ZolileN/uvu_africa_analytics

A data analytics project that tells the story of UVU Africa's impact on Africa's digital economy — using public data, automated pipelines, and interactive dashboards. # UVU Africa Innovation Ecosystem Dashboard A data analytics project that tells the story of UVU Africa's impact on Africa's digital economy — using public data, automated pipelines, and interactive dashboards. --- ## Project Overview This project was built to analyse and visualise the innovation ecosystem around **UVU Africa** (formerly CiTi), one of Africa's leading technology and entrepreneurship organisations based in Cape Town. The dashboard answers key business questions such as: - How many startups has UVU Africa supported, and in which sectors? - What is the talent pipeline impact of programmes like CAPACITI? - Which technology sectors are growing fastest in the African ecosystem? - How has UVU Africa's geographic reach expanded over time? - Who are the key ecosystem partners and collaborators? --- ## Project Structure ``` uvu_africa_analytics/ │ ├── data/ # All datasets (CSV) │ ├── programs.csv # UVU Africa programmes │ ├── startups.csv # Startups supported │ ├── talent_programs.csv # Graduate & placement data │ ├── partners.csv # Ecosystem partners │ └── news_mentions.csv # Media & ecosystem mentions │ ├── pipelines/ # Data collection scripts │ ├── scrape_uvu_news.py # Scrapes news mentions │ ├── generate_startups.py # Generates startup ecosystem data │ └── update_pipeline.py # Master pipeline runner + cleaner │ ├── dashboard/ # Streamlit dashboard │ └── app.py # Main dashboard application │ ├── notebooks/ # Exploratory analysis (Jupyter) │ ├── requirements.txt # Python dependencies └── README.md # Project documentation ``` --- ## Datasets | File | Rows | Description | |---|---|---| | `programs.csv` | 10 | UVU Africa programmes (CAPACITI, Injini, UVU Bio, etc.) | | `startups.csv` | 106 | Startups by sector, country, funding, and status | | …