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This project aims to address the financial inclusion gap in Africa by leveraging Artificial Intelligence. The core of our solution is Azaman, a WhatsApp chatbot designed to act as a digital financial agent, making transactions accessible to everyone, regardless of literacy, device, or language. # Azaman: An AI-Powered Financial Agent for Africa This project aims to address the financial inclusion gap in Africa by leveraging Artificial Intelligence. The core of our solution is **Azaman**, a WhatsApp chatbot designed to act as a digital financial agent, making transactions accessible to everyone, regardless of literacy, device, or language. This repository contains the data analysis that validates the problem, the core architecture of our proposed solution, and the source code for the Azaman agent. ### Team: Azaman * **Ibrahim Abdulrahim** - Fullstack Engineer / Machine learning Engineer * **Toluwase Shoniran** – Data Scientist / Machine learning Engineer * **Abisola Ojo** - Fullstack Engineer * **Emegbagha Katrina** - Fullstack Engineer ## Table of Contents * About The Project * Vision * Core Features * Demo * High-Level Architecture * Current Development Status * Development Journey * Technical Overview * Future Outlook * The Problem: Data-Driven Validation * Repository Guide ## About The Project ### Azaman   ### Context-aware financial intelligence for everyday Nigerians   Note: Azaman currently runs on a development sandbox using the WhatsApp Cloud API. It’s not publicly accessible yet — only our internal test number is live for prototyping and feedback --- **Azaman** is a context-aware financial assistant built to help Nigerians make better financial decisions — not just access digital services. It connects everyday users like traders, artisans, and small business owners to the financial tools, tax guidance, and insights they actually need, all through simple channels like **WhatsApp**, **voice**, and **USSD**. ## Vision   Financial inclusion in Nigeria has grown rapidly, but for many, access hasn’t yet translated into real empowerment. People use multiple fintech apps, POS agents, and savings groups, yet still struggle to understand where their money goes, what taxes apply to them, and lack guidance on finances or which financial products …