In this engaging, eye-opening and richly informative chat, Mr. AKINMUTIMI OLUWAGBENRO, Sellerspro Co-funder/Business Head brings his wealth of experience to bear on how to run today’s business seamlessly with the aid of AI technology. He reveals how Sellerspro combines automation, modern business tools, and an interactive marketplace in one platform, to redefine business management, which he says is uncommon and first of its kind in Africa.
Below are excerpts from the exclusive interview with the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of The Pinnacle Times online, OLAWALE LAMINA. Read on:
How would you introduce your new brand, SellersPro to Nigerians?
SellersPro is an AI-powered business management suite and commerce platform built to help Nigerian business owners grow faster and work smarter.
We stand for simplicity, automation, and growth. SellersPro unifies and automates social media inboxes and messaging across multiple platforms, gives businesses modern tools to streamline operations, and synchronizes both online and offline activities.
We also provide every business with a professional website and product listings that are discoverable on the SellersPro Marketplace, opening them up to an entirely new customer base. Within a short period, SellersPro has already recorded strong adoption during our pilot in Abuja, especially within key business hubs like Banex. The feedback from business owners has been clear: they see SellersPro as an essential tool for managing their business and reaching more customers.
What is the motivation behind the concept that produced your brand?
The motivation behind SellersPro came from a simple observation: small and medium scale businesses in Nigeria are carrying too much weight.
Most existing business tools ignore the reality of social commerce. Yet the average business owner spends hours daily creating content, posting products, and burning data just to stay online — all for very little return. We also saw how difficult it was for businesses to manage customer conversations and business data across multiple social media platforms, and how hard it is to synchronize online and offline operations.
We built SellersPro to close that gap. Our goal is to make life easier for business owners by automating the heavy lifting so they don’t have to be consumed by their business 24/7. That’s why our tagline is “Run your business, live your life.” We want business owners to focus on growth while SellersPro handles the operations in the background.
In terms of value addition, what are the critical benefits for Nigerians across different segments?
SellersPro is built to serve small and medium scale enterprises across every industry.
For product-based businesses — fashion vendors, retailers, electronics dealers, food vendors — our ‘Sales AI’ handles selling for them. It replies customers, recommends products, takes orders, and closes sales even while the owner is offline.
For service-based businesses — salons, clinics, logistics, consultants, hotels — our Service AI manages conversations that drive service delivery. It handles bookings, inspections, reservations, consultations, and follow-ups automatically.
The critical benefit is this: whatever category of business you run, there is a feature on SellersPro designed to add direct value to your operations.
We help businesses save time, reduce costs, increase sales, and reach new customers through our marketplace and website tools — all in one platform.
What is your cutting edge, vis-a-vis existing similar platforms?
SellersPro’s cutting edge is that we combine automation, modern business tools, and an interactive marketplace in one platform — the first of its kind in Africa.
Other platforms either automate conversations without being sales-focused, or run marketplaces without offering business management tools. SellersPro does both.
Our AI is specifically trained to drive sales and service delivery, not just reply messages. Business owners get to supervise while everything runs on automation.
Most importantly, we don’t just give businesses a website or storefront. We are the first to directly link every business website to the SellersPro Marketplace. This means a business’s products don’t stay isolated — they are discoverable by new customers across the entire SellersPro ecosystem, giving them instant access to a wider market.
Essentially, who are your major target customers/users and how does your services impact their operations?
Our major target customers are small and medium scale business owners in Nigeria, who sell products or offer services primarily through social media. This includes fashion and retail vendors, electronics dealers, food businesses, beauty and wellness providers, service professionals, consultants, and any SME that relies on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok to run daily operations.
For these businesses, SellersPro directly impacts their operations in three key ways:
1. Automation handles repetitive tasks — replying to customers, taking orders, booking appointments — so owners no longer have to be online 24/7.
2. Sales Increased: The Sales AI and Service AI convert more conversations into revenue, while the SellersPro Marketplace and linked website give them access to new customers beyond their current followers.
3. Operations Streamlined: By unifying inboxes, data, and online/offline activities in one dashboard, we remove the chaos of managing multiple platforms. Business owners get clarity, control, and the ability to scale without hiring a big team.
At this point, what are the challenges and your next critical steps towards making SellersPro a one-stop shop for addressing issues for your customers?
Like any platform building for Africa, we face a few key challenges. First is adoption and education. Many African businesses are still getting familiar with automation and modern business tools. They’re often unsure how it works or if it will work for them. To address this, we provide one-on-one onboarding and training for every business owner who requests it, to ensure they understand and fully utilize the platform. Second is funding and cost of operations. Running AI automation, maintaining the marketplace, and positioning SellersPro among market leaders require significant capital. To encourage adoption, our services are currently priced very low and we do not charge commission on sales. This means we need substantial funding to scale and sustain growth.
Your next critical steps?
Technologically and strategically, we are solid. Our immediate focus is on strategic partnerships and raising funding to accelerate product delivery, expand marketplace visibility, and reach more SMEs across Nigeria. The goal is to make SellersPro the true one-stop shop where every business can manage, sell, and grow — without friction.
Lastly, it is very important for me to add that
SellersPro was built with one clear intention- to provide everything businesses need to grow.
We are still early in our journey, but our commitment is to rapid growth and to ensuring that every single business connected to us grows effectively.
If you are running a business today in Nigeria or anywhere in Africa and you are not yet on SellersPro, you are missing out.
Join us today and take your business forward in the right direction.
SellersPro is available on all social media platforms. You can sign up directly at: https://sellerspro.app
Please note: SellersPro supports businesses that sell in multiple currencies and various kind of services.
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