{"id":3378,"date":"2019-08-07T01:31:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T01:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/live\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2019-08-07T01:31:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T01:31:08","slug":"how-to-use-lara-ng-and-a-brief-review-of-the-lady-chatbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livewithlynda.com\/blog-page\/2019\/08\/07\/how-to-use-lara-ng-and-a-brief-review-of-the-lady-chatbot\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Lara.ng and a brief review of the lady chatbot"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m yet to meet Lara, i must confess, but people who have met her have really nice things to say about her. Like Victor Ilo,<\/strong> a corp member serving in Lagos and a frequent user of the app. He wrote a whole article reviewing the app and explaining how to use it. I thought it would make for a good read. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

You Must Have Met Lara.ng<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

You should have met Lara. The AI for public transport transit directions and fare quotes. First launched in Lagos, now in Abuja and plans to launch in some other states. I was first introduced to Lara.ng in 2018 and I loved it. First of its kind in Nigeria and a lifesaver. I mean, how many people would think that traveling within Lagos could be made easier with AI? With all the hype Lagos has about \u201cshining your eyes\u201d, Lara has made \u201cJJC\u201d unnoticeable. Innovative, I must say. <\/span><\/p>\n

Created in 2017 by CEO Samuel Odeloye, Nnamdi Nwanze, and co-founder Ladi Ojora, the AI chatbot has gone through intense start-up trials. Lara first began on WhatsApp but got shut down. At the point, it was already experiencing fantastic growth. Users were sharing Lara\u2019s contacts in droves. WhatsApp shut the bot down because of their monopoly on bots on their platform. The Lara team then had to regroup and found Lara.ng in less than two weeks. Lara has now been able to reach about 100,000 users in less than 2years and has the potential to multiply the number exponentially in a short time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Simply described, Lara is an AI chatbot for public transport transit directions and fare quotes. The app is a WhatsApp-like chatbot with huge storage of transport data within Lagos and now Abuja. The WhatsApp look makes it familiar and easy to use. Although this gives it a somewhat plain look, the app has some interesting features.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to use Lara<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

As a user, I am impressed with its simplicity in usage. In three steps, you are armed with the bus directions and fare quotes needed for your journey.<\/span><\/p>\n