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Channel Post MEA
2 days ago
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Ooredoo Launches Sovereign AI Cloud In Qatar
Ooredoo has announced the launch of advanced sovereign AI cloud services, built on the latest NVIDIA Hopper GPUs and hosted in its local data centres. This strategic deployment brings world-class accelerated computing capabilities to Qatar, significantly advancing the nation's digital transformation agenda. By enabling advanced artificial intelligence applications without relying on international providers, and by delivering high-performance computing infrastructure locally, Ooredoo is accelerating AI adoption across key sectors, including energy, finance, logistics, healthcare, and smart city development. For customers, this means faster access to computing power, the ability to handle massive datasets securely, and the convenience of deploying AI solutions under national data policies, all with the low latency and reliability of in-country infrastructure. Sheikh Ali Bin Jabor Al-Thani, Chief Executive Officer, Ooredoo Qatar, said: 'We are proud to bring this world-class AI infrastructure to Qatar, equipping our customers with the tools they need to turn ambition into real-world solutions. Our collaboration with NVIDIA paves the way for a new generation of innovation, empowering everyone from startups to government entities to benefit from the full potential of artificial intelligence, securely and efficiently. This, in turn, will fuel economic growth, upgrade citizen experiences, and cement Qatar's position as a digital leader in the region.' As an NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP), Ooredoo offers customers access to cutting-edge GPU technology and to NVIDIA's full software suite for AI development. This includes the NVIDIA AI Enterprise platform, which simplifies and speeds up the process of building, testing, and scaling AI models from idea to production. Whether a team is developing AI-powered chatbots, optimising supply chains, or analysing financial patterns in real time, they will be able to do so with global-grade tools, deployed securely in Ooredoo's data centres, hosted and operated by Syntys through mission-critical infrastructure facilities designed to meet the demands of high-performance computing workloads. This launch directly supports the ambitions of the Qatar Digital Agenda 2030 and the Qatar National AI Strategy, which call for robust digital infrastructure, local hosting of critical technology, and the responsible development of AI to benefit society and the economy. Through this deployment, Ooredoo continues to strengthen its role as a key digital enabler, delivering next-generation infrastructure that supports both the future of business and the future of the country.
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Zimbabwe's richest man and the world's 10th richest man push for Africa's first AI factory
Jensen Huang, the tenth-richest person in the world, and Strive Masiyiwa, Africa's 16th richest man, have collaborated on establishing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) factory in Africa, the first of its kind. Jensen Huang and Strive Masiyiwa collaborate to establish Africa's first Artificial Intelligence (AI) factory. The factory is supported by Nvidia's advanced GPUs, with initial installations in South Africa. Cassava Technologies plans to expand GPU deployment across key African countries, including Kenya and Nigeria. Via both billionaires' companies, Masiyiwa's Cassava Technologies, and Huang's Nvidia, one of the largest companies in America currently by valuation, the construction of Africa's first AI factory is now in full effect. Currently, graphics processing units (GPUs) have been deployed to South Africa, the first recipients of the units in Africa. What Strive Masiyiwa about the AI factory 'Collaborating with Nvidia gives us the advanced computing capabilities needed to drive Africa's AI innovation while strengthening the continent's digital independence,' Masiyiwa stated in a press release. Back in April, Cassava Technologies revealed that it was considering an investment of up to $720 million in the AI factory. 'The future comes from young people building apps and solutions, small businesses every day across this continent using AI,' Masiyiwa said at the Global AI Summit on Africa 2025 in Kigali in April, where he was a co-chair. 'They are the digital natives, and we have just given them the ability to do what they do best.' Founded by Zimbabwean telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, the pan-African tech company aims to roll out Nvidia's accelerated computing systems and AI software across key markets including South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Morocco. Recent reports indicate that Nvidia will embed its AI software utilizing NVIDIA Cloud Partner reference architectures and deploy hundreds of GPUs, which power its high-performance supercomputers. 'Building digital infrastructure for the AI economy is a priority if Africa is to take full advantage of the fourth industrial revolution,' added Masiyiwa in the press statement. 'Our AI Factory provides the infrastructure for this innovation to scale, empowering African businesses, startups, and researchers with access to cutting-edge AI infrastructure to turn their bold ideas into real-world breakthroughs—and now, they don't have to look beyond Africa to get it.' According to Hardy Pemhiwa, president of Cassava, as seen on Forbes, 3,000 Nvidia GPUs will be installed in their South African plant in June, with an additional 9,000 to be installed throughout the following three to four years in Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco, and Egypt.
