AI is becoming a defining capability of digital economies. The question is who has the capacity to build with it.

Cassava Technologies and Vodafone Business are bringing Egypt’s first sovereign AI Factory to market, giving organisations and government entities access to infrastructure and GPU-as-a-Service, hosted locally in Egypt.

This gives organisations the ability to develop, train and deploy AI applications at scale, while maintaining greater control over where data is hosted and processed.

More importantly, it creates an environment where businesses, government and developers can build AI capabilities locally, supporting innovation, skills development and new applications shaped around local needs.

As the first preferred NVIDIA Cloud Partner in Africa, Cassava is extending its AI Factory model into Egypt, connecting local AI capabilities to a global technology ecosystem.

Read more about Egypt’s first sovereign AI Factory and what it means for organisations building with AI: cassavatechnologies.com/launch-of-egyp…

#AI #SovereignAI #DigitalEconomy

Africa’s digital infrastructure opportunity won’t be unlocked by local demand alone.

The continent needs to build for its own digital economy, but the scale of investment required means Africa also needs to attract global workloads.

That means creating the conditions for and hyperscalers to choose Africa: competitive energy, reliable infrastructure, clear regulation and growing AI demand. Government can help catalyse that demand through workloads in areas such as education, healthcare, defence and financial services.

As Adil El Youssefi, SVP: Global Head Co-Location, put it during the keynote panel at ITW today: “The opportunity is not simply to build more infrastructure, but to create a globally competitive digital ecosystem that attracts the capital and workloads needed to scale it."

#DigitalInfrastructure #AI #Africa

Africa’s AI ambitions need sovereign infrastructure to match.

Cassava Technologies further strengthens Africa's digital infrastructure by adding Egypt's largest data centre and the first sovereign AI Factory, in partnership with @Elsewedy Electric and @Vodafone Business Egypt, nitiatives that are part of a much bigger vision to be the leading digital solutions provider in our chosen markets.

We are building Egypt’s first sovereign AI Factory and the second for Africa. We’re bringing 20MW of capacity, with a pathway to scale to around 200MW. As our President & Group CEO, Hardy Pemhiwa explains, “Africa currently holds less than 1% of the world's data centre capacity. I don't see that as a limitation. I see it as the opportunity.”

This is about more than compute. Locally hosted AI infrastructure gives organisations greater control over their data, supports regulatory requirements, strengthens cyber security and creates the capacity to develop and deploy AI applications at scale.

The two initiatives are complementary: the data centre provides the essential infrastructure foundation, while the AI Factory puts that capacity to work, creating a platform for innovation, investment and regional growth.

Egypt is an important part of that vision, with the potential to become a regional hub for data, cloud and AI serving Africa and the Middle East.

#AI #SovereignAI #DigitalInfrastructure

Digital growth is no longer just about connecting more people and markets. It’s about building the capacity for ecosystems and economies to grow.

That means making smarter decisions about how networks are connected and routed, where AI is deployed, which cyber security measures t will take to deliver digital ecosystems at scale.

At ITW Africa, Cassava Technologies will be contributing to those conversations across the programme:

📅8 September | 09:45
Africa’s Moment to Deliver Digital Infrastructure at Scale
Adil El Youssefi, Global Head Co-Location, joins the keynote panel.

📅8 September | 14:40
Resilience, Routing and Data Sovereignty in African Networks
Marco Gagiano, SVP: Global Head of Connectivity & C2, joins the discussion.

📅9 September | 09:15
Where Fibre Makes Sense Today
Neeraj Pradhan, VP: CEO Kenya, explores the next phase of fibre investment.

Find the Cassava Technologies team at the show to discuss the infrastructure, connectivity and technology helping shape Africa’s digital economy.

#DigitalInfrastructure #Connectivity #ITWAfrica

The AI cloud market is changing and a new generation of providers is emerging.

During its Q2 FY27 financial results, NVIDIA highlighted the growth of neoclouds around the world, naming Cassava Technologies as the only neocloud for NVIDIA  in Africa.

From Armenia and Taiwan to sia - and across Africa - these providers are combining local infrastructure and operating expertise with accelerated computing platforms to expand access to AI at scale.

For Cassava, it reinforces the direction we're taking: building the AI infrastructure, cloud platforms and local capabilities needed to support organisations developing and deploying AI.

The next generation of AI cloud is being built globally. Cassava is helping build it.

