About
Helpware Africa delivers 24/7 customer support for e-commerce and SaaS—chat, email, and voice. Our teams are based in Kampala, Uganda, and staffed by degree-level CSRs trained on brand voice, de-escalation, and data hygiene. We staff rotating shifts to cover EAT, CET, ET, and PT, so you never miss a peak.
Tooling & integrations
Zendesk, Gorgias, Freshdesk, Intercom, Talkdesk/Five9, Help Scout; e-commerce (Shopify/Woo), CRM (HubSpot/Salesforce light use), payments (Stripe/PayPal handoffs). We adopt your stack, build macros, tags, and views, and align tickets to clear workflows and SLAs.
What you get
SOP-driven onboarding: knowledge base, canned responses, escalation map, and a “brand voice” guide.
Measurable operations: SLAs on FRT/AHT/CSAT with weekly reporting (volume, backlog, contact drivers, QA).
Quality program: scorecards per channel, calibration sessions, side-by-sides, and coaching plans.
Coverage you can trust: email/chat in under agreed FRTs, voice with scheduled or on-demand hours.
Continuous improvement: simple monthly CX experiments (deflection, macros, self-serve articles) and a 60-day roadmap.
Use cases
E-commerce Tier 1/2 support (order status, refunds, replacements, logistics ETAs).
SaaS support (account access, billing, how-to, basic troubleshooting and triage).
Seasonal scale (BFCM, launches), after-hours + weekend coverage.
Back-office tasks: refunds, returns processing, chargeback responses, tagging, data cleanup.
SLAs/KPIs we commonly run
FRT: <2–5 min chat, <4–8 business hours email (or true 24/7 if required).
CSAT: target 90–95% with root-cause notes on detractors.
AHT and resolution time tuned to channel complexity.
QA: 85–95% average with trend lines and coaching notes.
Security & compliance
Least-privilege access, shared credentials vault on your side, NDAs/DPAs on request, and clean-desk rules in our facilities. We align to standard best practices (we don’t claim formal certifications unless contracted tools require them).
Why Kampala
English-first, degree-level talent; excellent coachability; strong work ethic. You get the reliability of a process-driven BPO with the flexibility and cost efficiency of near/offshore staffing.
Case studies available on request (e-commerce growth brand; B2B SaaS). Let’s scope a small pilot and earn the right to scale.
Project Catalog Packages
Starter (2 FTE, 5×8h): Email + chat, Zendesk/Gorgias setup, macros, basic QA, weekly report. Use when you need consistent business-hours coverage.
Growth (5 FTE, 6×10h): Email + chat + scheduled voice, expanded KB, deflection playbook, dedicated QA analyst, weekly ops review.
24/7 Launch (8–10 FTE, 24×7): Full follow-the-sun, voice queue, advanced reporting (SLA heatmaps, drivers), monthly CX experiments.
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