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africa-synth-telecom-mobile-money-transaction-records-nigeria

transaction_id stringlengths 10 10	timestamp timestamp[ns]date 2025-09-01 00:00:00 2025-10-01 23:59:59	sender_phone stringlengths 14 14	receiver_phone stringlengths 14 14	operator stringclasses 4 values	transaction_type stringclasses 7 values	amount_ngn int64 100 100k	fee_ngn float64 1 2.99k	status stringclasses 4 values	channel stringclasses 4 values	balance_before float64 100 100k	balance_after float64 100 100k	location stringclasses 15 values
MM00000001	2025-09-12T18:47:16	+2348159451529	+2349039860236	Glo	bill_payment	5,517	124.91	pending	app	37,515.94	18,595.32	Benin City
MM00000002	2025-09-24T17:43:38	+2348133792543	+2348172589959	MTN	bill_payment	57,395	994.4	successful	agent	22,322.77	5,802.04	Abuja
MM00000003	2025-09-06T16:55:00	+2348160959873	+2347030597691	MTN	bill_payment	53,499	1,070.36	successful	app	40,528.92	42,810.11	Jos
MM00000004	2025-09-26T13:36:02	+2348076270476	+2349050883169	Glo	airtime_purchase	2,000	45.06	successful	ussd	52,489.88	99,583.48	Benin City
MM00000005	2025-09-11T05:00:02	+2348024980552	+2348098164598	Airtel	airtime_purchase	200	5.7	successful	agent	86,636.52	76,231.66	Enugu
MM00000006	2025-09-13T09:41:52	+2349026759011	+2348122573426	Airtel	merchant_payment	1,137	20.17	successful	ussd	16,372.2	2,167.81	Onitsha
MM00000007	2025-09-21T00:36:40	+2348138658148	+2348065231722	MTN	p2p_transfer	17,525	292.87	successful	ussd	12,769.73	81,717.9	Onitsha
MM00000008	2025-09-22T07:26:08	+2349067818554	+2348058850470	MTN	bill_payment	67,832	1,926.67	successful	ussd	76,482.82	58,875.03	Port Harcourt
MM00000009	2025-09-29T11:34:30	+2348026949146	+2348189276081	Airtel	airtime_purchase	500	5.2	successful	ussd	97,196.32	96,918.07	Ilorin
MM00000010	2025-09-03T12:34:49	+2348073918826	+2347055701847	Glo	p2p_transfer	11,949	157.09	successful	ussd	12,435.65	89,269.54	Kano
MM00000011	2025-09-28T15:25:02	+2348143224287	+2349097328641	MTN	bill_payment	61,749	1,110.19	failed	app	71,157.91	45,515.4	Warri
MM00000012	2025-09-27T02:46:56	+2347036486012	+2348101278823	MTN	cash_out	12,803	280.77	successful	agent	33,448.45	78,825.44	Port Harcourt
MM00000013	2025-09-22T03:11:16	+2348067280009	+2349050991408	MTN	bill_payment	18,596	276.18	successful	app	56,869.76	17,761.39	Port Harcourt
MM00000014	2025-09-29T22:20:39	+2348086241446	+2348071341096	Airtel	cash_out	19,249	269.59	successful	ussd	21,346.1	77,886.92	Port Harcourt
MM00000015	2025-09-11T08:08:00	+2347054445805	+2348098283347	Glo	bill_payment	53,458	669.46	successful	app	40,431.59	72,439.64	Kano
MM00000016	2025-09-13T05:28:50	+2348128843650	+2348110678676	Airtel	bill_payment	92,408	2,144.9	failed	ussd	11,795.38	58,799.76	Ibadan
MM00000017	2025-09-26T13:21:23	+2349082445873	+2347013368279	9mobile	cash_in	36,679	820.15	successful	ussd	13,728.42	90,136.6	Abuja
MM00000018	2025-09-02T06:44:08	+2348144719517	+2349060163176	MTN	p2p_transfer	4,152	86.86	successful	app	10,571.99	81,715.42	Warri
MM00000019	2025-09-18T02:28:36	+2347059207450	+2349078607508	Glo	airtime_purchase	200	4.7	successful	app	15,756.14	18,983.4	Kaduna
MM00000020	2025-09-09T12:22:27	+2348166784925	+2347083933350	MTN	bill_payment	85,618	1,829.53	successful	app	43,621.29	72,996	Warri
MM00000021	2025-10-01T03:24:49	+2348065591696	+2349036046404	MTN	bill_payment	39,089	953.54	successful	app	10,833.04	68,758.79	Calabar
MM00000022	2025-09-28T05:39:43	+2348032063387	+2348056677378	MTN	bill_payment	31,441	372.51	successful	ussd	98,460.05	10,991	Enugu
