Cassava Technologies, a leading technology company with African roots, has announced the launch of the first Artificial Intelligence (AI) factory in South Africa to drive the expansion of advanced AI infrastructure across the continent.
According to the company, the initiative will be expanded to other African countries, such as Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and Morocco, with the aim of empowering local developers and businesses.
For Chief Operating Officer and Director of Technology and AI, El Beheiry, building the Artificial Intelligence ecosystem in Africa is a technological milestone and an act of empowerment. “The launch of the AI Factory builds on Cassava’s previous efforts, including the 2025 launch of the Cassava AI Multi-Model Exchange (CAIMEx) platform. Through this, African innovators and companies will have easier access to advanced AI models and development tools, such as those based on NVIDIA Blueprints and microservices,” he emphasized.
Company leadership states that the first deployment of the AI Factory in South Africa will offer GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) and AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS), to enable access to local computing that was previously limited by regional infrastructure.
To position the continent at the forefront of developing and implementing AI solutions using local data and languages, Cassava aims to expand similar services to key African markets in order to overcome barriers related to testing AI models, limited access to high-performance computing, and reliance on foreign data centers.
With this expansion, the company enables African businesses, researchers, and governments to become creators—not just consumers—of global technology.
Cassava Technologies is a global technology company of African origin that provides a vertically integrated ecosystem of digital services and infrastructure to support the digital transformation of businesses, governments, and communities. It emerged through the strategic consolidation of various digital businesses originally created by African entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa, who also founded the parent group. The company was formally launched in November 2021 to unify and expand technology offerings across multiple markets.
Source: Theouut
