When Cassava grows on Sand
Cassava Technologies a global technology leader of African heritage, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sand Technologies, a leading global enterprise Artificial Intelligence solutions company.
Sand Technology is also a key player in Africa’s emerging artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem.
The strategic partnership, between Cassava and Sand was announced at the Global Artificial Intelligence Summit on Africa in Kigali, Rwanda, which aims at enhancing the delivery of AI solutions and GPU-as-a-service (GPUaas) across the African continent.
The Summit focuses on making AI solutions more accessible to African businesses.
“As more businesses across Africa seek to harness the potential of AI, the demand for powerful GPU processing capabilities is increasing,” said Hardy Pemhiwa, President and Group CEO of Cassava Technologies.
He explained that by providing Sand Technologies with access to Cassava’s GPU solutions, the firm is not only enabling the development of advanced AI solutions for other entities’ clients across industries but also expanding Cassava’s own footprint into those industries.
“Positioning ourselves as a provider of GPU-as-a-service means we can offer African businesses the cost-effective, scalable processing solutions they need to compete in an AI-driven world,”
Sand Technologies is an enterprise AI solutions company supporting the telecommunications, water, energy, healthcare, and insurance industries in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Aligning with Cassava’s commitment to enabling AI development and innovation on the African continent, Sand Technologies will use Cassava’s advanced NVIDIA-powered GPU capabilities to build and deploy AI solutions worldwide.
Highlighting their mutual commitment to Africa’s digital future, the two companies will identify pilot use cases and collaborate in co-creating and distributing AI-powered solutions that leverage GPUs.
“Sand Technologies is proud to partner with Cassava in what is set to be a pivotal moment for the advancement of industry-related AI solutions on the African continent. It will enable us to bring the best of Cassava’s GPU processing power to our clients and position us to support their digital transformation journeys,” said Fred Swaniker, Founder and CEO of Sand Technologies.
Cassava’s strategic partnership with Sand Technologies reinforces its commitment to providing world-class digital solutions and advancing responsible AI adoption, innovation, and growth in Africa.
It follows Cassava’s recent announcement of its plans to build Africa’s first AI factory to give African businesses, governments, and researchers access to cutting-edge AI computing capacity, helping them develop smarter AI products, streamline operations, and stay competitive.