MM00000023	2025-10-01T15:31:12	+2348125287698	+2348152481115	Airtel	bill_payment	63,989	1,635.67	successful	ussd	21,973.24	82,480.97	Lagos
MM00000024	2025-09-22T12:22:47	+2348038464428	+2348108675401	MTN	cash_out	10,040	117.8	successful	ussd	91,233.06	59,859.39	Abuja
MM00000025	2025-09-03T12:25:30	+2347030044767	+2348171039475	MTN	cash_in	48,258	1,436.51	successful	app	27,136	7,580.39	Benin City
MM00000026	2025-09-19T04:10:31	+2348138822328	+2348183523923	MTN	cash_out	25,064	732.77	successful	app	36,350.43	85,804.35	Kaduna
MM00000027	2025-09-29T09:12:53	+2349027350469	+2348099705967	Airtel	merchant_payment	17,309	404.81	successful	app	99,262.66	56,404.5	Benin City
MM00000028	2025-09-02T13:27:25	+2347038526478	+2348171619006	MTN	p2p_transfer	19,755	443.44	successful	ussd	31,398.91	55,296.46	Ibadan
MM00000029	2025-09-06T14:10:31	+2348109739765	+2349082082774	MTN	cash_out	35,410	671.3	successful	agent	51,992.12	24,437.11	Enugu
MM00000030	2025-09-06T00:39:18	+2348156993441	+2348181993155	Glo	merchant_payment	12,769	230.87	successful	web	92,521.85	5,610.28	Warri
MM00000031	2025-09-18T09:29:07	+2347055299354	+2347082909011	Glo	p2p_transfer	6,578	115.14	successful	ussd	77,708.59	46,732.34	Abeokuta
MM00000032	2025-09-18T20:17:38	+2349017843830	+2349012259728	Airtel	airtime_purchase	200	2.96	successful	app	41,642.36	4,886.35	Benin City
MM00000033	2025-09-30T20:10:33	+2348071626123	+2348112027328	Glo	cash_in	16,863	492.79	successful	app	82,031.67	82,590.63	Kaduna
MM00000034	2025-09-04T21:51:58	+2349082507789	+2348118733916	9mobile	merchant_payment	10,538	273.9	successful	ussd	50,172.21	12,995.47	Port Harcourt
MM00000035	2025-09-20T03:18:12	+2349038896521	+2349023060183	MTN	p2p_transfer	14,045	208.36	successful	agent	19,050.6	55,102	Benin City
MM00000036	2025-09-16T16:21:54	+2348087503643	+2349085620992	Airtel	bill_payment	57,303	1,083.37	successful	app	12,192.89	82,032.21	Ibadan
MM00000037	2025-09-24T05:13:39	+2348063424864	+2348063042516	MTN	airtime_purchase	200	3.96	successful	ussd	75,111.67	73,175.26	Calabar
MM00000038	2025-09-16T13:08:27	+2347082234031	+2347082070101	Airtel	wallet_topup	3,986	77.54	successful	agent	58,161.46	20,716.16	Calabar
MM00000039	2025-09-28T09:17:44	+2348145946941	+2348129767438	MTN	p2p_transfer	19,305	445.37	successful	app	38,366.59	67,977.81	Ilorin
MM00000040	2025-09-30T11:39:25	+2348076837551	+2347010910632	Glo	airtime_purchase	100	1.52	successful	ussd	295.95	11,782.33	Warri
MM00000041	2025-09-26T15:19:46	+2347036078098	+2347050606261	MTN	airtime_purchase	200	2.87	successful	app	99,942.5	22,103.45	Ilorin
MM00000042	2025-09-10T14:44:36	+2348078838027	+2347053376407	Glo	cash_in	45,081	1,112.12	successful	agent	87,323.81	76,211.06	Enugu
MM00000043	2025-09-15T03:23:26	+2349050520279	+2349098389636	Glo	bill_payment	43,099	1,062.14	successful	ussd	54,522.5	41,496.16	Onitsha
MM00000044	2025-09-27T14:15:07	+2349075029580	+2347062709088	Airtel	p2p_transfer	13,389	211.56	successful	app	35,582.58	35,351.15	Jos
MM00000045	2025-09-16T23:05:23	+2348164734716	+2348051061337	MTN	p2p_transfer	14,488	334.53	successful	app	13,637.73	3,377.81	Benin City
MM00000046	2025-09-23T20:37:09	+2349018290432	+2349090039274	Airtel	p2p_transfer	4,940	50.32	successful	ussd	31,224.9	83,024.48	Abeokuta
MM00000047	2025-09-12T00:15:49	+2348081986566	+2349064499332	Airtel	wallet_topup	18,766	549.71	successful	agent	84,218.18	36,834.07	Lagos
MM00000048	2025-09-04T15:45:29	+2348089654038	+2348139041795	Airtel	airtime_purchase	200	5.99	successful	app	20,989.45	55,694.5	Warri
