Jumia Unveils Nigeria’s First e-Commerce Bot ‘Jumia Bot’

October 4, 2017
Jumia Unveils Nigeria’s First e-Commerce Bot ‘Jumia Bot’

By Dipo Olowookere

As part of its expansion plans, Jumia, one of the biggest e-commerce platforms in Nigeria, has introduced the country’s first e-commerce Bot called the Jumia Bot.

The innovation was introduced on Monday, October 2, 2017 and the Jumia Bot will allow shoppers order food, find fashion or electronic items and book hotels and flights by simply having an online conversation with the bot.

This innovation, powered and hosted by Facebook Messenger, will offer Nigeria’s 18 million Facebook users the ability to get their own personal Jumia shopping assistant directly on Facebook Messenger.

The Jumia Bot works by asking customers what they are looking for, and then using their answers to uncover the best offers.

For example, to get access to the best hotel and airfare deals on Facebook Messenger, a user can simply provide his or her preferred date and destination to the bot in order to see the top recommendations.

Once a user’s criteria is selected, Jumia Bot will remember and use the research for his or her next order. The bot, developed by Jumia with support from Facebook, uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and natural learning process to hone in and learn users’ preferences over time in order to make recommendations that are personalized, timeline and useful to the shopper. The shopper’s post-order experience is also integrated into Jumia Bot. As a result, shoppers can track their orders and contact the Customer Service team for follow-up questions.

“When we launched Bot for Businesses on Messenger, our goal was to help companies make meaningful connections with their customers in order to meet their business goals.” said Emeka Afigbo, Head, Platform Partnerships, Middle East and Africa at Facebook. “We are excited to be part of the story in providing technology solutions to one of Africa’s leading e-commerce websites.”

In a statement on the significance of this new service, Juliet Anammah, CEO Jumia Nigeria said, “Jumia Bot has a very simple yet important objective: to help our customers get to personalized deals on Jumia Nigeria.

“We are pleased to unveil this new dimension of e-shopping for the Nigerian customer, and excited about helping to pioneer the next wave of local content and tech tools within our ecosystem.”

Dipo Olowookere

Dipo Olowookere is a journalist based in Nigeria that has passion for reporting business news stories. At his leisure time, he watches football and supports 3SC of Ibadan.

Mr Olowookere can be reached via [email protected]

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