Cassava Technologies and The Rockefeller Foundation announced a new effort to harness the transformative potential of artificial intelligence AI for good across Africa. Cassava, which previously announced plans to build Africa's first AI factory powered with NVIDIA AI infrastructure, will provide access to compute capacity to several The Rockefeller Foundation's grantees working in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe.
While enabling Africa's full participation in the US1.2 trillion projected AI economy, this collaboration will boost productivity and power innovation at African organizations that are improving lives and livelihoods across the continent.
"AI presents Africa with one of the best opportunities to drive economic development and access to economic opportunity for the continent's youth. This requires investment in ensuring that AI developers across Africa have the resources and platforms to create solutions to Africa's unique challenges. Powered by NVIDIA AI infrastructure, our AI factory will enable startups, enterprises, the public sector, and educational institutions to focus on developing AI applications using local datasets, languages, models, and voices to build inclusive solutions. We are excited to partner with the Rockefeller Foundation to bring local compute capacity to Africa's AI ecosystem."
