Sasol Customer Value Recruitment Challenge
Sasol Customer Value Recruitment Challenge supports data scientists through prizes for models predicting customer spending and behaviour to guide customer prioritisation and personalised experiences.
Funder: Zindi
Due Dates: October 18, 2026 (Submission close) | October 18, 2026 (Submission selection close)
Funding Amounts: ZAR 25,000 in prizes: ZAR 12,500 first, ZAR 7,500 second, ZAR 5,000 third
Summary: A data science prize and recruitment competition for models predicting Sasol customers’ future spending and behaviour.
Key Information: Only South African residents may compete and receive prizes; job interviews additionally require eligibility to work in South Africa.
Description
Hosted by Zindi for Sasol Energy Marketing & Sales, this challenge rewards data science solutions that turn loyalty transaction histories into predictions of future customer value. Participants use real-world fuel and convenience retail data to help Sasol identify continued spending, inactivity risk, and opportunities for cross-selling or growth. The goal is to support customer prioritisation, personalised experiences, and sustainable business growth.
Models address two linked tasks: forecasting each customer’s fuel volume in litres and non-fuel spending in rands over the next three months, and predicting future behaviour. Behaviour labels cover inactivity, new-category adoption, growth within existing categories, and stable activity. Alongside cash prizes, the competition provides a recruitment route for Data Scientist and Senior Data Scientist positions at Sasol.
