• Tunisian entrepreneur Oussama Dhahri founded CapsaFood in 2021 to connect consumers with local restaurants through a mobile application.

• The platform currently operates in Gafsa, where it is expanding its network of restaurants and delivery workers.

• CapsaFood provides a digital marketplace for users, restaurants and delivery workers, enabling ordering, revenue tracking and income generation through deliveries.

Oussama Dhahri, a Tunisian chemist and entrepreneur, developed CapsaFood as a digital food delivery platform that connects consumers with local restaurants and enables online ordering from smartphones, tablets and computers. The founders launched CapsaFood in 2021 alongside Amine Chortani and Hadil Fouli.

The platform operates exclusively in Gafsa, where the company continues to expand its network of partner restaurants and delivery drivers. Meanwhile, the platform allows users to download the mobile application, create an account and browse menus from participating restaurants. Users select meals, confirm orders and enter delivery addresses before receiving their food at home, at work or at any specified location. In most cases, customers complete payment upon delivery.

At the same time, CapsaFood extends its services beyond consumers by offering tools for restaurants and delivery workers. Restaurant partners manage operations through the application, track revenues and monitor transactions in real time. Delivery workers also join the platform to complete deliveries and generate income through order transportation.

Alongside his startup activities, Oussama Dhahri works as head of research and development projects at Les Laboratoires MédiS, a pharmaceutical manufacturer. He trained as a chemical engineer at the École centrale polytechnique privée de Tunis. Before launching his entrepreneurial career, he completed internships at the Groupe Chimique Tunisien and at Air Liquide, which operates in industrial gases, healthcare and engineering services.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum