By Luckson Mvula
Zimbabwean billionaire, Strive Masiyiwa, is planning to build Africa’s first AI factory.
Masiyiwa is the founder and executive chairman of Econet Global, Higherlife Foundation, Econet Media Limited, Mascom and Cassava Technologies.
He is to build Africa’s first artificial intelligence factory right in South Africa.
Cassava will deploy Nvidia’s advanced computing and AI software at its data centres in South Africa by June 2025.
The same will then be done at its other facilities in Egypt, Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria, according to a statement released on the company’s website.
Masiyiwa said the rollout of AI infrastructure is critical for Africa to fully take advantage of the fourth industrial revolution.
His aim is to Scale African innovation, empower African Businesses, and conduct cutting edge AI research within Africa using our own Data.
The billionaire businessman has provided scholarships to more than 250,000 young Africans since 1996 through his family foundation as a way to boost African technology.
