Cassava Technologies, founded by Zimbabwean telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, has tapped Nvidia Corp. to build Africa\u2019s first artificial intelligence factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cassava will deploy Nvidia\u2019s advanced computing and AI software at its data centres in South Africa by June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The same will then be done at its other facilities in Egypt, Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria, according to a statement released on the company\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Masiyiwa said the rollout of AI infrastructure is critical for Africa to fully take advantage of the fourth industrial revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur AI factory provides the infrastructure for this innovation to scale, empowering African businesses, startups and researchers with access to cutting-edge AI infrastructure to turn their bold ideas into real-world breakthroughs, and now they don\u2019t have to look beyond Africa to get it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cassava aims to be the first to introduce accelerated computing to Africa as a Nvidia cloud partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several firms, including Microsoft Corp. and G42, the United Arab Emirates’ top AI firm, expressed an interest last year in building a geothermal-powered data centre in Kenya for $1 billion as part of a multi-year plan to boost cloud-computing capacity in East Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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