#AI #CloudComputing #DigitalInfrastructure

Africa’s AI ambition now has the compute to match it. The Cassava AI Factory has been ranked No. 36 in the world in the latest TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.

But the significance goes beyond a ranking. World-class AI infrastructure is now operating on g the compute capacity needed to train, develop and deploy AI closer to Africa’s data, businesses and communities.

The Cassava AI Factory represents a shift from discussing Africa’s AI infrastructure gap to building the capacity to close it. With that capability now available, the opportunity extends beyond the continent - enabling organisations to develop and deploy AI for markets and challenges around the world.

Learn more: top500.org/system/180464/

#AI #SovereignAI #DigitalInfrastructure

The future of African language AI won't be built model by model, it will be built ecosystem by ecosystem.

That was the focus of Robert Selemani, AI Platforms Engineer at Cassava’s contribution to the ATLAS Umoja AI panel at !@DeepIndaba , where he joined leaders from across the what it will take to make African languages first-class participants in the digital economy.

The conversation highlighted that building inclusive AI requires more than language models alone. It depends on trusted data, sovereign compute, robust evaluation, governance and the infrastructure needed to deploy AI at scale.

Through initiatives including Cassava Language Labs, the Cassava AI Factory and CAIMEx, we're helping build the foundations that enable African language AI to move beyond research into real-world applications across sectors such as financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, education and government.

Because the goal isn't simply to preserve African languages; it's to ensure they help shape the future of AI.

#ArtificialIntelligence #AfricanAI #LanguageAI #DeepLearningIndaba

Africa’s AI challenge is no longer just access to compute. It is how that capacity is used to drive meaningful impact for communities and economies.

That was the focus of our discussion at @DeepIndaba yesterday. As sovereign compute becomes available across the continent, the r defined by access alone. The real differentiator will be how that capability is translated into research, innovation and solutions that address Africa's priorities.

The discussion highlighted five interconnected pillars that will shape the next phase of Africa's AI ecosystem:

🟢 Sovereign compute provides the foundation, but infrastructure only creates value when it is accessible to those building on it.
🟢 Platform access and grants help ensure researchers, startups and innovators can move from ideas to deployment.
🟢 Responsible governance builds the trust needed for AI adoption across governments, enterprises and public services.
🟢 African-language AI and community-led research are essential to ensuring AI reflects the people and contexts it is designed to serve.
🟢 Partnerships across industry, academia and the public sector will determine how quickly these capabilities translate into real-world outcomes.

At Cassava, we believe sovereign AI is not simply about where infrastructure is located. It's about enabling Africa's researchers, entrepreneurs and institutions to build AI that creates lasting value for African economies and communities.

Thank you to Cassava Technologies' Dr. Prince Abudu, moderating the discussion and Ahmed El Beheiry, participating in the panel, joined by Isobel Acquah of AISCA, Akua Gyekye of Microsoft and Prof Vukosi Marivate of Lelapa AI, for sharing their perspectives on what comes next and how we ensure the greatest value is created and retained in Africa.

#DeepLearningIndaba #ArtificialIntelligence #SovereignAI #DigitalInfrastructure

Sovereign AI infrastructure is only the starting point. The real opportunity lies in how Africa turns compute capacity into innovation, skills, entrepreneurship and economic growth.

At @DeepIndaba, Cassava AI’s “Powering Africa’s AI Ambition” panel, moderated by Dr Prince Abudu, ed El Beheiry, Isobel Acquah, Prof Vukosi Marivate and Akua Gyekye to explore how sovereign compute, platform access, AI governance and African-led innovation can help build an inclusive and sustainable AI ecosystem.

As Africa's AI capabilities continue to grow, collaboration across industry, academia and the public sector will be critical to ensuring the continent's AI future is built by - and delivers value for - Africa.

If you're attending Deep Learning Indaba, visit the team and join the conversation.

#ArtificialIntelligence #SovereignAI #DeepLearningIndaba

AI is changing where economic value is created. Africa now has a choice about where that value stays.

Investing in sovereign AI infrastructure isn't simply about data residency or security. It's about enabling governments, enterprises and researchers to build AI on African frican data, within African legal frameworks.

In his latest insight, Ziaad Suleman, Senior Vice President, Cassava Technologies and CEO, South Africa & Botswana, explores why sovereign AI infrastructure is becoming an economic imperative and what it will take for Africa to become an architect of its own AI future.

