Find a GPU Cluster
Click on the nearest commercially available GPU cluster to discover details and access compute resources through the reservations link.
Toubkal Supercomputer
Ben Guerir
An HPC cluster with GPU nodes used for research in materials science, energy, and other domains. The facility supports both local and international initiative.
Toubkal is hosted at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Ben Guerir.
In partnership with OCP, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, CERN and University of Cambridge.
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Square Kilometre Array
Northern Cape
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is an international effort to build the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope to help better understand the history of the universe.
The SKA will be hosted in South Africa and Australia. Two SKA receiver components will be built in South Africa and one in Australia.
Data centre development in the pipeline.
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Novation City
Sousse
It is a private law company created in 2009 and based on the principle of Public-Private partnership. Its objectives are to develop an innovation ecosystem in the mechatronics sector and to strengthen high value-added activities, digital city, intelligent transport, intelligent factory.
The data centre hosts GPUs from Nvidia and are only available to winners of challenges posted by Novation City.
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Infratel
Lusaka
INFRATEL is one of the largest telecommunication infrastructure providers in Zambia that owns and operates more than 1200 communication towers, 3 Data Centres, a wide range of cloud services operates an Optic Fibre network which it leverages to provide wholesale telecommunications infrastructure as a service to MNOs, ISPs, Government, organizations and other licensed entities.
Not well known but they have HPC compute resources available for student and businesses alike.
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Ilifu Cloud Computing Facility
Durban
Ilifu, a big data infrastructure for data-intensive research, enables South African researchers to be world leaders in the strategic science domains of astronomy and bioinformatics. Hosted at the UCT ICTS and operated by IDIA on behalf of a consortium of universities and research organisations, ilifu is a node in the national data infrastructure, partly funded by the Department of Science and Innovation to support the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System of South Africa.
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HPC Research Lab Nigeria
Ogun State
A growing HPC centre that includes GPU resources for scientific research, primarily supporting academic and governmental research projects.
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CHPC
Cape Town
Location: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
The Lengau cluster that houses high-performance computing, is one of the fastest supercomputers in Africa. It supports a variety of applications including computational research and data analytics.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina Supercomputer
Alexandria
A multi-purpose supercomputing facility with GPU capabilities, supporting research in bioinformatics, computational biology, and other scientific fields.
Free compute for research in Egypt that is offered on merit-based access to advanced computational resources.
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The Compute Workshop
@DeepLearningIndaba25
22nd Aug, 2025
As we step into 2025, a year marked by a global emphasis on emerging strategies in computing, this workshop aligns with international priorities to build a resilient and inclusive technological future with a focus on Africa. It aims to explore cutting-edge computing technologies and their applications to advance AI and ML research in Africa. In this workshop, we will cover a wide range of topics; high-performance computing, quantum computing, green computing, neuromorphic computing, medical computing (federated learning), in-memory computing, and safe computing (cybersecurity). Through a blend of expert talks, interactive panels, and hands-on tutorials, participants will gain insights into leveraging advanced computing resources and methods for local and global challenges. The workshop seeks to foster collaboration, share knowledge, and equip participants with the skills and resources they need to drive innovation in Africa.
Speakers:
F.A. (Farhad) Merchant, Dr
Faculty of Science and Engineering
University of Groningen
Session Title: In-MemoryComputing – Opportunities & Challenges
Dr. Farhad is an Assistant Professor of Innovative Computer Architecture at the University ofGroningen's Bernoulli Institute. With a PhD from the Indian Institute ofScience, he specializes in emerging technology-based computing and hardware-oriented security. His work has earned multiple best paper awards at international conferences, and he has held positions at Newcastle University,RWTH Aachen, NTU, and Bosch Research. Dr. Farhad serves on technical committees for major industry conferences, is an associate editor for IEEE Embedded SystemLetters, and co-founded the annual SeHAS workshop focused on secure hardware architectures and software.
Prof. Kwabena Boahen
Professor of Bioengineering and of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Session Title: Neuromorphic Computing- Brain-Inspired Architectures for Scalable and Energy-Efficient AI
Dr. Kwabena Boahen is a Professor of Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. As founder of the Brains in Silicon Lab, he pioneers the intersection of neuroscience and engineering by creating computational models that link neuronal biophysics to cognitive behavior and developing neuromorphic chips that emulate brain function.
Dr. Boahen's groundbreaking work includes Neurogrid, an iPad-sized platform that emulates the cerebral cortex with unprecedented biological detail and scale. His research has been featured inScientific American and shared through his popular TED talk "A computer that works like the brain."
A recipient of the NIH Director's Pioneer Award and Packard Fellowship, Dr. Boahen is a Fellow of both the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the IEEE. His innovations have led to commercial applications through Femtosense Inc., a company spun out from his Stanford lab that is bringing neuromorphic computing technologies to market.
Petra Florizoone
Director, IBM Quantum
Global Partnerships & Business Development
Session Title: Future of Quantum Computing in Africa
As a Director at IBM, Petra leads the strategic partnerships and global sales for IBM Quantum, a cutting-edge technology that leverages quantum computing to solve complex problems. With over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, she has a proven track record of driving growth, innovation, and customer satisfaction. She is passionate about empowering businesses and individuals with quantum computing.
Kai-Hsin Hung
PhD Researcher HECMontreal
Research award fellow, IDRC
Session Title: Bridging the AI compute divide
Description: The growing AI divide signals the steep departures between global AI haves and have-nots. We see this divide in the skewed investments, capacities, access and ownership of AI infrastructure likeAI compute and their associated and underlying resources are dividing countries into Compute North, Compute South, and Compute Deserts areas. In this talk, we will share findings from our compute utilization survey with researchers and university labs, touching on access and capacity, and systematic review on how to move us towards more equal, responsible, and greener AI infrastructure and compute-related use cases.