Channel Post MEA
3 days ago
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Ooredoo Launches Sovereign AI Cloud With NVIDIA In Qatar
Ooredoo has announced the launch of advanced sovereign AI cloud services, built on the latest NVIDIA Hopper GPUs and hosted in its local data centres. This strategic deployment brings world-class accelerated computing capabilities to Qatar, significantly advancing the nation's digital transformation agenda. By enabling advanced artificial intelligence applications without relying on international providers, and by delivering high-performance computing infrastructure locally, Ooredoo is accelerating AI adoption across key sectors, including energy, finance, logistics, healthcare, and smart city development. For customers, this means faster access to computing power, the ability to handle massive datasets securely, and the convenience of deploying AI solutions under national data policies, all with the low latency and reliability of in-country infrastructure. Sheikh Ali Bin Jabor Al-Thani, Chief Executive Officer, Ooredoo Qatar, said: 'We are proud to bring this world-class AI infrastructure to Qatar, equipping our customers with the tools they need to turn ambition into real-world solutions. Our collaboration with NVIDIA paves the way for a new generation of innovation, empowering everyone from startups to government entities to benefit from the full potential of artificial intelligence, securely and efficiently. This, in turn, will fuel economic growth, upgrade citizen experiences, and cement Qatar's position as a digital leader in the region.' As an NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP), Ooredoo offers customers access to cutting-edge GPU technology and to NVIDIA's full software suite for AI development. This includes the NVIDIA AI Enterprise platform, which simplifies and speeds up the process of building, testing, and scaling AI models from idea to production. Whether a team is developing AI-powered chatbots, optimising supply chains, or analysing financial patterns in real time, they will be able to do so with global-grade tools, deployed securely in Ooredoo's data centres, hosted and operated by Syntys through mission-critical infrastructure facilities designed to meet the demands of high-performance computing workloads. This launch directly supports the ambitions of the Qatar Digital Agenda 2030 and the Qatar National AI Strategy, which call for robust digital infrastructure, local hosting of critical technology, and the responsible development of AI to benefit society and the economy. Through this deployment, Ooredoo continues to strengthen its role as a key digital enabler, delivering next-generation infrastructure that supports both the future of business and the future of the country.