Read the full article: cassavatechnologies.com/africas-ai-fut…

#ArtificialIntelligence #SovereignAI #DigitalInfrastructure

The Cassava AI Root Cause Detective Hackathon is underway, with 66 competitors already on the leaderboard - and there's still time to join before submissions close on 1 August.

To help participants build and refine their solutions, Jupyter notebooks powered by the Cassava AI PUs are now available, giving qualifying participants access to enterprise-grade AI infrastructure as they develop their models.

Think your model can become the voice of the network? With a US$2,000 prize pool still up for grabs, there's never been a better time to take on one of AI's most practical engineering challenges.

This challenge is an official, recognised hackathon for registered @DeepIndaba participants. It is open to those attending the Deep Learning Indaba in person and is being run in accordance with the Deep Learning Indaba guidelines.

Submit your first solution, unlock GPU access, and climb the leaderboard before the challenge closes on 1 August!

#ArtificialIntelligence #DeepLearning #Telecommunications #AI

Africa’s cloud future will be defined by resilience as much as capacity.

As organisations accelerate cloud and AI adoption, the question is no longer just “Can we access the cloud?” but “Can we rely on it when critical workloads depend on it?”

Through @africa_dc and Liquid C2, strengthening the foundations enterprises need to operate securely in a cloud-first world.

With Africa Data Centres’ Johannesburg facility designated as a Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Metro peering location, organisations gain access to a more resilient path to the cloud, with built-in redundancy across the Johannesburg metro.

By combining hyperscale infrastructure, managed cloud connectivity and cyber security expertise, we are helping businesses build with greater confidence - supporting mission-critical operations, AI adoption and digital growth.

Africa’s digital economy depends on infrastructure it can trust. Learn more: cassavatechnologies.com/cassava-techno…

#CloudComputing #AI #DigitalInfrastructure

Digital infrastructure is no longer just bricks and mortar; it is the anchor for Africa's AI future and digital sovereignty.

Across their panels at CCT Africa this week, Ziaad Suleman, SVP: CEO South Africa & Botswana, Marco Gagiano, SVP: Global Head of Connectivity & C2, and Vinay Hil Officer, Liquid C2, delivered three key takeaways for the African cloud, content and telecoms industries:

‣ 𝐀𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: True digital sovereignty and AI capability cannot exist in a vacuum; they depend entirely on concrete infrastructure, from data centres and fibre to localised GPU processing.

‣ 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: The era of building isolated infrastructure assets is over. Closing the digital divide requires sharing existing networks, building resilient cross-border routes, and connecting the "middle mile" to bring subsea cable capacity straight to homes, schools, and businesses.

‣ 𝐀 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡: To support Africa's rapidly growing digital economy, governments and the private sector must collaborate, moving away from heavy taxation and toward viewing connectivity as a fundamental driver of GDP.

By building the robust digital backbone the continent needs, we aren't just deploying fibre and data centres - we are unlocking Africa's vast economic potential and ensuring no community is left behind.

#Africa #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalInfrastructure

Africa's digital future won't be built by any one technology. It will be built by how effectively connectivity, cloud, data centres and AI infrastructure come together.

That's the conversation we're helping to shape at CCT Africa this week. Across three sessions, Ziaad Suleman, Botswana, Marco Gagiano, SVP: Global Head of Connectivity & C2, and Vinay Hiralall, Chief Commercial Officer, Liquid C2, will explore:

• How Africa's digital infrastructure ecosystem is evolving and what the next 12 months will demand.
• Why inland and cross-border connectivity has become the next critical challenge for scaling digital economies.
• How data centres, interconnectivity and cloud partnerships will determine how quickly enterprises can deploy and scale digital services.

These aren't separate conversations. They're different parts of the same infrastructure story and they'll define how Africa's digital economy grows over the coming decade.

If you're attending CCT Africa, we'd welcome the opportunity to connect with you and discuss the challenges and opportunities shaping the continent's digital infrastructure landscape.

#CCTAfrica #DigitalInfrastructure #Connectivity #Cloud

AI competitiveness won't be determined by models alone. It will be determined by infrastructure, compute and the ability to put AI into production.

Speaking at the @googlecloud Summit South Africa, our Chairman, Strive Masiyiwa, reflected on how each wave of digital built on the one before it; from fibre networks to data centres, and now AI infrastructure.

