AI Hub Infrastructure Builder
Deploying Compute Infrastructure with the AI Hub for Sustainable Development.
The Africa Compute Fund is officially part of the Infrastructure Builder and Compute Ready programmes under the AI Hub for Sustainable Development, with support from the UNDP, Italy, the EU, and G7 partners.
These programmes currently span 14 African countries:
Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Tanzania, and Tunisia.
Together, we are addressing one of the continent’s most pressing gaps: the limited availability of localized, affordable GPU compute. By establishing infrastructure on African soil, we ensure compute capacity and operational control remain local, accessible and affordable.
The Compute Platform
We are focused on building a sovereign, GPU-powered compute network across Africa, providing startups, enterprises, governments, and research institutions with access to high-performance AI infrastructure.
Through our flagship compute platform, Monarch, we deliver GPU-as-a-Service, enabling clients to train, fine-tune, and deploy AI models at a fraction of the cost charged by global hyperscalers. The system is built on a combination of localized GPU clusters, colocation in Tier III/IV data centers, global compute arbitrage and energy-efficient power solutions, ensuring that compute resources are both low-latency and sustainable. These clusters serve industries that are increasingly AI-driven, including fintech, healthcare, agriculture, and research, providing consistent performance and predictable operational reliability.
Our first large-scale GPU supercluster in Nairobi is being expanded to Nigeria and South Africa, while our operational footprint already extends to over 20 African countries. Through this development, compute resources are being aligned with local and regional requirements, enabling broader adoption of AI applications across multiple sectors.
The Programmes
The AI Hub’s Infrastructure Builder and Compute Ready programmes provide a structured framework for engagement with ministries, regulatory bodies, development banks, and private-sector organizations.
This enables coordinated deployment of compute infrastructure in alignment with national digital strategies and local independent priorities. These collaborations ensure that infrastructure is deployed efficiently considering the economic, scientific, and technological goals of different African countries.
Beyond physical hardware, we are building the partnerships and operational frameworks needed to run a continent-wide compute ecosystem over the long term. This includes coordinating with energy providers, aligning with national digital strategies, creating unified systems for how compute is accessed and allocated across different sectors, and establishing the processes that ensure reliability, security, and responsible growth as usage expands across multiple countries.
Our participation in the AI Hub’s programmes represents an expansion of this work, providing the structures and relationships that will underpin Africa’s AI ecosystem for the decades to come. These are the systems that governments, businesses, and innovators across the continent will rely on to access sovereign AI at scale.
You can read AI Hub’s official announcement here.
