# After-Hours AI Chatbot for South African Businesses

> Never lose an after-hours enquiry again. Capture callbacks, answer FAQs and take booking requests even when your office is closed. 24/7 AI for SA businesses.

**Your business stays open when you go home**

South African customers enquire at 10pm, on Sundays, during load-shedding and on public holidays. Lekker AI captures every enquiry and keeps customers informed. Your team wakes up to qualified leads, not missed opportunities.

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## Key benefits

### Automatic after-hours detection
You set your operating hours. Outside those hours, the AI automatically switches to after-hours mode: different greeting, different flow, focused on capturing callback details.

### Callback collection
After-hours visitors leave their name and number for a callback. Your team sees a clean list in the dashboard every morning.

### Customers stay informed
Instead of a dead chat widget or a missed call, customers get an immediate response: your hours, when to expect a callback, and your contact details if it's urgent.

## What it handles

**After-hours lead capture**
A potential customer finds your website at 9pm. Instead of leaving when they see no one's available, they chat with your AI, leave their details and expect a call tomorrow.

**Weekend and public holiday coverage**
South Africa has 12 public holidays a year. Your AI handles enquiries on every one of them without any intervention from your team.

**Load-shedding resilience**
When your team is offline due to load-shedding, your AI runs in the cloud and keeps responding to customers without interruption.

**Emergency escalation**
For urgent matters that can't wait, the AI provides your emergency contact number or WhatsApp link so customers always have a path to a real person.

**FAQ answers at any hour**
Common questions about opening times, location, pricing and services are answered instantly, whatever the time.

## Frequently asked questions

**How does the AI know it's after-hours?**
You configure your operating hours (including different times per day) in your agent settings. The AI automatically switches mode based on the current server time.

**What does the after-hours greeting look like?", "You write it. For example: "We're closed right now but we're back at 8am. Leave your name and number and we'll call you first thing." The AI then collects those details.**


**Does it work on weekends and public holidays?**
Yes. The AI runs 24/7/365 in the cloud. Your operating hours schedule handles everything automatically.

**How much does it cost?**
Plans start at R999/month. After-hours mode is included on all plans.

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*Source: [https://www.lekkerai.co.za/after-hours-chatbot-south-africa](https://www.lekkerai.co.za/after-hours-chatbot-south-africa)*
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