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africa-synth-telecom-billing-and-recharge-history-nigeria

transaction_id stringlengths 11 11	timestamp timestamp[ns]date 2025-09-01 00:00:00 2025-10-01 23:59:00	customer_id stringlengths 11 11	phone_number stringlengths 14 14	operator stringclasses 4 values	account_type stringclasses 2 values	transaction_type stringclasses 2 values	amount_ngn int64 100 50k	payment_method stringclasses 6 values	status stringclasses 3 values	channel stringclasses 5 values
TXN00000001	2025-09-02T13:36:00	CUST6592210	+2349011012210	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	2,000	ussd	successful	web
TXN00000002	2025-09-05T06:53:00	CUST8950773	+2349071403836	Airtel	postpaid	bill_payment	47,717	direct_debit	successful	web
TXN00000003	2025-09-20T08:52:00	CUST6627790	+2347018257736	Airtel	postpaid	bill_payment	41,638	bank_transfer	failed	ussd
TXN00000004	2025-09-11T21:15:00	CUST8385166	+2347019293511	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	100	bank_transfer	successful	web
TXN00000005	2025-09-04T10:18:00	CUST7262807	+2348021464582	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	200	bank_transfer	successful	ussd
TXN00000006	2025-09-28T02:18:00	CUST6016542	+2348143881920	MTN	prepaid	recharge	1,500	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000007	2025-09-27T03:01:00	CUST1779207	+2348179768975	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	2,000	ussd	successful	web
TXN00000008	2025-09-18T16:50:00	CUST9536440	+2348182617853	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	1,000	mobile_money	successful	ussd
TXN00000009	2025-09-16T08:29:00	CUST6059226	+2348175395673	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	500	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000010	2025-09-25T13:25:00	CUST5415140	+2348149608233	MTN	prepaid	recharge	500	bank_transfer	successful	web
TXN00000011	2025-09-30T13:27:00	CUST1489201	+2349077465658	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	500	scratch_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000012	2025-09-27T20:29:00	CUST4516014	+2348088958684	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	3,000	debit_card	successful	app
TXN00000013	2025-09-30T15:50:00	CUST2909761	+2349094823363	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	200	mobile_money	successful	ussd
TXN00000014	2025-09-11T03:05:00	CUST1569324	+2348032248333	MTN	prepaid	recharge	100	mobile_money	successful	web
TXN00000015	2025-09-09T11:42:00	CUST9844724	+2348171291888	9mobile	postpaid	bill_payment	16,687	bank_transfer	pending	web
TXN00000016	2025-09-30T23:42:00	CUST7928384	+2348115804881	Glo	prepaid	recharge	200	mobile_money	successful	ussd
TXN00000017	2025-09-06T19:56:00	CUST7944952	+2349018020890	Airtel	postpaid	bill_payment	43,016	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000018	2025-09-29T08:11:00	CUST6756468	+2348175858658	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	500	scratch_card	successful	app
TXN00000019	2025-09-18T17:11:00	CUST5940776	+2348070608271	Glo	prepaid	recharge	500	mobile_money	successful	ussd
TXN00000020	2025-09-26T08:22:00	CUST2736063	+2348037906297	MTN	prepaid	recharge	1,000	ussd	successful	app
TXN00000021	2025-10-01T10:47:00	CUST9618504	+2349011751007	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	500	ussd	successful	agent
TXN00000022	2025-09-09T12:24:00	CUST7504610	+2348036205858	MTN	prepaid	recharge	1,000	debit_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000023	2025-09-23T23:48:00	CUST8165772	+2348154541564	Glo	prepaid	recharge	2,000	bank_transfer	successful	web
TXN00000024	2025-09-25T00:09:00	CUST7090221	+2348153878068	Glo	prepaid	recharge	2,000	ussd	pending	agent
TXN00000025	2025-09-23T13:22:00	CUST3601430	+2348035713966	MTN	prepaid	recharge	500	ussd	successful	app
TXN00000026	2025-09-24T02:13:00	CUST2574605	+2349035106514	MTN	prepaid	recharge	200	debit_card	successful	app
TXN00000027	2025-09-14T18:09:00	CUST1628197	+2347058589387	Glo	postpaid	bill_payment	19,863	direct_debit	successful	app
TXN00000028	2025-09-17T11:51:00	CUST7997839	+2348112740442	Glo	prepaid	recharge	100	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000029	2025-09-08T21:34:00	CUST5166039	+2348068905476	MTN	prepaid	recharge	1,000	scratch_card	successful	agent
TXN00000030	2025-09-08T07:02:00	CUST9722369	+2348132018557	MTN	postpaid	bill_payment	13,771	bank_transfer	successful	atm