His message was clear: Africa doesn't need to lead the race to build foundation models. It needs to lead in applying AI to solve real-world challenges.

That means investing in the infrastructure, cloud, compute and skills that turn possibility into practical impact.

The conversation now is less about what's possible with AI, and more about building the capability to deploy it at scale. That's the foundation Cassava is continuing to build.

Discussions like these reflect the strength of our ongoing collaboration with Google Cloud. Thank you to James Manyika, Alex Okosi, Clayton Naidoo and the wider team for an insightful conversation.

#AI #Cloud #DigitalInfrastructure
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The strongest marketing leaders today aren't measured by campaigns alone. They're measured by their ability to create growth, shape strategy and influence the direction of a business.

We're proud to see our CMO, Ifeoma Jibunoh recognised in Campaign's 40 Over 40.

Join us at @LDNTechWeek, where our Chief Marketing Officer, Ifeoma Jibunoh, will join fellow industry leaders to discuss how organisations can cultivate customer advocacy, create communities of champions, and turn positive experiences into lasting business impact.

For too long, Africa’s digital infrastructure has relied on models where intelligence is built elsewhere and delivered back to the continent as a service. The next chapter looks different.

As AI becomes embedded into critical systems, the conversation is expanding beyond technology itself. The real question is becoming: where does the intelligence live, who governs it, and where does the value it creates stay?

Africa’s AI opportunity grows stronger when intelligence is built closer to home.

Speaking at @AI_EverythingKE, Adil El Youssefi detailed the infrastructure required to support AI orchestration at scale - from energy and connectivity to compute and interoperability.

At Cassava Technologies, we believe infrastructure is part of the answer. Over the past two decades, we’ve helped lay the foundations through fibre, data centres, cloud and now AI infrastructure designed to bring compute closer to the continent.

Opportunity must be built. Africa is home to the world’s youngest population, and as AI reshapes the global economy, the defining question is becoming clear: will Africa simply consume the technologies of the future, or help build and shape them?

Africa’s greatest competitive advantage may be the generation coming next.

At the @oxfordafrica Conference, Ahmed El Beheiry joined discussions on leadership, AI and the infrastructure shaping Africa’s future and shared a broader perspective: talent alone is not enough.

Today, the tech is proven and the demand is clear. The next chapter is about scale: creating financing models and investment ecosystems that enable digital infrastructure to grow faster and at the level the AI era requires.

Over the past two decades, Cassava Technologies has helped lay the foundations for Africa’s digital future; building connectivity, investing in infrastructure and creating platforms designed to support the continent’s next phase of growth.

Africa has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help shape the global AI economy.

Speaking at @africaceoforum, our President and Group CEO Hardy Pemhiwa explored the question: how do we accelerate digital infrastructure at the speed and scale the AI era demands?

Over the past two decades, we have worked to build the digital backbone powering the continent - from Africa’s largest independent fibre network to data centres, cloud, cyber security and AI infrastructure designed for the next era of growth.

This recognition reflects our belief that Africa’s AI and digital future requires more than ambition. It requires infrastructure, investment and long-term commitment built on African soil and on African terms.

Africa’s digital future will be shaped by those who build its foundations.

That is why we are honoured to be named Pan-African Champion 2026 at the @africaceoforum Awards.

Africa's AI moment wont be defined by the models it uses. It will be defined by the engineers, infrastructure and data it builds underneath it.

That's the shift Ahmed El Beheiry will explore in his Gala Dinner address at the Oxford Africa Conference on Saturday 16 May.

How Africa builds its digital infrastructure matters. Who ends up owning it matters more.

That’s the conversation our President & Group CEO Hardy Pemhiwa is joining @africaceoforum on the panel "Rise of the BOTs: Building Africa’s Infrastructure in the Age of Tech Sovereignty.”

Capital flows where there is conviction.

@LiquidInTech has closed a $660M financing round, including a $300M Eurobond 2.5x oversubscribed in a highly selective market.

Stronger connectivity. Greater performance. More choice for customers.

@africa_dc has partnered with Oni-Tel Fibre Networks to enhance data centre connectivity across key facilities in Gauteng, South Africa.

Africa’s digital future just moved forward.

Liquid C2 has launched Africa’s first Google Cloud-powered Partner Experience Centre in Johannesburg.

This commitment, announced at the South Africa Investment Conference, will be deployed over the next 24 -36 months to strengthen critical digital infrastructure across the country.

