I Built a WhatsApp OTP + AI Chatbot Platform for African Businesses
Caleb Onuche has developed Achek, a platform designed to streamline customer communication for African businesses using WhatsApp and Telegram. The platform allows for OTP verification and AI-powered chatbots, addressing the challenges posed by the official WhatsApp Business API. Achek aims to simplify the process for startups by offering a more affordable and efficient solution for customer support and notifications.
- ▪Achek enables businesses to verify users via WhatsApp, improving reliability over traditional SMS.
- ▪The platform supports AI chatbots that can handle various customer interactions directly on messaging apps.
- ▪Achek is built with a modular architecture, allowing for easy integration with both WhatsApp and Telegram.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3948350) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Caleb Onuche Posted on May 25 I Built a WhatsApp OTP + AI Chatbot Platform for African Businesses #showdev #webdev #node #ai In Nigeria, WhatsApp isn’t just another messaging app — it’s infrastructure. Businesses use it for customer support, order updates, payments, onboarding, and daily communication. Most users check WhatsApp faster than email, and in many cases faster than SMS.
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