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Ideas, analysis, and product thinking from the Makoko team.
Procurement in African small businesses has always been manual — WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and spreadsheets. We explore how AI agents are changing that.
Over 90% of African business communication happens on WhatsApp. Here's how Makoko turns that conversation stream into a structured order management system.
Most African businesses don't know how much they're losing to manual operations. We ran the numbers — the results are striking.
Supply chains in Africa are complex and fragile. This is how Makoko's supplier intelligence module helps businesses build resilient procurement systems.
Running out of stock costs African businesses billions every year. AI-powered forecasting is now accessible to even small operations.
The Company Brain is the most underrated feature in Makoko. Here's exactly how it works and why it changes how teams operate.
From KES to NGN to ZAR — running a business across African markets means juggling currencies. We built native multi-currency support for exactly this.
After processing tens of thousands of deliveries across Kenya, Nigeria, and Rwanda, we share what the data reveals about African last-mile logistics.