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🌍 Unlocking Africa’s AI Future: The Launch of Qubit Hub in Nairobi A new chapter for Africa’s digital future began with the launch in Nairobi of Qubit Hub – an AI hub that will provide free compute power and a collaborative space for researchers, governments, developers, and startups to build tools tailored to Africa’s needs. Qubit Hub is the product of a partnership between Qhala, Angani Limited, and Amini AI, and it embodies a bold vision: giving Africa the resources and talent it needs to compete in a field where the continent currently has less than 1% of the world’s GPU capacity. 🔑 Key themes from the launch: ·       African-first infrastructure: “For global players, Africa is just 2% of their exposure. For us, it’s 100%,” said Riyaz Bachani, CEO of Angani. With locally available storage, compute power, and datasets, Qubit Hub wants African innovators to bring their ideas home, where they can grow. ·       Building blocks for innovation: Muthoni Karubiu, COO of Amini, highlighted that the lab’s APIs, data sets, and compute allocations are designed to be building blocks for others to create practical solutions to challenges shared across the Global South. ·       A long journey realized: Dr. Shikoh Gitau, CEO of Qhala, traced Qubit Hub’s origins back three years to early support from then-ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru. She emphasized the need for datasets relevant to Africa’s health realities—malaria, HIV, dengue, sickle cell anemia—that global models often overlook. ·       Continental collaboration: Speakers from Lesotho, Egypt, and Kenya’s diaspora stressed cross-border research, ethical AI, open data, and diaspora-backed investments. The warning was clear from Ambassador Isaiya Kabira, the Secretary for Investments and Entrepreneurship at Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs.: if Africa doesn’t invest now, today’s digital divide will become tomorrow’s AI divide.  ·       Applications in finance, media, and society: o   Joe Mucheru, now President of Jumo, showed how AI has revolutionized lending models, cutting default rates while scaling access to $1.5 billion in loans. o   Nation Media Foundation unveiled plans with Qhala to turn 66 years of archival content into an AI-powered knowledge base for Africa, providing fact-checked context and research tools for the future. o   Cheryl Akinyi from Open Society Foundation announced the IDIA Fellowship to build a pipeline of female AI leaders, addressing the current 22% female representation in the field. 🚀 Why Qubit Hub matters: Africa’s talent is not in question—what’s been missing is access to infrastructure, data, and opportunity. Qubit Hub promises to bridge that gap. From health to agriculture, trade to media, the hub is positioned to unlock tools and research that are not only locally relevant but globally impactful. As one speaker noted, “There’s no reverse gear on AI. The question is not whether we use it, but how we ensure Africa shapes its own AI future.”

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