The HabariChat Blog

Practical guides on WhatsApp Business, AI customer service, and growing your business with messaging in Kenya and across Africa.

WhatsApp Broadcast Marketing

Building a list, writing campaigns that get replies, and knowing what they cost. Start here if you want to sell on WhatsApp. See the product: WhatsApp Broadcast Marketing.

How to Build a WhatsApp Marketing List in Kenya (From Zero)

Nine ways Kenyan businesses collect opt-ins, consent wording you can copy, how to bring an old customer database across legally, and what records to keep.

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18 WhatsApp Broadcast Templates Kenyan Businesses Can Copy

Ready-to-submit copy for new stock, flash sales, booking reminders, delivery updates, re-engagement and festive campaigns, with a suggested send time for each.

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How Much Does a WhatsApp Broadcast Cost in Kenya? (KES Per 1,000 Contacts)

Meta's message fee, your platform fee, worked numbers from 500 to 10,000 contacts, what you are never charged for, and five ways to cut the cost per reply.

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WhatsApp vs SMS Marketing in Kenya: The Real Cost Per Sale

Bulk SMS is cheaper per message. WhatsApp is usually cheaper per reply and per sale. Worked KES numbers for a 1,000-contact campaign, and where each channel genuinely wins.

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The Kenyan WhatsApp Campaign Calendar: 12 Months of Reasons to Send

A month-by-month plan built around the payday cycle, school terms and the festive season, with a suggested campaign for every moment worth sending on.

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Click-to-WhatsApp Ads in Kenya: Turning Ad Spend Into a Contact List

Why these ads beat a landing page form in this market, how the 72-hour free window works, and the one mistake that wastes the entire budget.

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WhatsApp Campaign Metrics: What Good Looks Like and What to Fix

Why read rate is the vanity metric, why reply rate is the one to run on, how to build your own baseline, and a diagnostic table for a campaign that underperformed.

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Why Your WhatsApp Broadcast Only Reached 40 People

The saved-number rule, the 256 cap, sending limits and quality throttling. Six reasons your campaign reached a fraction of your list, and how to tell which one it is.

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Getting Set Up on WhatsApp Business

Access, costs and choosing who to run it with, before you send anything.

Staying Compliant and Protecting Your Number

The rules Meta enforces, the law the ODPC enforces, and how to keep sending without losing your number.

AI Customer Service

Answering customers instantly, in their language, at the hours they actually message you.