Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa’s Cassava Technologies has announced an exciting partnership with Nvidia to build Africa’s first artificial intelligence (AI) factory in South Africa.
This groundbreaking project will go beyond just another data center—it’s designed specifically to power AI computing.
The initiative, in collaboration with global AI computing giant Nvidia, aims to accelerate the continent’s digital transformation.
Set to launch by June 2025, the factory will feature Nvidia’s advanced AI technology, with plans to expand across Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria. While a timeline for these expansions hasn’t been provided, the project promises to bring AI closer to Africa.
The AI factory will be powered by Nvidia supercomputers using GPUs (graphics processing units), offering AI as a service across the continent.
The factory will also benefit from an extensive fiber-optic network and energy-efficient data centers.
Zimbabwean billionaire Masiyiwa described this initiative as a critical step for Africa’s presence in the global AI economy.
The factory aims to equip local businesses, startups, and researchers with cutting-edge technology, strengthening the continent’s role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
What’s an AI Factory?
According to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, an AI factory is a specialized facility designed to manage the full AI life cycle—from processing raw data to producing trained AI models.
Chinasa Okolo, a technology innovation fellow at the Brookings Institution, explained that these facilities bring together all the necessary elements of AI development—data pipelines, algorithm development, and model experimentation—into one unified system, making AI development more efficient and accessible.
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