MM00000049	2025-09-09T16:01:59	+2349063540363	+2348097363553	MTN	p2p_transfer	11,411	281.06	failed	ussd	726.15	23,481.38	Aba
MM00000050	2025-09-13T15:55:56	+2347089528824	+2348165017383	Airtel	p2p_transfer	1,582	42.73	successful	agent	87,490.47	96,367.16	Abeokuta
MM00000051	2025-09-23T15:32:10	+2348183731088	+2348036964538	9mobile	bill_payment	2,884	54.95	successful	ussd	76,202.14	54,643.48	Benin City
MM00000052	2025-09-30T04:47:38	+2349021252733	+2349062683832	Airtel	p2p_transfer	1,751	37.23	failed	ussd	16,460.5	28,929.42	Warri
MM00000053	2025-09-25T14:24:58	+2348113437468	+2348164597788	Glo	p2p_transfer	15,147	297.37	successful	ussd	57,688.05	36,275.29	Benin City
MM00000054	2025-09-03T05:09:02	+2348028071055	+2348134220511	Airtel	p2p_transfer	4,697	71.05	successful	app	49,519.86	61,046.31	Benin City
MM00000055	2025-09-15T23:16:58	+2349039517238	+2349016428976	MTN	airtime_purchase	2,000	53.5	successful	ussd	57,401.53	47,690.55	Ibadan
MM00000056	2025-10-01T15:50:22	+2348121171425	+2348188652703	Airtel	p2p_transfer	3,203	89.36	successful	app	60,864.56	14,992.31	Enugu
MM00000057	2025-09-06T22:11:46	+2347034772371	+2349092200846	MTN	p2p_transfer	5,947	172.99	successful	ussd	93,789.08	48,403.16	Ibadan
MM00000058	2025-09-05T08:25:50	+2347082245480	+2348021508591	Airtel	p2p_transfer	2,169	55.81	successful	app	35,306.68	28,280.37	Port Harcourt
MM00000059	2025-09-29T13:37:25	+2349070803028	+2348170156148	Airtel	merchant_payment	16,952	269.31	successful	ussd	19,861.59	40,338.32	Lagos
MM00000060	2025-09-25T23:00:21	+2347010090556	+2349053847830	Airtel	airtime_purchase	5,000	82.68	successful	app	46,296.76	48,512.94	Warri
MM00000061	2025-09-30T13:14:44	+2349086745744	+2348134656718	9mobile	cash_out	7,191	112.66	successful	ussd	7,283.27	72,918.31	Onitsha
MM00000062	2025-09-02T10:18:30	+2349050878389	+2348093132487	Glo	wallet_topup	13,434	238.92	successful	app	79,514.77	1,579.09	Ibadan
MM00000063	2025-09-29T21:30:21	+2349011929164	+2349034398823	Airtel	p2p_transfer	5,156	112.39	successful	agent	54,445.97	60,891.71	Jos
MM00000064	2025-09-27T06:08:42	+2348130452053	+2349076313968	MTN	bill_payment	54,765	1,507.16	successful	agent	11,108.16	27,608.32	Abuja
MM00000065	2025-09-14T20:37:26	+2347059646828	+2347050927266	Glo	p2p_transfer	17,845	421.99	successful	agent	92,388.5	40,621.94	Abeokuta
MM00000066	2025-09-26T23:54:33	+2348075780416	+2348052756730	Glo	p2p_transfer	2,924	41.5	successful	app	30,690.56	12,689.22	Abuja
MM00000067	2025-09-13T19:44:51	+2348084828598	+2349031278810	Airtel	p2p_transfer	17,919	336.04	failed	ussd	74,961.78	59,662.01	Abeokuta
MM00000068	2025-09-01T03:59:07	+2348160148597	+2349090204133	MTN	airtime_purchase	1,000	25.4	successful	app	17,868.93	63,206.16	Enugu
MM00000069	2025-09-24T22:53:43	+2349059204930	+2348183381502	Glo	p2p_transfer	8,217	89.12	failed	app	31,352.86	21,470.1	Calabar
MM00000070	2025-09-09T06:29:35	+2348119657191	+2348059096894	Glo	p2p_transfer	15,104	157.13	successful	ussd	41,584.26	44,590.33	Enugu
MM00000071	2025-09-14T03:36:15	+2348080405376	+2348050221697	Airtel	cash_in	3,564	80.67	successful	agent	80,927.02	538.86	Jos
MM00000072	2025-09-19T14:44:32	+2348035276618	+2348151829059	MTN	p2p_transfer	14,425	297.36	successful	app	16,634.19	8,582.28	Warri
MM00000073	2025-09-17T14:40:32	+2348113308252	+2348114625165	Glo	airtime_purchase	500	14.41	reversed	ussd	69,247	97,142.23	Warri
MM00000074	2025-10-01T01:30:31	+2347064165579	+2348051538020	MTN	p2p_transfer	18,548	504.56	failed	agent	80,335.57	32,114.55	Ilorin
