The WhatsApp business app was built to help small entrepreneurs. This app has tools designed to reduce your workload. You can sort, automate, and quickly respond to customer messages — this enables quick interactions. You can also set up a profile for your business and catalogs, whereby you list your products, the prices, and other information for easy browsing.

Here are the benefits of the WhatsApp business app for small entrepreneurs:

1. Business Profile
WhatsApp Business has a feature where you can create a profile for your business. Here, you would share every necessary information about your business, including email address, business description, phone number, website, and physical store address if available. This is a way you can create visibility for your work and get customers to discover you.

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2. Smart Messaging Tools
The smart messaging tools in the WhatsApp business app allow you to save and reuse messages you often send to customers. You would be able to answer many common questions with this tool, ‘quick replies.’

Another one is ‘automated messages’, which are sent to your customers when you’re not available to give responses, so they know when to expect your reply. Also, you can create a greeting message to introduce your business to buyers.

3. Messaging Statistics
This feature, messaging statistics, allows business owners to review every metric behind the messages being sent, such as the successfully sent messages, the ones that have been read, just delivered, and so on.

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4. WhatsApp Web
You can use the account you use to send and receive messages on your phone on other devices such as a laptop, tablet, or desktop. So you don’t have to worry when you’re out of the house; you can still be responding to your customers.

5. WhatsApp catalog
Catalogs are for you to showcase your products to customers so they can check what they want and order from you. You don’t need to send every product price and description individually.

Catalogs allow you to group everything, including product code and any other information. This feature saves time, no need for multiple questions on what your items look like and the price.

Joseph Ikpea of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has been declared winner of Saturday, August 16, 2025 by-election for Edo Central Senatorial District of the state.

According to figures released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the collation centre in Ubiaja, Esan South East Local Government Area, Dr. Ikpea scored 105,129 votes, to defeat his closest opponent, Prince Joe Okojie of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 15,146 votes.

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Ikpea, from the small town of Ewatto, Esan South East Local Government Area will take over from Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, following his victory in the September 21, 2025 Governorship Election is Edo State,

Breakdown of Votes by Local Government Areas:

Esan Central:

APC – 20,781

PDP – 2,065

Esan North-East:

APC – 20,366

PDP – 4,566

Esan South-East:

APC – 14,873

PDP – 4,036

Esan West:

APC – 39,490

PDP – 2,270

Igueben:

APC – 9,619

PDP – 2,209

Barrister Gabriella Omosede Igbinedion of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Ovia Federal Constituency By-election.

Omosede polled 77,053 votes in the Saturday’s by-election.

The returning officer, Mr Clement Ighodaro, announced the result in the early hours of Sunday at Iguobazuwa, Ovia South West Local Government Area.

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Igbinedion, daughter of the influential Igbinedion family of Okada, swept aside her rivals in what observers described as a one-sided contest.

Her closest challenger, Mr Johnny Aikpitanyi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 3,838 votes, while Dr Sandra Asemota of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) scored 925 votes.