Zuleeats
Before launching Zuleeats, Zule Ankamah arrived in Canada from Ghana and was working midnights as a table games manager at a casino to support her four children and ensure she could be available for her daughter with a disability.
When pandemic lockdowns put her job on hold, Zule’s kids encouraged her to start an “Instagram business” to share her Ghanaian meat pies, which were a family favourite. At first, she planned to sell the pies to family and friends while awaiting the casino to reopen, but as time went on and lockdowns continued, the word spread and Zule was asked to be a vendor at a local farmers market. As her business continued to grow, she decided to register it, began renting space in a commercial kitchen, and started marketing.
Zule has since been the recipient of the She Inspires award by the University of Windsor Epicentre, has won Best African Food in Windsor through multiple media outlets, and was recognized as one of the Top 100 Black Women in Canada to Watch.