MM00000075	2025-09-17T01:02:40	+2347057209301	+2347057931545	Glo	airtime_purchase	1,000	15.84	successful	ussd	62,585.53	32,854.11	Aba
MM00000076	2025-09-21T21:23:47	+2347065917323	+2348182959632	MTN	p2p_transfer	11,760	240.35	pending	ussd	12,453.79	48,189.39	Calabar
MM00000077	2025-09-05T02:38:59	+2348111909877	+2347086388041	Glo	airtime_purchase	1,000	26.94	successful	web	89,272.22	83,534.3	Calabar
MM00000078	2025-09-05T08:05:39	+2348061624565	+2347067423497	MTN	merchant_payment	15,789	378.78	failed	ussd	12,582.92	11,895.71	Abuja
MM00000079	2025-09-22T15:53:33	+2348119453943	+2347017783854	Glo	cash_in	30,093	659.89	successful	ussd	68,769.06	45,907.81	Kaduna
MM00000080	2025-09-04T12:18:09	+2348127548700	+2349094636652	Airtel	airtime_purchase	100	1.33	successful	ussd	16,809.29	43,958.32	Port Harcourt
MM00000081	2025-09-08T23:20:27	+2348186147157	+2348034854724	9mobile	wallet_topup	4,624	72.4	successful	app	59,831.43	32,350.64	Ilorin
MM00000082	2025-09-11T04:16:30	+2349025050040	+2348087136667	Airtel	airtime_purchase	200	2.81	successful	ussd	8,205.6	12,456.06	Warri
MM00000083	2025-09-04T16:51:23	+2348121923348	+2349015965581	Airtel	p2p_transfer	14,602	225.68	successful	ussd	52,721.4	23,545.8	Kano
MM00000084	2025-09-28T20:49:45	+2348129185371	+2348173941923	Airtel	cash_in	9,966	179.35	successful	app	28,997.64	30,206.29	Port Harcourt
MM00000085	2025-09-05T06:49:35	+2349035977639	+2347032889491	MTN	merchant_payment	17,648	342.21	successful	ussd	88,456.33	740.16	Ibadan
MM00000086	2025-09-09T12:11:44	+2349095935855	+2349027381782	9mobile	airtime_purchase	500	11.36	successful	ussd	44,909.3	92,794.91	Warri
MM00000087	2025-09-14T02:55:33	+2348155804731	+2348183716015	Glo	cash_in	27,317	703.55	successful	ussd	92,421.54	73,960.24	Jos
MM00000088	2025-09-20T05:16:04	+2348054117672	+2349014272449	Glo	bill_payment	73,264	1,803.37	successful	ussd	52,429.91	85,545.26	Ilorin
MM00000089	2025-09-25T23:11:25	+2349029092927	+2348171551623	Airtel	wallet_topup	10,926	146.16	successful	ussd	62,166.71	49,954.22	Jos
MM00000090	2025-09-02T12:22:20	+2349058164703	+2348181834501	Glo	airtime_purchase	500	12.27	successful	app	80,052.93	34,122.58	Warri
MM00000091	2025-09-04T01:55:35	+2349018917668	+2349092245484	Airtel	p2p_transfer	16,013	215.57	successful	app	92,063.12	7,886.11	Ibadan
MM00000092	2025-09-25T04:34:23	+2347086638384	+2348053187806	Airtel	p2p_transfer	914	24.85	pending	agent	88,192.78	91,897.45	Ibadan
MM00000093	2025-09-17T15:44:31	+2347019149259	+2348103925840	Airtel	wallet_topup	6,588	117.97	successful	app	92,699.63	2,750.64	Port Harcourt
MM00000094	2025-09-10T05:20:49	+2348124434802	+2348095613298	Airtel	p2p_transfer	9,745	266.8	successful	app	46,219.53	10,234.49	Abuja
MM00000095	2025-09-25T18:07:53	+2348112540124	+2349097675203	Glo	bill_payment	3,185	44.57	successful	ussd	12,649.19	10,103.75	Enugu
MM00000096	2025-09-18T01:42:09	+2347018409267	+2349015820795	Airtel	bill_payment	56,615	683.14	successful	agent	81,465.66	94,673.7	Ilorin
MM00000097	2025-09-30T18:11:43	+2347011569997	+2347089178286	Airtel	wallet_topup	15,816	287.36	successful	ussd	19,896.52	51,647.87	Jos
MM00000098	2025-09-25T04:20:59	+2349035873795	+2347083604221	MTN	merchant_payment	13,028	227.11	successful	web	38,083.74	25,269.91	Ibadan
MM00000099	2025-09-04T01:11:19	+2348072275902	+2348090211694	Glo	cash_in	26,064	563.35	successful	ussd	12,669.99	1,520.04	Kaduna
MM00000100	2025-09-19T08:03:53	+2348180229463	+2349057566975	9mobile	merchant_payment	4,986	101.72	successful	ussd	26,487.78	98,866.05	Ibadan

