Evelyn

Carrefour Kenya just quietly added one of the most useful AI features I’ve seen in local retail. You can now simply: - Paste your shopping list - Type your shopping list - Or upload an image of your shopping list And the app automatically finds the products and suggests items to add directly to your cart. Just like that. Honestly, this is one of those examples of AI that might not make headlines but will save people real time. Because Me personally?I don't enjoy searching for: “tomatoes, milk, tissue, cooking oil, bread, detergent, yoghurt, toothpaste, onions…” one item at a time. Shopping online often feels like playing a scavenger hunt designed by someone who has never entered a supermarket. This AI removes that friction. And that’s where AI shines. Not necessarily in replacing people…but in eliminating unnecessary work. The most successful AI implementations won’t always be the flashy robots, viral videos, or futuristic demos.They’ll be the features that quietly save you: * 5 minutes * 10 clicks * 20 searches * and a little bit of your sanity. What’s interesting is that we’re increasingly seeing Kenyan businesses move from talking about AI to actually embedding it into customer experiences. That’s the real shift. The winners in the AI era may not be the companies building the biggest AI models. They may be the companies asking: “What annoying task can we remove for our customers?” Because convenience scales. And consumers quickly become addicted to things that make life easier. I suspect after using this feature once, manually searching for every item in your shopping list is going to feel a little bit like typing phone numbers from memory lmfaoo. Technology is at its best when it becomes invisible. You don’t notice the AI. You just notice that shopping got quicker. Have you tried it yet? I just added a list sent to me and BAM!