Inspiring News I http://www.inspiringnet.com I Thursday 13th November 2025
The founder of Pizzaman–Chickenman, Christian Boakye, has opened up about the painful and chaotic early days of his entrepreneurial journey—long before he built one of Ghana’s fastest-growing food chains. He made the revelations during an interview on the Masterminds Podcast, hosted by Richie Mensah.
Chris B recalled moments of fear, shame, financial crisis, and even police encounters. “As a final-year student… you’ve burnt investment worth over two hundred thousand… At 6 a.m. that morning I heard the knock on my door—three policemen,” he said, recounting how a failed event cost him heavily and plunged him deep into debt.
He shared the heartbreak of losing a friend’s Corolla S, which had been used as collateral for a GHS12,000 loan. “He actually sold the car… I remember I cried,” he said. The pressure from family and creditors nearly crushed him.
Yet, in the middle of the chaos, the seed of his food empire began—inside a student room. “Man has to survive… I started selling pizza in boxes. We sold 45 boxes on the first day,” he revealed. That small spark would grow into a national business.
Even pitching to investors came with struggles. “We didn’t have a laptop… I had to borrow one from my niece,” Chris said. But that borrowed laptop opened the door to a partnership with Quick Angels, which powered the expansion that now boasts over 90 branches and more than 1,600 employees.
With humility and grit, he reflected: “The stress became more after success… but stay hungry, stay foolish. Never have an arrival mentality.”
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