TXN00000031	2025-09-28T08:05:00	CUST6093254	+2348177426544	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	200	bank_transfer	successful	agent
TXN00000032	2025-09-02T09:52:00	CUST7322543	+2348126895441	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	200	mobile_money	successful	web
TXN00000033	2025-09-14T20:17:00	CUST8963110	+2347065154032	MTN	prepaid	recharge	500	debit_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000034	2025-09-10T23:18:00	CUST6010186	+2349022973276	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	1,000	ussd	successful	atm
TXN00000035	2025-09-05T06:06:00	CUST2271982	+2348083246522	Airtel	postpaid	bill_payment	13,839	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000036	2025-09-14T05:42:00	CUST2055235	+2349039977369	MTN	prepaid	recharge	5,000	mobile_money	successful	app
TXN00000037	2025-09-19T14:35:00	CUST6825675	+2348037319571	MTN	prepaid	recharge	500	bank_transfer	successful	agent
TXN00000038	2025-10-01T05:42:00	CUST8659825	+2347011746291	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	500	debit_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000039	2025-09-23T15:36:00	CUST8705914	+2349063353743	MTN	prepaid	recharge	1,000	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000040	2025-09-11T20:13:00	CUST4776962	+2348072256000	Glo	prepaid	recharge	1,500	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000041	2025-09-26T19:17:00	CUST1270774	+2347063638299	MTN	prepaid	recharge	100	mobile_money	successful	app
TXN00000042	2025-09-05T17:25:00	CUST8259357	+2349093423317	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	1,500	ussd	successful	app
TXN00000043	2025-09-29T01:34:00	CUST5027653	+2349084192777	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	500	scratch_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000044	2025-09-22T21:09:00	CUST6048356	+2348131188234	MTN	prepaid	recharge	200	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000045	2025-09-16T00:28:00	CUST7713186	+2348098002291	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	100	debit_card	successful	app
TXN00000046	2025-09-28T01:52:00	CUST5801566	+2349055931337	Glo	postpaid	bill_payment	8,194	debit_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000047	2025-09-12T11:59:00	CUST3774958	+2348059544681	Glo	prepaid	recharge	1,000	scratch_card	successful	agent
TXN00000048	2025-09-15T00:50:00	CUST2291696	+2348102217685	MTN	prepaid	recharge	1,500	ussd	successful	app
TXN00000049	2025-09-05T08:35:00	CUST2929313	+2348158460234	Glo	postpaid	bill_payment	45,675	bank_transfer	successful	ussd
TXN00000050	2025-09-18T21:05:00	CUST9957819	+2347064426595	MTN	postpaid	bill_payment	43,034	direct_debit	successful	agent
TXN00000051	2025-09-04T20:43:00	CUST5434201	+2349059496384	Glo	prepaid	recharge	1,000	debit_card	successful	web
TXN00000052	2025-09-04T00:27:00	CUST9150577	+2348107713194	MTN	prepaid	recharge	200	ussd	successful	app
TXN00000053	2025-09-27T06:31:00	CUST4133706	+2348135142103	MTN	prepaid	recharge	1,000	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000054	2025-09-10T00:17:00	CUST2930747	+2349056393165	Glo	prepaid	recharge	100	bank_transfer	successful	ussd
TXN00000055	2025-09-01T02:18:00	CUST9679428	+2349051683890	Glo	postpaid	bill_payment	46,917	debit_card	successful	app
TXN00000056	2025-09-14T14:48:00	CUST9365050	+2349015517754	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	100	bank_transfer	successful	agent
TXN00000057	2025-09-21T19:14:00	CUST7056024	+2348055974578	Glo	prepaid	recharge	500	ussd	successful	ussd
TXN00000058	2025-09-06T14:41:00	CUST7907809	+2348063645971	MTN	prepaid	recharge	3,000	mobile_money	successful	app
TXN00000059	2025-09-15T20:43:00	CUST7829970	+2349022423850	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	2,000	debit_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000060	2025-09-12T03:14:00	CUST4478924	+2348114882220	Glo	prepaid	recharge	500	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000061	2025-09-12T12:32:00	CUST9940164	+2347035189398	MTN	postpaid	bill_payment	13,727	debit_card	successful	atm
TXN00000062	2025-09-08T22:03:00	CUST7229758	+2347081125365	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	500	bank_transfer	successful	ussd
TXN00000063	2025-09-16T17:43:00	CUST4305818	+2348185313857	9mobile	postpaid	bill_payment	30,090	bank_transfer	successful	ussd
TXN00000064	2025-09-25T21:05:00	CUST5185964	+2347053196745	Glo	prepaid	recharge	200	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000065	2025-09-09T09:32:00	CUST5055824	+2349019331180	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	500	debit_card	successful	agent
