Hawi-net/ethiopia-fi-forecast

# Ethiopia Financial Inclusion Forecast ## Project Overview The Ethiopia Financial Inclusion Forecast project aims to analyze historical financial inclusion data in Ethiopia and identify factors that influence access and usage of financial services. The project explores trends in: - Account ownership - Digital financial services - Mobile money adoption - Infrastructure development - Policy and market events The goal is to prepare data-driven insights and forecasting models that can help understand future financial inclusion patterns in Ethiopia. --- ## Project Objectives - Explore and understand Ethiopia financial inclusion datasets - Enrich existing data with additional observations, events, and impact relationships - Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) - Identify factors influencing financial access and usage - Build a foundation for future forecasting and impact modeling --- --- ## Dataset The project uses Ethiopia financial inclusion datasets containing: - Observations - Events - Policy targets - Impact relationships Main indicators include: - Financial account ownership - Digital payment adoption - Mobile money usage - Financial access indicators --- ## Completed Tasks ### Task 1: Data Exploration and Enrichment Completed: - Loaded and explored financial inclusion datasets - Reviewed indicators, events, and impact relationships - Added additional observation and event records - Created enriched datasets - Documented data additions ### Task 2: Exploratory Data Analysis Completed: - Dataset overview analysis - Data quality assessment - Temporal coverage analysis - Indicator trend visualization - Event timeline visualization - Correlation analysis - Key insight documentation --- ## Technologies Used - Python - Pandas - NumPy - Matplotlib - Seaborn - Jupyter Notebook - Git/GitHub --- ## Future Work Future phases will include: - Feature engineering - Forecasting model development - Impact modeling - Dashboard development - Prediction o …