Ujima: Your Community Guide

Ujima is a chat assistant that knows the platform. Ask it in plain language to:

• Find businesses — "Find Black-owned restaurants near me" or "Recommend a beauty & wellness business in Atlanta"
• Pull business details — hours, contact info, what a specific business offers
• Surface events — "What community events are happening this weekend?"
• Catch you up on news — the latest community stories and articles
• Check your rewards — your points and progress, when you're signed in

It answers with real listings and links you can tap into, not just text.

Web: Tap the round chat button floating in the bottom corner of most pages ("Open Ujima"). If you manage a business on WABA, the same button opens Ujima with your business context.

Mobile: Tap the Ujima icon at the top right of the app header, next to the notifications bell. The panel has two tabs — Ujima and Direct Messages — plus chat history and a new-conversation button.

Signed in, your conversations are saved to your account and sync between web and mobile.

1. Open the assistant and try one of the suggested starter prompts, or type your own.
2. Be specific about what and where: "vegan restaurants in Houston" beats "food".
3. Allow location access (optional) and "near me" questions get local answers automatically.
4. Follow up naturally — it remembers the conversation, so "which ones are open Sundays?" works after a search.

Web: Type / in the message box for shortcut commands such as /find, /nearby, /events, /news, /guides, /go, and /help.

• Ujima sticks to its lane: businesses, events, news, stories, and the platform itself. Ask it to write your homework and it will politely steer you back to community topics.
• Signed-in members can send about 20 messages per minute. Guests get 5 per minute and 30 per day — after that, sign in to keep going.
• Ujima can make mistakes. Verify important details — hours, prices, addresses — with the business directly.