TXN00000066	2025-09-30T07:04:00	CUST8371469	+2347055145188	Glo	prepaid	recharge	500	scratch_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000067	2025-09-09T20:31:00	CUST7189557	+2347084461925	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	500	mobile_money	successful	agent
TXN00000068	2025-09-12T05:41:00	CUST7789084	+2348069894131	MTN	prepaid	recharge	500	scratch_card	failed	app
TXN00000069	2025-09-18T02:18:00	CUST2608336	+2349059227398	Glo	prepaid	recharge	200	scratch_card	successful	agent
TXN00000070	2025-09-11T16:05:00	CUST4860695	+2349026511615	Airtel	postpaid	bill_payment	6,675	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000071	2025-09-07T07:07:00	CUST7701939	+2348173318483	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	1,000	mobile_money	successful	web
TXN00000072	2025-09-19T10:53:00	CUST1099202	+2348118726432	Glo	prepaid	recharge	3,000	bank_transfer	successful	ussd
TXN00000073	2025-09-23T18:08:00	CUST9924315	+2348143206123	MTN	prepaid	recharge	1,500	bank_transfer	successful	atm
TXN00000074	2025-09-29T00:16:00	CUST9983693	+2349057552809	Glo	prepaid	recharge	1,000	debit_card	successful	agent
TXN00000075	2025-09-20T18:08:00	CUST6939651	+2347059824142	Glo	prepaid	recharge	500	debit_card	failed	ussd
TXN00000076	2025-09-01T10:57:00	CUST1222511	+2348026369933	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	200	bank_transfer	successful	ussd
TXN00000077	2025-09-16T03:45:00	CUST6694393	+2349079078715	Airtel	postpaid	bill_payment	13,096	debit_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000078	2025-09-20T03:52:00	CUST9919546	+2348093448524	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	200	debit_card	pending	app
TXN00000079	2025-09-04T16:08:00	CUST4736385	+2348062367815	MTN	prepaid	recharge	500	debit_card	successful	app
TXN00000080	2025-10-01T04:54:00	CUST3209709	+2347082279536	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	1,000	scratch_card	failed	app
TXN00000081	2025-09-26T16:32:00	CUST3035209	+2348138544397	MTN	prepaid	recharge	2,000	mobile_money	successful	ussd
TXN00000082	2025-09-27T00:37:00	CUST6736560	+2348053859613	Glo	prepaid	recharge	500	bank_transfer	successful	ussd
TXN00000083	2025-09-21T01:04:00	CUST2164586	+2348078887073	Glo	prepaid	recharge	1,000	debit_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000084	2025-09-13T01:30:00	CUST5970355	+2347039228934	MTN	prepaid	recharge	100	ussd	failed	agent
TXN00000085	2025-09-24T04:59:00	CUST9087146	+2349023411986	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	1,500	debit_card	successful	atm
TXN00000086	2025-09-29T06:58:00	CUST4474521	+2348091682736	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	2,000	bank_transfer	failed	app
TXN00000087	2025-09-19T19:36:00	CUST8232052	+2348129308710	Airtel	postpaid	bill_payment	4,407	bank_transfer	successful	web
TXN00000088	2025-09-29T15:37:00	CUST3036858	+2348057298087	Glo	postpaid	bill_payment	47,124	debit_card	successful	web
TXN00000089	2025-10-01T11:42:00	CUST5937125	+2348151253732	Glo	postpaid	bill_payment	38,457	debit_card	successful	web
TXN00000090	2025-09-25T11:30:00	CUST5938132	+2348067013098	MTN	prepaid	recharge	1,000	debit_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000091	2025-09-09T18:35:00	CUST5836081	+2347051473617	Glo	prepaid	recharge	1,500	mobile_money	successful	app
TXN00000092	2025-09-04T18:03:00	CUST4176835	+2348183262841	9mobile	prepaid	recharge	10,000	bank_transfer	failed	app
TXN00000093	2025-09-06T20:26:00	CUST1433811	+2347038942540	MTN	prepaid	recharge	100	bank_transfer	successful	ussd
TXN00000094	2025-09-03T09:10:00	CUST2973617	+2348057394536	Glo	prepaid	recharge	500	debit_card	successful	ussd
TXN00000095	2025-09-18T22:14:00	CUST5564500	+2348160317758	MTN	postpaid	bill_payment	46,707	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000096	2025-09-30T21:54:00	CUST3482412	+2348121634376	Airtel	prepaid	recharge	100	bank_transfer	successful	app
TXN00000097	2025-09-10T19:08:00	CUST6525873	+2349024138588	Airtel	postpaid	bill_payment	43,574	debit_card	successful	web
TXN00000098	2025-09-30T08:26:00	CUST9236547	+2348138577738	MTN	prepaid	recharge	1,000	debit_card	successful	agent
TXN00000099	2025-09-29T02:01:00	CUST5839057	+2348118818386	Glo	prepaid	recharge	500	mobile_money	successful	web
TXN00000100	2025-09-09T17:12:00	CUST7198585	+2348077814532	Glo	prepaid	recharge	200	bank_transfer	successful	ussd

