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Standard Bank of South Africa

Karabo employee technology service bot

Standard Bank's Karabo bot resolved 99% of employee queries directed to it

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Problem

Employees needed answers to internal technology questions. The bank wanted to reduce its technology service desk's workload.

Approach

Standard Bank combined two custom-coded bots into Karabo using Microsoft Copilot Studio, formerly Power Virtual Agents. The team tracked unanswered questions. It planned to add generative capabilities to handle a wider range of questions.

Results

99%employee queries directed to Karabo that the bot resolved, per MicrosoftVendor case study[1]

Takeaway

The resolution rate covered queries directed to Karabo. It did not measure all requests reaching the technology service desk.

Categories

Innovation type
Process innovation
Evidence
Vendor case study

Sources

Source summaries

[1]Microsoft25 Jan 2024

Microsoft reported that Karabo resolved 99% of employee queries directed to it. Generative enhancements were planned additions to the existing bot.

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Added 4 Nov 2026 · Updated 4 Nov 2026
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