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Cassava Technologies, the pan-African digital infrastructure leader, is charting new territory with the launch of Africa’s first GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) network — a move that could redefine the continent’s AI and cloud computing landscape.
As Africa’s first preferred NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP), Cassava is building a distributed network of high-performance data centres across South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and Morocco.
These facilities will deliver on-demand access to advanced NVIDIA GPU resources, enabling African developers, researchers, and enterprises to build and scale AI solutions locally, without the latency, cost, or sovereignty issues of overseas infrastructure.
“Becoming the first NVIDIA Cloud Partner in Africa allows us to shape the continent’s AI ecosystem on our own terms,” said Hardy Pemhiwa, President & Group CEO of Cassava Technologies.
“This is not just about technology, it’s about empowerment. We want to help African innovators build AI in our own languages, with our own data, and using local compute infrastructure.”
The initiative aims to democratize access to high-performance computing, giving startups, governments, and academic institutions the tools to train AI models, process large datasets, and deploy advanced applications in industries from healthcare to agriculture.
By localising compute power, Cassava is also strengthening data sovereignty and digital independence, critical elements for sustainable AI innovation on the continent.
This expansion marks a strategic leap toward positioning Africa not just as a consumer, but as a creator in the global AI economy. For Cassava Technologies, it’s a continuation of its mission to enable a digitally connected future that leaves no African behind, one GPU cycle at a time.
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