Kagiso228/country-risk-analyst

Automated AI-powered country risk intelligence system for investment banking — monitors 5 African countries daily using Groq LLaMA, NewsAPI and n8n # 🌍 Automated Country Risk Analyst > AI-powered country risk intelligence system for investment banking — monitors African markets daily using Groq LLaMA, NewsAPI and n8n workflow automation. --- ## Overview This system automatically ingests live news for 5 African countries every morning, analyses it using a large language model, and delivers structured investment banking intelligence directly to your inbox — completely free to run. **Countries monitored:** Ethiopia · Uganda · Rwanda · Zambia · Gabon --- ## What it does every day - Fetches 20 latest news articles per country via NewsAPI - Sends articles to Groq LLaMA 3.3 AI for analysis - Generates structured risk scores across 6 dimensions - Writes an executive briefing with IB implications - Flags deal opportunities (M&A, IPO, Project Finance) - Raises critical alerts for high-risk events - Delivers a formatted HTML email report to your inbox - Saves all results to Supabase database for historical tracking --- ## Risk dimensions scored | Dimension | Description | |---|---| | Political stability | Government stability, elections, civil unrest | | Geopolitical risk | Regional conflicts, international relations | | Regulatory risk | Policy changes, compliance environment | | FX / Currency risk | Exchange rate volatility, capital controls | | Sanctions exposure | International sanctions and restrictions | | Corruption index | Transparency and governance quality | --- ## Tech stack | Layer | Tool | Cost | |---|---|---| | Automation / Scheduler | n8n (self-hosted) | Free | | News ingestion | NewsAPI | Free tier | | AI analysis | Groq LLaMA 3.3 70B | Free tier | | Database | Supabase | Free tier | | Email delivery | SMTP / Gmail | Free | | Language | JavaScript (n8n Code nodes) | — | **Total monthly cost: $0** --- ## How it works ``` Daily Trigger (06:00) ↓ Country List (5 countries) ↓ Fetch News (NewsAPI — 20 articles per country) ↓ Prepare Headlines (build AI prompt) ↓ Groq LLaMA AI Analysis (risk sc …