Moniepoint has acquired Orda Africa to plug restaurant software into the same system that already handles payments, bookkeeping, and credit for millions of users. The company says it will fold Orda into Moniebook and run it as Moniebook for Restaurants, giving food businesses one place to manage orders, stock, staff, reports, and payments.
The company will keep Orda running independently while it completes the integration in the coming months, and it has not disclosed the deal value.
Orda already handles the daily work
This deal matters because Orda is already part of real restaurant operations. Orda’s 2024 food trend tracker indicated that more than 1,075 restaurants used the platform, over 31,600 menu items ran through it, and it processed more than 5.2 million transactions in 2024. That gives Moniepoint a working product with active merchants, not an early idea that still needs market proof.
The report also shows how demanding the business has become. About 60.7 percent of orders landed between 11 AM and 5 PM, and the average meal price on Orda rose 53.5 percent year on year to 7,221 naira. In that kind of environment, restaurant owners need tighter control over stock, faster reconciliation, and clearer sales data. Generic bookkeeping tools do not solve that well enough.
Moniebook gets a stronger restaurant product
Moniepoint launched Moniebook in 2025 as an all-in-one product for payments, sales, and inventory. By adding Orda, it now gets tools built for restaurant work, including order management, inventory tracking, automated reordering, branded microsites, reporting, and staff controls. Moniepoint also says restaurants will get embedded access to financing based on business performance through Moniepoint Microfinance Bank.
Moniepoint also plans to keep and deepen Orda’s links with delivery platforms such as Chowdeck and Glovo. That matters because many restaurants still copy app orders by hand into another system. That slows service and creates avoidable errors. A single dashboard for walk-in, pick-up, and delivery orders gives operators a cleaner view of demand and a better handle on kitchen flow.
Orda users get a smoother next step
Moniepoint did not buy Orda just to add another product name. It bought a tested restaurant tool at a time when food businesses need tighter control over stock, staff, and cash. Moniepoint says current Orda users will see no service interruption, no contract changes, and no pricing changes during the transition. If the company delivers that smooth handover, Moniebook for Restaurants should become a stronger daily tool for Nigerian operators who want fewer systems and less manual work.
For Moniepoint, the real prize goes beyond restaurant payments. The company wants a larger role in how African businesses run. Orda gives it a sharper way into that goal, starting with one of the busiest and most operationally complex sectors in Nigeria.
