American tech giant and chip maker NVIDIA is planning to build an AI Innovation Hub in Kenya.
The hub will be among three facilities based in Africa aimed to train 100,000 developers across Africa in the next three years.
NVIDIA launched the first AI innovation hub in the Tunisian technopolis Novation City on September 17, the equivalent of what Konza City should be in Kenya.
The NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute (DLI) offers individuals, teams, organizations, educators, and students everything they need to advance their knowledge in AI, accelerated computing, accelerated data science, graphics and simulation, and more.
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In Novation City which is surrounded by universities, startups and other organizations with a strong focus on STEM and AI, students have complimentary access to NVIDIA DLI courses on topics in generative AI, accelerated computing and data science.
The launch of similar offerings in Kenya will give the country a cutting edge for its already developed startup ecosystem and boost Nairobi’s status in the technology world.
According to NVIDIA, a key part of sovereign AI is a nation’s ability to produce artificial intelligence using its own workforce — along with its own infrastructure, data and business networks.
The company launched its NVIDIA DGX system in February in Novation City, being among the first in Africa.
The system empowers startups across the continent in climate AI, transportation, manufacturing, agtech and other industries to develop accelerated computing-based solutions.
AI is an important aspect for some startups which depend on it to offer solutions. An example is the agtech award winning startup Farmers LifeLine which offers famers a gadget that can detect crop diseases in their very early stages thus helping to curb spread, in the end boosting harvests and food security.
Apart from Tunisia and Kenya, the third NVIDIA centre will be in Nigeria.