We’re proud to announce Cassava Technologies has pledged R3.6 billion in investment into South Africa in support of SA President, Cyril Ramaphosa’s initiative to drive investment into the country to supporting its continued growth as a leading digital and investment destination.

At NVIDIA GTC, Ahmed El Beheiry, Group COO and Group Chief Technology & AI Officer at Cassava Technologies joined global industry leaders to explore how telcos are unlocking value from sovereign AI - from infrastructure to monetisation.

Africa isn’t just adopting AI - it’s building it.
Cassava Technologies is scaling sovereign AI infrastructure with NVIDIA-powered AI Factories, starting in South Africa and expanding across the continent.

And our Group Chief Marketing Officer Ifeoma Jibunoh brought this conversation to the stage on the Enterprise Swipe Right panel, exploring how organisations can harness emerging technologies to drive meaningful transformation.

On the GSMA roundtable on African AI language models, Hardy Pemhiwa and Oswald Jumira explained Africa participating fully in the AI economy will require partnerships across gov, industry & development organisations - & the infrastructure and compute needed to scale innovation.

We were proud to partner with the GSMA to launch the first Africa Pavilion at MWC, showcasing the continent’s growing leadership in digital infrastructure, cloud and AI - and signalling a shift from being consumers of technology to becoming developers of it.

Africa’s digital future was firmly on the agenda at this year’s Mobile World Congress.
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Autonomous networks are moving from vision to execution. NVIDIA's blog shows how agentic AI blueprints and telecom reasoning models are accelerating the shift from automation to true autonomy - where networks can interpret objectives and make informed decisions in real time 👇

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the women leading our technology journey.

Through initiatives such as Cassava’s AI Factory and sovereign cloud solutions, we’re working with global partners to help accelerate AI adoption while supporting innovation across the continent.

#MWC26 #AI #Cloud #DigitalInfrastructure #AfricaTech

Simplifying complexity for customers while building the infrastructure enabling the next wave of digital innovation means expanding access to AI infrastructure, sovereign cloud and local data capacity - ensuring organisations can scale AI while maintaining control of their data.

Partnerships are reshaping how digital infrastructure is built and scaled.

At MWC, our CMO Ifeoma Jibunoh joined industry leaders to discuss how telecom and technology ecosystems are evolving to deliver real business outcomes on the "Enterprise Swipe-Right" panel.

We are proud to announce the launch of the Cassava Cloud Partner (CCP) programme, accelerating AI and cloud adoption across emerging markets.

We’re live at MWC Barcelona 🇪🇸

Today, we were honoured to help launch the Africa Pavilion - a landmark moment showcasing the continent’s growing leadership in digital infrastructure, cloud and AI.

Africa’s networks are evolving fast. Optimising them shouldn’t take days.
Today at Mobile World Congress, we are proud to announce Cassava Autonomous Network: the first African-ready autonomous network built to self-optimise mobile Radio Access Networks (RAN) across the continent

AI has rewritten the enterprise playbook. It’s no longer about choosing a vendor - it’s about creating the right ecosystem.

At MWC, Ahmed El Beheiry will share perspectives on the “Enterprise Swipe Right: The Partnership Paradox”.

AI ambition is everywhere. AI execution is harder.

Join us at MWC to discover what it really takes to scale - sovereign infrastructure, high-performance compute, secure cloud and resilient connectivity designed for enterprise AI deployment across Africa’s high-growth markets.

We are proud to share that Cassava Technologies is a founding member of the Trusted Tech Alliance.

Launched at the Munich Security Conference, the Alliance brings together a group of like-minded global technology providers committed to a shared set of clear, verifiable practices ifest how technology can be secure, reliable and responsibly operated, regardless of where it is built or deployed.

Participating companies have agreed to five specific principles that define what it means to develop, deploy, operate and cooperate as a trusted global technology provider:

‣ Transparent Corporate Governance and Ethical Conduct
‣ Operational Transparency, Secure Development and Independent Assessment
‣ Robust Supply Chain and Security Oversight
‣ Open, Cooperative, Inclusive and Resilient Digital Ecosystem
‣ Respect for the Rule of Law and Data Protection

Learn more: trustedtechalliance.com.

#TrustedTechAlliance #DigitalTrust #TrustinTech #DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity

Technology may be accelerating change, but it is people who determine whether transformation succeeds.

