TendaiShoko/Zindi-Financial-Inclusion-in-Africa-Challenge

# Zindi-Financial-Inclusion-in-Africa-Challenge - LaunchLab Project Financial Inclusion remains one of the main obstacles to economic and human development in Africa. For example, across Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda only 9.1 million adults (or 13.9% of the adult population) have access to or use a commercial bank account. Traditionally, access to bank accounts has been regarded as an indicator of financial inclusion. Despite the proliferation of mobile money in Africa, and the growth of innovative fintech solutions, banks still play a pivotal role in facilitating access to financial services. Access to bank accounts enable households to save and facilitate payments while also helping businesses build up their credit-worthiness and improve their access to other finance services. Therefore, access to bank accounts is an essential contributor to long-term economic growth. The objective of this competition is to create a machine learning model to predict which individuals are most likely to have or use a bank account. The models and solutions developed can provide an indication of the state of financial inclusion in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, while providing insights into some of the key demographic factors that might drive individuals’ financial outcomes. While this competition is open to all, registered participants of AI Hack Tunisia 2019 must complete this challenge to qualify for the main event which will take place in Tunis, Tunisia from Sep 20th to 22nd 2019 AI Hack Tunisia 2019 is organised by InstaDeep, with the support of Google and the Tunisian Ministère de l'Industrie et des PMEs (Ministry of Industry and SMEs). Dataset found on Financial Inclusion in Afri…