Replication Materials: Determinants of AI Readiness in Africa: A Panel Data Analysis with Mediation Testing and Country Clustering

Replication materials for the manuscript "Determinants of AI Readiness in Africa: A Panel Data Analysis with Mediation Testing and Country Clustering" submitted to Data & Policy journal. This repository contains: DATA:- Raw data: Original GARI Excel files from Oxford Insights (2019-2024)- Intermediate data: Extracted GARI and World Bank indicators for Africa- Processed data: Final merged panel dataset (54 countries, 2019-2024) CODE:- 5 Jupyter notebooks covering the complete analysis pipeline- Data collection, EDA, regression, mediation analysis, and clustering DOCUMENTATION:- README with replication instructions- Codebook with variable descriptions- Data sources with citations The analysis examines institutional quality, infrastructure, and economic development as determinants of AI readiness using Random Effects panel regression, mediation testing, and K-means clustering.