In our latest thought leadership piece, Nanda Scott, Group Chief Corporate Services Officer at Cassava Technologies, explores what brave leadership really means in times of ective is not only shaping transformation within Cassava Technologies; it is gaining global recognition, and we are proud to share that Nanda has been shortlisted for the World 50 Group Inclusive Leadership Award 2026. This recognition reflects the growing influence of leaders from our continent who are redefining transformation through inclusion, purpose, and people-first thinking.

Because brave leadership isn’t about technology alone. It’s about seeing, valuing, and empowering the people who drive progress.

Read the full article: cassavatechnologies.com/putting-people…

#Leadership #DigitalTransformation #InclusiveLeadership #AfricanLeadership #FutureOfWork

We are proud to announce our strategic partnership with @axon_networks to fuel AI adoption and innovation among African businesses by co-developing Africa’s first end-to-end Operator-as-a-Service (OaaS) platform.

By combining AXON’s AI-ready, real-time digital twin technology can fibre backbone, we will accelerate AI adoption and digital transformation across the continent. Transforming connectivity into a programmable, intelligent platform that can be provisioned in near real time will reduce complexity, lower costs, and unlock new opportunities for service providers and enterprises alike.

🔗 Learn more about how we are going beyond connectivity to becoming a partner in the digital transformation journeys of our customers: cassavatechnologies.com/cassava-techno…

📍 Announced at @counderofficial Conference 2026, Cape Town

#DigitalInfrastructure #AIinAfrica #Connectivity #OaaS #DigitalTransformation

The message from our Founder and Executive Chairman, Strive Masiyiwa, speaking at the World Economic Forum yesterday, was clear: AI diffusion is not a technology problem, it is an investment and infrastructure problem.

AI will not magically close inequality gaps unless we do wer, connectivity, data infrastructure and skills. Without that foundation, AI risks simply hard-coding old failures into new systems.

During the panel, he highlighted several key points:
• Africa doesn’t need frontier models - it needs relevant applications that solve real problems in education, health, agriculture and smallholder livelihoods.
• If serious capital does not flow into infrastructure, it will come from elsewhere - and we should not pretend to be surprised when it does.
• Skills matter at every level, but especially those that create jobs and agency for young people, not just AI “usage”.
• AI is powerful, but not a silver bullet - execution depends on trust, long-term investment and realism.

At Cassava Technologies, this is the work we are committed to. Investing in the infrastructure, execution and skills needed to ensure AI delivers meaningful impact, not theoretical promise.

The opportunity is enormous. But turning AI investment into impact means meeting people where they are, not where the technology is.

🎥 Watch the full panel discussion here: linkedin.com/events/7419452…

#AI #DigitalInfrastructure #AIForGood #Africa #InclusiveGrowth #DigitalTransformation #WEF

Africa doesn’t need an AI revolution that replaces people. It needs one that multiplies human potential.

At @TEDAIVienna, Hardy Pemhiwa, President & Group CEO of Cassava Technologies, shared how our AI Factory is designed to do exactly that: unlock breakthroughs, create jobs, and a new generation of AI-amplified entrepreneurs.

From education and health to agriculture, young Africans will step into roles previously limited by geography, cost, or the scarcity of specialists.

And now - with mobile broadband, mobile money, fibre networks, and AI-enabled data centres - Africa finally has the compute infrastructure required to compete and contribute on the global AI stage.

This is Africa’s AI revolution: Not substitution. Multiplication.

A future where AI doesn’t replace possibility, it expands it.

▶️ Hear it in Hardy’s own words from the TEDAI Vienna stage: ted.com/talks/hardy_pe…

#AIAfrica #DigitalTransformation #InclusiveAI

Africa’s biggest challenge isn’t war, disease or hunger – it’s youth unemployment. This is why the rise of AI in Africa is so significant.

Meet Yemurai, an AI-amplified community entrepreneur, and a glimpse into how Africa can overcome its shortage of teachers, doctors and ecomes locally accessible, affordable, and available in local languages, young people can step into entirely new roles: delivering education support, health screening and agricultural advice far beyond the reach of existing systems.

Yemurai is just one example, but she represents a generation. AI is opening up new forms of entrepreneurship rooted in community impact, micro-services and mobile money.

This is the future we are building.

