FoodCloud: Ireland-based social enterprise connecting surplus food to charities via technology; relevant comparator given LFBI's VHTS (Volunteer Hour Tracking System) and growing technology-mediated food redistribution model.

Others

• The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN): International alliance of food banks that certifies and supports member food banks globally; LFBI is itself a GFN-certified member, making GFN the closest ecosystem peer for capability benchmarking and peer learning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lagosfoodbank
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCiDCTM9f_8fV3tm6cQvWNzA
• Facebookfacebook.com/Lagosfoodbank
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lagos-food-bank
• Instagraminstagram.com/lagosfoodbank

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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