AI-powered financial intelligence newsletter for African markets β built on QuantMind + Claude + GPT-4o-mini
# AfriSignal π
### AI-Powered Financial Intelligence for African Markets
> **Weekly digest of African fintech, crypto regulation, macro signals β extracted by AI, curated for practitioners.**
## What Is AfriSignal?
AfriSignal is an automated intelligence pipeline that:
1. **Ingests** financial news, regulatory updates, and macro reports from African sources daily
2. **Extracts** structured signals using GPT-4o-mini via QuantMind's pipeline
3. **Synthesizes** a weekly digest using Claude Sonnet 4
4. **Publishes** via email newsletter (Resend), web dashboard, and Telegram channel
Built on top of QuantMind β the open-source quant knowledge extraction framework accepted at NeurIPS 2025.
## Coverage Universe
| Category | Sources |
|----------|---------|
| **Macro** | AfDB Reports, IMF Africa Outlook, World Bank, EAC Bulletins |
| **Crypto/Fintech** | CoinDesk Africa, Techpoint Africa, Disrupt Africa, Blockchain Africa |
| **Rwanda** | BNR (National Bank), RDB updates, New Times |
| **Kenya** | CBK regulatory notices, Business Daily, TechCabal |
| **Nigeria** | CBN circulars, Nairametrics, Techpoint |
| **Research** | arXiv (Africa-relevant quant papers) |
## Architecture
```
Scheduler (daily 06:00 UTC)
β Ingestion Layer (RSS, Web Scrape, PDF, arXiv API)
β QuantMind Processing (signal extraction via GPT-4o-mini)
β Knowledge Store (PostgreSQL + pgvector)
β Weekly Digest (Claude Sonnet synthesis, Monday 07:00 UTC)
β Delivery: Email (Resend) + Web Dashboard (FastAPI) + Telegram
```
## Quick Start
```bash
git clone
github.com
cd afrisignal
curl -LsSf
astral.sh | sh
uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -e .
cp .env.example .env
# Fill in your API keys, then:
python -m afrisignal.cli ingest --date today
python -m afrisignal.cli digest --week current --dry-run
```
## Cost: ~$18/month at launch
See docs/COST_BREAKDOWN.md for full breakdown.
See docs/MONETIZATION.md for revenue model β¦