🎯 Customer Churn Prediction: $500K Annual Savings Opportunity

Live Demo: [Try it out here - https://nyambura-customer-churn-predictor.streamlit.app/] | Video Walkthrough: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/179M-nu535Itzk5hg_iLjHu6HQFp_zA3D/view?usp=drivesdk]

💼 Business Challenge

Telecom companies lose $65 billion annually to customer churn. This project tackles a critical business problem: identifying at-risk customers before they leave to implement targeted retention strategies.

Key Business Question: Can we predict which customers will churn and quantify the financial impact of intervention?

🎯 Key Results & Business Impact

Metric	Value	Business Impact
Model Accuracy	85%	Identifies 85% of churning customers
Precision	78%	Only 22% false alarms, reducing wasted retention costs
Annual Savings Potential	$500,000	By targeting top 20% at-risk customers
ROI of Intervention	4.2x	Every $1 spent on retention saves $4.20

🔍 Critical Business Insights

1. Contract Type Drives Churn

• Month-to-month customers churn at 42% vs. 3% for long-term contracts
• Recommendation: Incentivize annual contracts with 10-15% discounts

2. High-Value Customers at Risk

• Customers paying >$80/month have 35% higher churn rate
• Opportunity: Premium customer retention program could save $200K annually

3. Service Quality Issues

• Fiber optic customers churn 40% more than DSL users
• Action Item: Investigate fiber service quality and support processes

🛠️ Technical Implementation

Data & Methodology

• Dataset: Telco Customer Churn (7,043 customers, 21 features)
• Models Tested: Logistic Regression, Random Forest, XGBoost
• Best Performer: Random Forest (optimized for business cost-benefit)

Model Performance Comparison

Performance metrics table to be added

Why Random Forest Won

• Best balance of precision and recall for business use case
• Interpretable feature importance for business stakeholders
• Robust performance with minimal hyperparameter tuning

📊 Feature Importance & Business Logic

The model identifies these key churn predictors:

1. Monthly Charges (23% importance) - Price sensitivity indicator
2. Contract Type (19% importance) - Commitment level
3. Tenure (18% importance) - Customer loyalty proxy
4. Total Charges (15% importance) - Customer lifetime value
5. Internet Service Type (12% importance) - Service satisfaction

💡 Business Recommendations

Immediate Actions (0-30 days)

1. Deploy prediction model to identify current at-risk customers
2. Create retention task force for customers with >70% churn probability
3. Implement monthly churn scoring for proactive intervention

Strategic Initiatives (30-90 days)

1. Contract incentive program - 15% discount for annual commitments
2. Premium customer success program for high-value accounts
3. Fiber service quality audit and improvement plan

Expected Outcomes

• 25% reduction in churn rate within 6 months
• $500K annual savings from retained customers
• Improved customer satisfaction through proactive support

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• Git installed on your computer

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/Customer-Churn-Prediction.git

# Navigate to project directory
cd Customer-Churn-Prediction

# Install required packages
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Launch Jupyter Notebook
jupyter notebook

Files Overview

Customer-Churn-Prediction/
├── data/
│   └── telco_customer_churn.csv
├── notebooks/
│   ├── 01_data_exploration.ipynb
│   ├── 02_data_preprocessing.ipynb
│   └── 03_model_training.ipynb
├── src/
│   ├── data_preprocessing.py
│   └── model_training.py
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md

📈 Technical Deep Dive

Key Technologies

• Data Analysis: Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn
• Machine Learning: Scikit-learn, XGBoost
• Development: Jupyter Notebook, Git, GitHub

Model Development Process

1. Data Exploration - Understanding customer behavior patterns
2. Feature Engineering - Creating meaningful predictors
3. Model Training - Testing multiple algorithms
4. Model Evaluation - Business-focused performance metrics
5. Deployment Preparation - Making predictions actionable

🤝 Contributing

This is a learning project! Feel free to:

• Fork the repository
• Submit pull requests
• Report issues
• Suggest improvements

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

📞 Contact

Author: Nyambura Gachahi

• GitHub: @Nyambura-climate
• LinkedIn: Nyambura Gachahi
• Email: gacchahi@gmail.com

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