Cassava and Entanglement Partner to Advance AI and Cybersecurity in Africa and Middle East
Cassava Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with U.S-based Entanglement, Inc. to accelerate the deployment of advanced digital solutions across Africa and the Middle East, focusing on AI, cybersecurity, and quantum-inspired technologies.
The partnership will leverage Cassava’s extensive infrastructure, including its fibre networks, GPU-enabled computing, and regional data centres, with Entanglement’s expertise in AI and quantum-inspired platforms. The collaboration targets high-growth markets, including Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, and the Gulf countries.
Beyond the technology deployment, the collaboration aims to establish innovation hubs and training programmes. These initiatives are designed to foster local talent, support new research with governments and academia, and ensure markets in the region can “fully participate and take advantage of the global innovation economy,” according to the announcement.
Hardy Pemhiwa, President & Group CEO of Cassava Technologies, said the partnership coincides with the launch of the company’s “GPU-as-a-Service” offering.
“Across Africa, we are seeing growing demand for secure, reliable digital infrastructure with powerful processing capabilities,” Pemhiwa stated. “By combining our infrastructure with Entanglement’s world-class AI and quantum-inspired technologies, we are creating a foundation for innovation that will… drive sustainable economic growth across Africa and the Middle East.”
Entanglement specializes in fusing quantum logic with AI to improve performance on current AI compute hardware, unlocking solutions in telecommunications, finance, logistics, and climate modelling.
“Our partnership with Cassava not only opens access to some of the fastest-growing digital economies on the planet but also positions us for long-term leadership in markets… which have been traditionally constrained by infrastructure, energy, and scale,” said Jason Turner, Chairman and CEO of Entanglement.
The partnership will initially focus on several key areas, such as cybersecurity and AI model security for telecommunications, data centre optimization to reduce energy costs, biosurveillance for real-time pathogen detection, and climate intelligence forecasting. The collaboration will also work on standardizing assurances required for U.S. chip exports to prevent the misuse of AI infrastructure globally.
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