kasimntale/east-africa-mobile-money

# East Africa Mobile Money Adoption This project analyzes mobile money adoption trends in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda using World Bank Global Findex survey data. It includes data cleaning, trend analysis, and publication-quality visualizations to support a portfolio-ready summary. ## Project structure - `data/raw/`: original raw CSV source data - `data/processed/`: cleaned long-format CSV ready for analysis - `src/clean_data.py`: loads and reshapes the raw data - `src/analyze.py`: computes adoption metrics, growth, and comparative insights - `src/visualize.py`: generates charts for trend, latest adoption, and total growth - `outputs/charts/`: saved PNG visualizations - `outputs/report.md`: professional findings summary ## Data source The dataset is drawn from the World Bank Global Findex database, which surveys mobile money account ownership and adoption in low- and middle-income economies every few years. ## Summary - **Kenya** leads the region with the highest latest adoption rate at about **87.5%**. - **Uganda** has shown the largest total point gain among consistently surveyed countries, rising to **67.7%** in the latest available year. - **Tanzania** continues steady progress, reaching **52.9%** adoption. - **Rwanda** shows the fastest average growth per survey period, although it has fewer data points than the other countries. > Note: Global Findex surveys are not annual. The data available here are snapshots from years such as 2014, 2017, 2021, and 2024, so trends reflect available survey coverage rather than continuous annual measurements. ## Visual outputs The project generates three publication-ready charts in `outputs/charts/`. ### 1. Adoption trends line chart This line chart shows actual survey points for each country and avoids false interpolation between years. ### 2. Latest adoption comparison bar chart This bar chart compares the most recent adoption percentage for each country, with labels on each bar. ### 3. Total growth …