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Billing and Recharge History

Dataset Description

Transaction records for prepaid recharges and postpaid bill payments

Dataset Information

Category: Customer and User Behavior
Format: CSV, Parquet
Rows: 1,000,000
Columns: 11
Date Generated: 2025-10-05
Location: data/billing_and_recharge_history/

Schema

Column	Type	Sample Values
`transaction_id`	String	TXN00000001
`timestamp`	Datetime	2025-09-02 13:36:00
`customer_id`	String	CUST6592210
`phone_number`	String	+2349011012210
`operator`	String	Airtel
`account_type`	String	prepaid
`transaction_type`	String	recharge
`amount_ngn`	Integer	2000
`payment_method`	String	ussd
`status`	String	successful
`channel`	String	web

Sample Data

transaction_id           timestamp customer_id   phone_number operator account_type transaction_type  amount_ngn payment_method     status channel
   TXN00000001 2025-09-02 13:36:00 CUST6592210 +2349011012210   Airtel      prepaid         recharge        2000           ussd successful     web
   TXN00000002 2025-09-05 06:53:00 CUST8950773 +2349071403836   Airtel     postpaid     bill_payment       47717   direct_debit successful     web
   TXN00000003 2025-09-20 08:52:00 CUST6627790 +2347018257736   Airtel     postpaid     bill_payment       41638  bank_transfer     failed    ussd

Nigerian Context

This dataset incorporates authentic Nigerian telecommunications characteristics:

Geographic Coverage: Major Nigerian cities including Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, Ibadan
Operators: MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile with realistic market shares
Phone Numbers: Nigerian format (+234 prefixes)
Currency: Nigerian Naira (NGN)
Time Zone: West Africa Time (WAT, UTC+1)
Network Types: 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G distribution

File Formats

CSV

data/billing_and_recharge_history/billing_and_recharge_history.csv

Parquet (Recommended)

data/billing_and_recharge_history/billing_and_recharge_history.parquet

Loading the Dataset

Python (Pandas)

import pandas as pd

# Load CSV
df = pd.read_csv('data/billing_and_recharge_history/billing_and_recharge_history.csv')

# Load Parquet (recommended for large datasets)
df = pd.read_parquet('data/billing_and_recharge_history/billing_and_recharge_history.parquet')

Python (PyArrow)

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

# Load Parquet
table = pq.read_table('data/billing_and_recharge_history/billing_and_recharge_history.parquet')
df = table.to_pandas()

License

MIT License - For educational and research purposes

Citation

Nigerian Telecom Datasets - Billing and Recharge History
Generated: 2025-10-05
Category: Customer and User Behavior
Rows: 1,000,000

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This dataset is part of the Nigerian Telecom Datasets collection, which includes 34 datasets covering network performance, customer behavior, financial transactions, infrastructure, geospatial data, customer experience, and emerging technologies.

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Collection

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