🇪🇹 EthioFootball: AI-Powered Football Companion for Ethiopian Fans

🌟 Overview

EthioFootball is an ambitious project to bridge the digital gap in Ethiopian football. It provides a comprehensive, reliable, and AI-powered platform for millions of fans to follow the Ethiopian Premier League, access real-time statistics, and compare their local clubs with global teams.

Our core innovation is a GenAI Chat Interface that delivers immediate, accurate, and up-to-date answers on league standings, match results, news, and historical data, empowering fans and fostering a data-driven sports culture.

📝 Table of Contents

• The Challenge
• The Solution
• Key Features
• Technology Stack
• Project Structure
• Getting Started
• Contributing
• License
• Contact

🎯 The Challenge

Football is central to Ethiopian culture, yet the existing digital landscape is fragmented and unreliable. Fans face:

• Lack of Access: Millions lack reliable platforms to follow local clubs.
• Data Gaps: Outdated websites and social media misinformation hinder engagement.
• Limited Growth: The absence of centralized, accurate data limits opportunities for media coverage, data analysis, and sports entrepreneurship.

✅ The Solution

EthioFootball is a unified Mobile and Web Application designed to centralize and democratize football knowledge:

• GenAI Chat Interface: Provides real-time, conversational answers on Ethiopian Premier League feeds, league standings, match results, and team news.
• Ubiquitous Access: Available on both mobile and web, ensuring a broad reach for our target audience (Ethiopian football enthusiasts aged 15-45).
• Resilience: Features Offline Caching for key queries, ensuring functionality even in low-connectivity environments.

✨ Key Features

Feature	Description
GenAI Chat Interface	Conversational AI to answer complex and historical football queries instantly.
Match Updates & Predictions	Real-time score updates, live commentary, and intelligent match result predictions.
Offline Mode	Key data (e.g., league tables, team info) is cached for seamless access with low or no internet connectivity.
Team Info & Stats	Detailed statistics, player profiles, historical performance data, and team comparisons.
News Feed	Curated, reliable news and updates for the Ethiopian Premier League and national team.

🛠 Technology Stack

This project is built using a modern, scalable, and cross-platform architecture:

Component	Technology	Primary Language	Directory
Mobile Application	Flutter	Dart	mobile/
Web Application	(Placeholder for Framework)	TypeScript	web/
Backend/API	(Placeholder for Framework)	Go	backend/

Other Languages Found: C++, CMake, Swift (Likely dependencies and tooling for the mobile platform).

📂 Project Structure

The repository is organized into distinct directories for each major component:

🚀 Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up the project locally.

Prerequisites

• Go (for the backend)
• Flutter SDK (for the mobile app)
• Node.js and npm/yarn (for the web app)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/A2SV/g6-ethio-football.git](https://github.com/A2SV/g6-ethio-football.git)
   cd g6-ethio-football

2. Set up the Backend:

   cd backend
   # Follow backend-specific instructions here (e.g., go mod download, database setup)
   # E.g., go run main.go

   Note: Add specific backend setup instructions (e.g., environment variables, database configuration) here.

3. Set up the Mobile App:

   cd mobile
   flutter pub get
   flutter run

4. Set up the Web App:

   cd web
   npm install # or yarn install
   npm start   # or yarn start

   Note: Add specific web setup instructions here.

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Whether it's reporting a bug, suggesting a new feature, or submitting code, please read our CONTRIBUTING.md (coming soon) for guidelines.

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature).
5. Open a Pull Request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the [INSERT LICENSE NAME HERE] License. See the LICENSE file for details. (E.g., MIT, Apache 2.0)

📧 Contact

This project is developed by A2SV G6 Team.

For any inquiries or feedback, please reach out to the project maintainers through GitHub Issues.

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