Autochek launches mobile app, website for car finance, purchase, maintenance

An automotive technology firm, Autochek, has launched a website and a mobile application where people can buy, sell and fix their cars as well as obtain finance their new automobile and enjoy a trade-in option, using their smartphones from any location.

An official launch and demo session was held in Lagos on Thursday to guide users on how to navigate through the website and the mobile application and take advantage of the vast offerings designed to remove all car troubles for motorists.

Commenting on the launch, the Vice President commercial, Mayokun Fadeyibi, said, “AutoChek’s mission is to enable and enhance automotive commerce across Africa through technology, creating value for all stakeholders in the ecosystem. The recent launch of the website and mobile application reflects Autochek’s commitment as the platform provides seamless access to financing services that ease car ownership in Nigeria and Africa.

“We are proud of the resources and services put together for the convenience of our customers by our financial partners, dealer partners and workshops.

“We are very excited about the future of Autochek in leading and expanding the frontiers of the African automotive industry at large.”

she also said, “AutoChek is the future of the African automobile industry, and It isn’t for nothing that we recently closed a $3.4million pre-seed to boost our service delivery in the auto market,” she said.

She described the mobile app as an end-to-end auto solution offering that would give customers a wide array of options helping them to make informed automobile decisions with convenience.

According to her, the website and mobile application feature auto brands, auto product details and descriptions, Autocheck doctors for an automatic diagnosis of your car problems, and a service booking platform for the inspection of cars customers want to sell.

“Anyone interested in effectively meeting an automobile need can head over to the website or download the mobile application to get started, she added.

The Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Etop Ikpe, also speaking at the event, said Autochek was pleased to provide a variety of key solutions to tackle some of the challenges posed by a lack of auto funding in the African automotive industry.

“Autochek’s website and mobile application come with a ‘get pre-qualified’ feature where customers can receive funding to own the car of their dreams,” he stated.

He said after going through the pre-qualification process, customers could browse a personalised inventory curated just for them, and enjoy instalment payments on received car loans.

The firm also said in a statement that with the launch of the app, it was set to transform the African automobile industry by using technology to recreate the buying, maintenance and selling experience of motorists and car owners in Africa.

It said, using autochek.africa, and the mobile application that can be downloaded from Google play, customers can lock down a car of their choice with a deposit, receive funds to own a car, get better deals for selling their cars, diagnose their cars and enjoy premium maintenance service right at their doorstep.

“Customers can also enjoy other packages put together to ensure a seamless ownership of cars; access to a wide range of brands, both brand new and used, visibility of the condition of your choice car, registration of both local and foreign used cars, access to an extensive list of car workshops in Lagos, Abuja, Port-Harcourt, Accra and other major cities in Nigeria and West Africa.”

The Group Managing Director of Courteville Business Solutions, Bola Akindele, initiator of autoreg, congratulated the Autochek team for thinking of solving the auto problems with technology and starting with Lagos, noting that the scheme would go places once Lagosians accepted it.