Through their joint venture with Nvidia, Cassava Technologies creates the first African AI production facility to help local inventors. Cassava Technologies revealed its AI factory initiative at the Global AI Summit on Africa Kigali before the event began. Nvidia supercomputers will enter data centers across Africa with South Africa receiving them first in June under this new project.
The program establishes vital artificial intelligence infrastructure that Africa currently lacks. According to Zindi research only 5% of African AI professionals can conduct research because their network includes 80,000 AI practitioners across Africa who lack enough processing power. The absence of GPU aid could extend the development time until days for Alex Tsado compared to standard US and European users.
African developers can use new infrastructure to teach AI models faster plus handle their work efficiently, which lets them make AI solutions specific to regional health, farming, and finance needs. This development helps level the global AI development field for African business owners. The project will give more African languages and demographics a proper place in international AI training collections, which may reduce facial recognition prejudice.
The chairman of Cassava, Strive Masiyiwa, pointed out that the firm’s artificial intelligence infrastructure allows companies to expand their ventures. This platform brings African AI specialists equal opportunities to work with advanced technology and research right within their continent. Tech experts note how this investment puts Africa on a major path for technological growth despite ongoing access to power and smartphone capability problems.