Business Wire
28-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Marc Boroditsky Joins Nebius as Chief Revenue Officer
AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS), a leading AI infrastructure company, today announced the appointment of Marc Boroditsky as Chief Revenue Officer as the company continues to build out its global sales team. A seasoned senior tech executive, Marc has a strong global go-to-market track record of driving high growth – in five years at Twilio he grew paying customers six times, and revenue more than 10 times to $4 billion. Previously he founded several successful companies, and served as a senior leader at Oracle and most recently Cloudflare. Arkady Volozh, founder and CEO of Nebius, welcomed Marc to the company: 'We are building a global company and planning to grow many times in the coming years. Marc is the perfect candidate to help Nebius scale to multiple billions of dollars of revenue by unlocking sales across geographies, sectors and enterprise customers.' Marc Boroditsky, incoming Chief Revenue Officer of Nebius, said: 'I'm amazed at how much the team at Nebius has built in such a short time. This company is one of the best kept secrets in AI – and that's about to change. Nebius has all of the key ingredients to lead the AI infrastructure market – industry-leading technology, an outstanding team and ready access to growth capital. I am thrilled to be joining Arkady and the team and look forward to building a high performance go-to-market organization as Chief Revenue Officer.' About Nebius Nebius is a technology company building full-stack infrastructure to service the explosive growth of the global AI industry, including large-scale GPU clusters, an AI-native cloud platform, and tools and services for developers. Headquartered in Amsterdam and listed on Nasdaq, the Company has a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, North America and Israel. Nebius's AI Cloud has been built from the ground up for intensive AI workloads. With proprietary software and hardware designed in-house, Nebius gives AI builders the compute, storage, managed services and tools they need to build, tune and run their models. Nebius is one of only a handful of companies globally to hold Reference Platform NVIDIA Cloud Partner status, underscoring its expertise in designing and deploying a full stack of hardware and software infrastructure to NVIDIA's Reference Architecture. To learn more please visit Disclaimer Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve risks and uncertainties. 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Zawya
24-03-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Cassava to upgrade its data centres with NVIDIA supercomputers to drive Africa's Artificial Intelligence (AI) future
Cassava Technologies ( announced today that it plans to build Africa's first AI factory — a powerful and super-secure data centre facility powered with NVIDIA AI computing technology. This will give African businesses, governments and researchers access to cutting-edge AI computing capacity — helping them develop smarter AI products, streamline operations and stay competitive in a fast-changing world. It provides the supercomputers and software needed to train AI while keeping data within Africa's borders. Cassava plans to deploy NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI software using NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) reference architectures, at its data centres in South Africa by June 2025, with expansion planned at its other data centre facilities in Egypt, Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria. Cassava's AI Factory will leverage the company's pan-African high-speed, ultra-low-latency, fibre-optic network with sustainable data centres to deliver AI as a Service (AIaaS). Cassava's world-class data centres are designed to be energy efficient, using less electricity to power AI computing workloads. NVIDIA GPU-based supercomputers will power the AI factory, enabling faster AI model training, fine-tuning and advanced inference capabilities. Cassava aims to be the first to introduce these accelerated computing platforms to Africa as an NCP, playing a crucial role in the continent's AI ecosystem. The Cassava AI Factory will ensure businesses and researchers have access to the AI computing power required to scale, boost productivity and power innovation. By using this secure, high-performance AI Factory, African businesses and governments can develop local solutions to local challenges, enabling Africans to build, train, scale and deploy AI in a secure environment compliant with global and local regulations. 'Building digital infrastructure for the AI economy is a priority if Africa is to take full advantage of the fourth industrial revolution. Our AI Factory provides the infrastructure for this innovation to scale, empowering African businesses, startups and researchers with access to cutting-edge AI infrastructure to turn their bold ideas into real-world breakthroughs — and now, they don't have to look beyond Africa to get it,' said Strive Masiyiwa, Founder&Chairman of Cassava. 'Collaborating with NVIDIA gives us the advanced computing capabilities needed to drive Africa's AI innovation while strengthening the continent's digital independence.' 'AI is helping innovators solve our greatest challenges in agriculture, healthcare, energy, financial services and many other industries creating opportunity in Africa,' said Jaap Zuiderveld, VP EMEA at NVIDIA. 'As an NVIDIA Cloud Partner, Cassava is providing essential infrastructure and software to help pioneering companies and organizations accelerate AI development to foster innovation across the continent.' Cassava's AI Factory marks the next step in the group's long-standing leadership in providing world class digital solutions, reinforcing its broader commitment to responsible AI adoption, innovation and productivity growth in Africa. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Cassava Technologies. About Cassava Technologies: Cassava Technologies is a global technology leader of African heritage providing a vertically integrated ecosystem of digital services and infrastructure enabling digital transformation. Headquartered in the UK, Cassava has a presence across Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the United States of America. Through its business units, namely, Cassava AI, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Liquid C2, Africa Data Centres, and Sasai Fintech, the company provides its customers' products and services in 94 countries. These solutions drive the company's ambition of establishing itself as a leading global technology company of African heritage.
