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Chatbot technology is empowering South Africa’s digital natives who are shaping the future of communication

By Industry Contributor 14 June 2024

By Lerato Bojabotseha, Customer Growth Executive at Infobip FULL STORY >

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Value: The beating heart of the chatbot personalisation revolution.

By Industry Contributor 9 March 2022

How many peppers would Peter have picked if the chatbot had called him by name? Wynand Smit, CEO of INOVO looks at how personal means business. FULL STORY >

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DRUID announces first South African partnership with Tangent Solutions

By Press Release 2 November 2021

This is the first DRUID Partnership in the South African market. FULL STORY >

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Is your Chatbot POPIA compliant?

By Industry Contributor 2 June 2021

By Maison Samuels from Webber Wentzel FULL STORY >

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Could AI be the future of customer service?

By Industry Contributor 25 May 2021

By James Bayhack, Director for Sub-Saharan Africa at CM.com FULL STORY >

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Most chatbots do not work for highly regulated industries - here’s how to change that

By Industry Contributor 16 October 2020

By Ryan Falkenberg, Co-CEO, CLEVVA FULL STORY >

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How to prepare for the new world of digital workers

By Industry Contributor 29 May 2020

By Ryan Falkenberg, co-CEO, CLEVVA FULL STORY >

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rAInbow chatbot offers a safe space for domestic abuse victims to get information without leaving the house

By Industry Contributor 31 March 2020

rAInbow is a chatbot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to chat with users and provide accurate information on domestic violence. FULL STORY >

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Top CX trends for CIOs to Watch

By Staff Writer 3 March 2020

Gartner predicts that by 2022, 70% of customer interactions will involve emerging technologies such as machine learning (ML) applications, chatbots and mobile messaging, up from 15% in 2018. FULL STORY >

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Opinion - The rise of the new-age digital assistant experience

By Industry Contributor 17 May 2019

What will better digital assistants mean for users, and will they replace customer service agents entirely? Craig Nel, Mobile & Cognitive Experience (MCX) Leader at Oracle Middle East, Africa and Turkey, offers his perspective. FULL STORY >

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Four ways in which chatbots can help meet customer expectations

By Staff Writer 8 May 2018

According to the Can Virtual Experiences Replace Reality report released by Oracle, 78% of brands predict that in the next four years customer service will be provided by them through virtual reality, with 80% of the brands... FULL STORY >

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Liberty Short Term insurance turns to robot for transformation

By Ryan Noik 19 March 2018

In the digital age, it seems like the old catchphrase “show me the money” has been replaced with “show me your chatbot”. Liberty Short term Insurance provided a sneak peak into its impending chatbot, launching later this... FULL STORY >

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Chatbots - a ‘quick win’ in improving Government service delivery

By Opinion 13 March 2018

By Saurabh Kumar, CEO at In2IT Technologies FULL STORY >

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Chatbots to be the differentiator as South African business goes digital

By Opinion 1 February 2018

By Craig Nel, Cloud Platform Leader - Mobile, BOTs and AI at Oracle Middle East, Africa and Turkey. FULL STORY >

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Opinion - The seven trends that redefined contact centre technology in 2017

By Opinion 29 January 2018

Jed Hewson, joint-CEO and co-founder of 1Stream, predicts some of the business trends and influences that will impact on the economy. FULL STORY >

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