▶️ Watch Hardy Pemhiwa, President & Group CEO, Cassava Technologies, explain how AI will empower African youth to transform their communities - live on the @TEDAIVienna stage:

ted.com/talks/hardy_pe…

#AIAfrica #AIForGood #InclusiveAI #DigitalTransformation #AfricaTech

Africa isn’t catching up to the AI revolution. Africa is leading.

This was the message Hardy Pemhiwa, President & Group CEO, Cassava Technologies delivered at @TEDAIVienna in response to the challenge “when will Africa catch up to the AI revolution?”.

The world should be watcse in inclusive, resilient, and impact-driven AI.

Watch Hardy’s full TEDAI talk to discover why, in Hardy’s words, “this is not just Africa’s AI moment. This is AI’s Africa moment”: ted.com/talks/hardy_pe…

Photos: © TEDAI Vienna / Robert Leslie
#AIAfrica #AIForGood #InclusiveAI #DigitalTransformation #AfricaTech

🌍 Advancing Africa’s Cloud and AI Ecosystem: Introducing Liquid G

We are proud to announce the launch of Liquid G, an AI-powered Google Cloud distribution programme delivered through our Cloudmania business within Liquid C2.

By combining our infrastructure and digital loud’s world-class technology, Liquid G helps accelerate the availability of advanced cloud, AI, and data analytics services across Africa.

This is significant not only because of the technology itself, but what it enables:

🔹 Smarter, AI-driven cloud adoption that reduces friction and empowers African partners
🔹 Localised procurement and billing, making global cloud solutions more accessible
🔹 A unified marketplace that strengthens multi-cloud resilience and competitiveness
🔹 A scalable foundation for the next wave of African digital transformation

As we expand our collaborations with technology leaders like Google Cloud, our focus remains steadfast: to build a digitally connected future that leaves no African behind.

Learn more: cassavatechnologies.com/liquid-c2-expa…

#GoogleCloud #AI #CloudInnovation #AfricaDigitalFuture #DigitalTransformation

Reflecting on a Breakthrough Week for Africa’s AI Future.

Last week’s AfricaCom marked a defining moment for Cassava Technologies and the continent’s digital future. Across the week, we unveiled major milestones that strengthen Africa’s role in the global AI economy and to build a digitally connected, AI-empowered continent:

🔥 Cassava became NVIDIA’s first preferred Cloud Partner in Africa:
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🚀 We introduced Africa’s first multi-model exchange, CAIMEx:
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🤝 We announced a new collaboration making Gemini AI more accessible across Africa:
cassavatechnologies.com/cassava-techno…

We also joined visionary conversations on Africa’s AI future to explore:
‣ How Africa can shape, not just consume AI
‣ The role of sovereign cloud and local compute
‣ The importance of skilling, inclusivity, and ecosystem partnerships
‣ Why African languages, values, and local data must power Africa’s AI evolution

Across every announcement and discussion, one message was clear: Africa is not waiting for the AI future. We are building it.

Thank you to our partners, customers, and the AfricaCom community for helping make this a milestone year. The future is African, connected, and AI-enabled.

#AIinAfrica #DigitalTransformation #SovereignAI #Cloud #Connectivity #Innovation

Africa is entering a new era of cloud, AI, and sustainable digital infrastructure. This era will be defined by the partnerships we build today.

Yesterday, we welcomed our longstanding partners, Microsoft, for a strategic executive engagement session focused on deepening our erating transformative solutions across the continent. Leaders from both organisations aligned on shared priorities that will define the next phase of Africa’s digital growth:

🌍 Energy sustainability
🌐 Expanded connectivity
🤖 Infrastructure development
📘 Digital skilling

This initial phase of mapping new opportunities goes beyond metrics, focusing instead on long-term value, inclusion, and meaningful transformation.

Together with Microsoft, we remain committed to building a continent where everyone can participate in - and benefit from - the digital economy.

#Partnerships #DigitalInclusion #Sustainability #AIinAfrica #Connectivity #FutureOfWork

🌍 Accelerating AI for Good Across Africa

We’re proud to announce a new collaboration with @RockerfellerFdn aimed at expanding  access to high-performance AI compute for NGOs driving social impact across Africa.

Through this initiative, Cassava Technologies will deliver cally hosted in secure data centre facilities and enabled by NVIDIA AI infrastructure, to organisations focused on agriculture, healthcare, and education across eight African countries.

With Africa possessing less than 1% of global data centre capacity, this partnership helps remove one of the biggest barriers to innovation/ By ensuring AI can be developed with African data for African communities, we are paving the way for significant advancements.

