NaomiMeseret/Ethiopia-financial-inclusion-analytics-platform

# 📊 Ethiopia Financial Inclusion Forecasting > 🚀 **Predicting Ethiopia's digital financial transformation with time series analysis** Built for **Selam Analytics** in partnership with development finance institutions and the National Bank of Ethiopia to forecast Ethiopia's progress on financial inclusion using World Bank Global Findex methodology. ## 🎯 Project Overview Ethiopia is undergoing a rapid digital financial revolution: - 📱 **Telebirr**: 54M+ users since 2021 launch - 💰 **M-Pesa**: 10M+ users since 2023 entry - 🏦 **Interoperable P2P**: Now surpasses ATM withdrawals - 📊 **The Challenge**: Only 49% account ownership in 2024 (+3pp from 2021) **Our mission**: Understand what drives financial inclusion and predict Ethiopia's progress through 2027. ## 📈 What We Forecast ### Access Indicators 🏦 - **Account Ownership Rate** - Adults with financial accounts - **Gender Gap Analysis** - Male vs female inclusion - **Regional Coverage** - Urban vs rural access ### Usage Indicators 💳 - **Digital Payment Adoption** - Mobile money, cards, online payments - **Mobile Money Penetration** - Active vs registered accounts - **Payment Use Cases** - P2P, merchant, bill pay, wages ## 🏗️ Project Structure ``` ethiopia-financial-inclusion-forecast/ ├── 📁 data/ # Datasets & sources │ ├── raw/ # Original data (never modify) │ └── processed/ # Analysis-ready data ├── 📓 notebooks/ # Jupyter analysis ├── 🔧 src/ # Python modules ├── 🧪 tests/ # Test suites ├── 📊 reports/ # Analysis reports ├── 📱 dashboard/ # Interactive dashboard ├── 🤖 models/ # Trained models └── 📚 docs/ # Documentation ``` ## 🚀 Quick Start ### Prerequisites 📋 - Python 3.9+ - pandas, numpy, matplotlib, seaborn - plotly, dash, scikit-learn ### Installation ⚡ ```bash # Clone the repo git clone "github_repo_name" # Setup environment pytho …