autanuhu/sme-pulse

AI-powered early-warning intelligence platform that helps African SMEs detect business risks, monitor key signals, and make smarter decisions before problems escalate. # 📊 SME Pulse ### AI-Powered Early-Warning Intelligence for African Small Businesses **SME Pulse** is an AI-powered early-warning intelligence platform designed to help small businesses in Nigeria and across Africa understand emerging market signals before they become business problems. Instead of only looking at what has already happened, SME Pulse analyzes business context and selected market indicators to generate a short-term outlook, confidence assessment, and practical action for each signal. > 🚀 Built from Africa. Built for the world. --- ## 🎯 The Problem Small businesses operate in environments where changing market conditions can quickly affect: - Operating costs - Fuel and transportation expenses - Currency exposure - Purchasing decisions - Pricing - Inventory planning - Business margins Many small businesses don't have access to expensive business intelligence platforms. **SME Pulse explores a simpler approach:** > **Turn market signals into practical business intelligence.** --- ## 💡 The Solution SME Pulse allows a business to provide: - Business type - Region - Current fuel price - USD/NGN exchange rate - Relevant business context The system then uses AI to generate a short-term business outlook covering: 1. **What may be coming** 2. **How significant the signal may be** 3. **Confidence in the assessment** 4. **A practical action the business can consider** --- ## ⚡ Features ### 📈 Market Climate An instrumentation-style gauge provides a simple overall market outlook: **Caution → Neutral → Favorable** ### 🔎 Signal-Based Analysis Individual market signals are presented separately so users can understand the factors influencing the overall outlook. ### 🤖 AI-Powered Analysis SME Pulse uses the **Anthropic API** to generate contextual business outlooks from the information provided by the user. ### 🌍 African SME Focus The project is designed around the realities of small businesses operating in Nigeria and the wider African market …