NSE launches first African securities exchange chat robot

MARKET PAR TICIPANTS, especially retail investors, can now have access to convenient, faster and realtime access to data and information through a chat robot named X-Bot launched by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

The NSE said the launch of X-Bot, an artificial intelliNIGERIAN gence (AI)-powered Chatbot that responds directly and automatically to enquiries through Facebook Messenger is the first African securities exchange Chatbot.

The introduction of X-Bot is in line with the NSE’s drive to improve market participation through greater access to market information, Oscar N. Onyema, the CEO of the exchange said.