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region profile · #5 of 6 regions

Africa
is #5 in AI funding.

Africa trails the AI race — $723M of all-time AI capital across 2 orgs, and 100 MW of operational AI compute across 1 datacenter.

LIVE #5 OF 6 REGIONS 1% OF WORLD UPDATED 2026-05-08
FUNDING
$723M
all-time AI capital raised
#5/ 6
AI ORGS
2
notable AI organisations
#6/ 6
NOTABLE MODELS
0
shipped to date
OPERATIONAL MW
100 MW
across 1 live DC
#5/ 6
02 — Share of world
Africa 1/100 rest of world 99/100
Africa = 1% of world AI funding tracked.
Total AI funding worldwide: $407.8B across 49 countries.
Africa: $723M · rank #5 of 6regions.
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
03 — Roster

Top 2 of 2 AI orgs tile area ≈ funding

#1 Cassava Technologies $720M #2 Lelapa AI $3M
CLICK TILE → ORG PROFILE NAVY TILE = #1 IN AFRICA
04 — Compute skyline

2 datacenters 100 MW live · 40 MW planned

100 MW Kasi Cloud LOS1 40 MW Teraco JB7 (Isand… PLANNED
operational planned total: 140 MW
FACILITY POWER STATUS
Kasi Cloud LOS1
Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road, Maiyegun, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
100 MW
operational
Teraco JB7 (Isando Campus)
5 Brewery Street, Isando, Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, South Africa
40 MW
planned
BAR HEIGHT ∝ MW · SORTED LIVE-FIRST, THEN POWER 1 LIVE / 2 TOTAL
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Africa #5
1.3×
South America #4
Africa #5
1.3×
Oceania #6
Africa #5
481×
United States #1
Africa #5
33×
China #2
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