AI Receptionist · Built for Africa

Never lose a customer because you couldn't reply in time.

YeloDesk is your AI teammate that responds to your customers while you're busy. Whether on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, or online enquiries. It responds instantly, books appointments, takes orders, and follows up 24/7. It also handles phone calls when needed. Only escalates to real humans when needed.

Trusted by retailers, clinics, salons & agencies across SA
01 / The Problem

Stay available around the clock without growing yourpayroll.

Building a business in today's economy isn't easy. Many South African entrepreneurs are juggling full-time jobs, family responsibilities, and growing businesses, while others are running every part of the business themselves. Either way, customers still expect quick responses, even when you're busy making the business work.

01 — You can't hire another employee

Growth shouldn't require another salary.

Many small businesses aren't ready for a full-time receptionist or administrator. Yet bookings still need to be made, questions answered, and customers supported — even after hours, weekends, and public holidays.

02 — Sales slip through the cracks

Customers slip away when you're unable to respond immediately.

Whether it's a salon appointment, a doctor's consultation, or a customer placing an order, delayed responses lead to missed opportunities, lost revenue, and customers who never come back.

03 — Success becomes a bottleneck

You can't be everywhere at once. You need help

You're the owner, receptionist, salesperson, support desk, and operations manager all in one. But you're also human, and while you're busy serving one customer or working your day job, other enquiries keep coming in unanswered.

02 / How it works

Live in minutes. Working around the clock.

Three steps from sign-up to a fully-staffed AI workforce handling your conversations — without a single line of code.

01

Download & Connect

Download our mobile app or use our web app to create your workspace and connect your AI teammate to your socials, WhatsApp and website.

02

Train & Automate

Train it with your business data. AI answers, books, sends OTPs and reminders, and runs your campaigns. Trained for your business.

03

Receive Escalated Enqueries,Appointments and orders

When a real person matters, AI hands the conversation cleanly to your team, bookings and task all in one app.

03 / What it does

Four pillars. One platform.

Everything you need to handle customer conversations end-to-end — from the first hello to the last follow-up.

AI Conversations

Live WhatsApp chat, voice calls, voice notes, and intelligent escalation to real agents.

WhatsApp Chat Voice Calls Smart Escalations

Bookings & Tasks

Appointments, confirmations, reminders, and follow-ups — handled automatically while you sleep.

Appointments Reminders Task Queues

Campaigns & SMS

Bulk SMS, promotions, OTPs, alerts, and re-engagement — at scale, without the spreadsheet.

Bulk SMS OTPs & Alerts Cart Recovery

Integrations

Drops into the stack you already run — e-commerce, logistics, APIs, databases. No re-platforming.

Shopify & WooCommerce Courier Guy QuickBooks Zoho Invoices + More Apps APIs & Databases
04 / YeloVoice

Voices that sound
South African.

Because they are. AI voice trained on local accents, fluent across multiple languages, and never off the clock.

  • Automated inbound & outbound calls
  • Voice note transcription & smart replies
  • Appointment confirmations & reminders
  • Natural multilingual conversations
English isiZulu Afrikaans isiXhosa Sesotho
05 / Built for your industry

Tuned for the way you already do business.

Out of the box for retailers, clinics, hotels, salons, garages, and support teams — with industry-specific workflows ready on day one.

Online Retail

AI product search, order tracking, abandoned cart recovery, WhatsApp shopping. Plugs into WooCommerce, Shopify, and Courier Guy.

Medical Practices

Appointment scheduling, patient reminders, AI receptionist for clinics, and voice-assisted patient queues.

Hospitality

Guest bookings, check-in communication, room service requests, and review automation. Your concierge that never clocks out.

Automotive

Service reminders, repair updates, vehicle booking workflows, live customer chat — keeping bays full.

Salons

Stylist scheduling, booking automation, reminders, and loyalty follow-ups. Less DM-juggling, more chairs filled.

Support Services

Ticket escalation workflows, live agent handover, AI-powered FAQs, customer satisfaction tracking.

07 / Why YeloDesk

Built for Africa. Priced for SMMEs.

Most platforms were built for Silicon Valley budgets. YeloDesk wasn't — it was built here, for the way teams here actually communicate.

01

African-born

Built in South Africa for the way teams here actually communicate.

02

Mobile-first

Every workflow designed for the device your team already lives on.

03

Affordable AI

Enterprise-grade automation, priced for businesses that count every rand.

04

Scales with you

From one inbox to a hundred agents — same platform, same speed.

08 / Pricing

Priced just right.

Conversational AI for SMEs — pick the plan that scales with your business. Top up as you grow.

Starter
Free

For very small businesses just getting started.

  • 500 AI messages
  • 15 voice minutes
  • 1 user
  • Basic AI model
  • Prepaid top-up
Start Free
Best forSalons, freelancers, small shops
Business
R499 / month

For growing SMEs ready to automate.

  • 5,000 AI messages
  • 120 voice minutes
  • 2 users
  • Bulk SMS + WhatsApp
  • Mobile app & app connectors
  • General support
Choose Business
Best forClinics, garages, online stores
Enterprise
Custom

Tailored at scale, with dedicated infrastructure.

  • Unlimited messages & voice
  • Unlimited users
  • Custom voice models
  • SLA support
  • High-volume routing
  • White-label options
Contact Sales
Best forLarge-scale & enterprise ops

Need to top up on the go? R0.30–0.60 per conversation · R2.10 per voice minute.

Let's talk

Support smarter.
Respond faster.
Delight customers.

YeloDesk empowers African businesses to communicate smarter, respond faster, and create better customer experiences — through one unified support platform.

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