Cassava Technologies has announced plans to construct Africa’s first AI factory, a state-of-the-art data center facility equipped with NVIDIA’s advanced AI computing technology.
The initiative aims to provide African businesses, governments, and researchers with cutting-edge AI infrastructure, enabling them to develop smarter AI solutions, optimize operations, and enhance global competitiveness—all while keeping data securely within the continent.
According to a statement by the company on Monday, Cassava will deploy Nvidia’s advanced computing and AI software at its data centers in South Africa by June 2025, and then at its other facilities in Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria.
Key features of the AI factory
Cassava Technologies said the AI factory will leverage the company’s pan-African high-speed, ultra-low-latency, fiber-optic network with sustainable data centres to deliver AI as a Service (AIaaS).
- It added that NVIDIA GPU-based supercomputers will power the AI…