Early beneficiaries include:
🌾 Digital Green – real-time agricultural advice
🤱 Jacaranda Health – maternal and child health support
📚 Rising Academies – learning innovations for 250,000+ students

As we scale our GPU-as-a-Service offering, collaborations like this ensure Africans are not just consumers of AI, but creators of it, shaping solutions that strengthen livelihoods and unlock opportunity.

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🌍 Partnering to Power Africa’s Next Frontier of Innovation

We are proud to announce we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Entanglement, Inc., a U.S. pioneer in next-generation computing and AI, to accelerate AI, cyber security, and quantum innovation across Africa y integrating Cassava's extensive pan-African infrastructure, including high-speed fibre networks, GPU-enabled compute, and regional data centres with Entanglement's expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and quantum-inspired platforms, we aim to address critical needs in cybersecurity, healthcare, climate sustainability, and data centre efficiency. Our partnership will initially focus on:

🔹 Cyber security, network, and AI model security
🔹 AI Infrastructure Assurance and Export Compliance 
🔹 Data Centre optimisation
🔹 Biosurveillance and climate intelligence

We are building the digital and scientific foundations for Africa and the Middle East to lead the next wave of innovation. This effort strengthens security, drives sustainable growth, and creates opportunities for the next generation of digital talent.

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🌍 Empowering Africa through Accessible AI

We are proud to announce a new strategic partnership to expand access to Google’s advanced AI, Gemini, across the continent.

Together, we’re addressing two of the most significant obstacles to AI adoption: cost and data consumption.
trial of the Google AI Plus Plan, provided by Google. 
✅ Data-free access to the Gemini app, made possible through Cassava’s network of technology partners across the continent.

This collaboration reflects our shared vision to make AI inclusive, accessible, and impactful for millions of Africans - empowering people, businesses, and communities to learn, build, and innovate without limits.

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🤝 AI for all. Powered by partnership.

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🚀 Africa’s AI Future, Unlocked.

Cassava Technologies proudly announces the launch of the Cassava AI Multi-Model Exchange (CAIMEx), Africa’s first platform giving mobile network operators seamless access to the world’s leading AI tools and large language models from Anthropic cing CAIMEx, we are removing obstacles to AI adoption throughout the continent. This initiative ensures that advanced intelligence is accessible, affordable, and securely hosted within our regional AI Factories, thus safeguarding data sovereignty and security.

This is a first for Africa. A one-stop AI hub built to empower operators, enterprises, and entrepreneurs to innovate faster, engage smarter, and lead confidently in the digital age.

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🌍 AI built for Africa, by Africa.

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🌍 Strategic Partnerships For Africa’s AI Future.

Speaking at AfricaCom, our Founder and Executive Chairman, Strive Masiyiwa, shared exciting updates from our ecosystem of partners who are helping us build Africa’s AI Future.

He announced that Cassava Technologies is now loud Partner (NCP), deploying NVIDIA GPUs across five sites to power the continent’s AI innovation.

He also shared how, through our strategic partnerships with Google, Anthropic and others, we’re enabling access to world-class AI tools and curating solutions designed for African industries.

Cassava is setting the foundation for an AI-powered Africa, one that doesn’t just consume innovation, but creates it.

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🚀 Empowering Africa’s AI Future: exclusive update from Cassava Technologies at AfricaCom.

We are proud to announce significant progress with our landmark project to establish Africa’s first network GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) offering. As Africa’s first preferred NVIDIA Cloud , Cassava is deploying high-performance compute capacity across South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and Morocco - bringing world-class AI infrastructure closer to innovators, entrepreneurs, and enterprises on the continent.

This initiative marks a new chapter in Africa’s AI story. One defined by local empowerment, digital sovereignty, and innovation at scale.

🌍 Learn more about how Cassava is powering Africa’s AI-driven future: cassavatechnologies.com/cassava-techno…

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🌍 Africa’s digital future is intelligent. Are you ready?

Next week, the Cassava Technologies team will be at AfricaCom, joining innovators and industry leaders shaping the continent’s digital and AI transformation.

From unlocking the power of AI infrastructure to enabling stems, our experts will be sharing how technology is driving progress across connectivity, cloud, data, and AI.

💡 Join us to explore the next frontier of Africa’s growth - where innovation meets impact, and AI becomes a catalyst for opportunity.

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