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Mobile Money Transaction Records

Dataset Description

Peer to peer transfers, airtime purchases, and mobile payment records

Dataset Information

Category: Financial and Fraud
Format: CSV, Parquet
Rows: 1,000,000
Columns: 13
Date Generated: 2025-10-05
Location: data/mobile_money_transaction_records/

Schema

Column	Type	Sample Values
`transaction_id`	String	MM00000001
`timestamp`	Datetime	2025-09-12 18:47:16
`sender_phone`	String	+2348159451529
`receiver_phone`	String	+2349039860236
`operator`	String	Glo
`transaction_type`	String	bill_payment
`amount_ngn`	Integer	5517
`fee_ngn`	Float	124.91
`status`	String	pending
`channel`	String	app
`balance_before`	Float	37515.94
`balance_after`	Float	18595.32
`location`	String	Benin City

Sample Data

transaction_id           timestamp   sender_phone receiver_phone operator transaction_type  amount_ngn  fee_ngn     status channel  balance_before  balance_after   location
    MM00000001 2025-09-12 18:47:16 +2348159451529 +2349039860236      Glo     bill_payment        5517   124.91    pending     app        37515.94       18595.32 Benin City
    MM00000002 2025-09-24 17:43:38 +2348133792543 +2348172589959      MTN     bill_payment       57395   994.40 successful   agent        22322.77        5802.04      Abuja
    MM00000003 2025-09-06 16:55:00 +2348160959873 +2347030597691      MTN     bill_payment       53499  1070.36 successful     app        40528.92       42810.11        Jos

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/mobile_money_transaction_records/mobile_money_transaction_records.csv

Parquet (Recommended)

data/mobile_money_transaction_records/mobile_money_transaction_records.parquet

Loading the Dataset

Python (Pandas)

import pandas as pd

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

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

Python (PyArrow)

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

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

License

MIT License - For educational and research purposes

Citation

Nigerian Telecom Datasets - Mobile Money Transaction Records
Generated: 2025-10-05
Category: Financial and Fraud
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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