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Access Holdings

Copilot for Microsoft 365 across the bank

Nigeria's Access Holdings says Copilot cut a chatbot project from months to about 10 days

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Problem

The group employs more than 28,000 people in Nigeria and serves over 56 million customers. Coding, project builds and executive presentations took long stretches of staff time.

Approach

Access trained its executive directors and then its general managers, and set up a dedicated Copilot environment it says keeps data from leaking outside the company. Copilot was built into daily tools such as Teams.

Results

10 daystime to deliver a chatbot project with Copilot, down from two to three months, according to AccessVendor's case study[1]
45 minutestime to prepare an executive presentation, down from five or six hours, according to AccessVendor's case study[1]

Takeaway

Access reported shorter development and presentation work, but said it was too early to quantify cost savings. It projected a 25% efficiency gain.

Categories

Innovation type
Process innovation
AI technology
Generative AI
Evidence
Vendor's case study

Sources

  1. Access Holdings customer story (Microsoft 365 Copilot)
    Microsoft19 Aug 2024Vendor publication

Source summaries

[1]Microsoft19 Aug 2024

Microsoft recounts the group's Copilot rollout, from executive training to a protected Copilot environment. Company managers give time comparisons for coding, a chatbot build and a presentation.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 25 Oct 2026 · Updated 25 Oct 2026
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