AfriLink is our light-weight SDK that enables seamless, programmatic access to H100 GPUs through a secure, interface-agnostic tunneling layer.
2.0/hr
AfriLink is our light-weight SDK that enables seamless, programmatic access to H100 GPUs through a secure, interface-agnostic tunneling layer.
2.0/hr
AfriLink is our light-weight SDK that enables seamless, programmatic access to H100 GPUs through a secure, interface-agnostic tunneling layer.
2.0/hr
AfriLink is our light-weight SDK that enables seamless, programmatic access to H100 GPUs through a secure, interface-agnostic tunneling layer.
2.0/hr
AfriLink
AfriLink is our light-weight SDK that enables seamless, programmatic access to H100 GPUs through a secure, interface-agnostic tunneling layer.
AfriLink
AfriLink is our light-weight SDK that enables seamless, programmatic access to H100 GPUs through a secure, interface-agnostic tunneling layer.
AfriLink
AfriLink is our light-weight SDK that enables seamless, programmatic access to H100 GPUs through a secure, interface-agnostic tunneling layer.
AfriLink
AfriLink is our light-weight SDK that enables seamless, programmatic access to H100 GPUs through a secure, interface-agnostic tunneling layer.
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AfriLink
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2.0/hr
AfriLink is our light-weight SDK that enables seamless, programmatic access to H100 GPUs through a secure, interface-agnostic tunneling layer.
Cloud notebook platform with customized African GPU backend. Interactive coding environment with local infrastructure for faster performance and data compliance.
1.8/hr
all countries
Cloud notebook platform with customized African GPU backend. Interactive coding environment with local infrastructure for faster performance and data compliance.
1.8/hr
all countries
Cloud notebook platform with customized African GPU backend. Interactive coding environment with local infrastructure for faster performance and data compliance.
1.8/hr
all countries
Cloud notebook platform with customized African GPU backend. Interactive coding environment with local infrastructure for faster performance and data compliance.
1.8/hr
all countries
AfriColab
Cloud notebook platform with customized African GPU backend. Interactive coding environment with local infrastructure for faster performance and data compliance.
AfriColab
Cloud notebook platform with customized African GPU backend. Interactive coding environment with local infrastructure for faster performance and data compliance.
AfriColab
Cloud notebook platform with customized African GPU backend. Interactive coding environment with local infrastructure for faster performance and data compliance.
AfriColab
Cloud notebook platform with customized African GPU backend. Interactive coding environment with local infrastructure for faster performance and data compliance.
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AfriColab
$
1.8/hr
Cloud notebook platform with customized African GPU backend. Interactive coding environment with local infrastructure for faster performance and data compliance.
AWS Educate
PROGRAM NAME
AWS Educate
ACCESS TYPE
No credit card required; global access
CREDIT AMOUNT
$75 - $100 in AWS credits (varies by country and student type)
DURATION
1 year, renewable
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
Students aged 13+; educators; must register with academic email or proof
NOTES
Includes 12 cloud learning pathways and downloadable content. Local data centers in South Africa improve latency.
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Oracle Academy
PROGRAM NAME
Oracle Academy
ACCESS TYPE
Free registration for educators and institutions
CREDIT AMOUNT
Oracle Cloud Free Tier + Always Free resources (2 AMD VMs, 1GB RAM, etc.)
DURATION
Ongoing
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
Students and educators globally
NOTES
Great for teaching SQL, Java, and enterprise cloud infrastructure.
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Google TPU Research Cloud (TRC)
PROGRAM NAME
Google TPU Research Cloud (TRC)
ACCESS TYPE
Application and proposal required; academic or nonprofit research only
CREDIT AMOUNT
Free TPU v2/v3/v4 compute (value: up to $20,000 per project)
DURATION
6–12 months per approved project
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
Professors, PhD students, nonprofit researchers
NOTES
Supports long-term, large-scale ML projects on advanced TPUs.
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Google Colab
PROGRAM NAME
Google Colab
ACCESS TYPE
Free with Google account
CREDIT AMOUNT
Free access to NVIDIA K80/TPUv2 for limited usage (approx. 12–24 hrs/day)
DURATION
Ongoing (auto resets usage limits)
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
Anyone with a Google account
NOTES
Ideal for ML tutorials, notebooks, and lightweight models.
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Microsoft Azure for Students
PROGRAM NAME
Microsoft Azure for Students
ACCESS TYPE
$100 free credits; no credit card required
CREDIT AMOUNT
$100 + 12 months of free Azure services
DURATION
12 months
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
Verified university students; 18+
NOTES
Free tools like Visual Studio Code, GitHub Student Pack integration, SA data center support.
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IBM SkillsBuild
PROGRAM NAME
IBM SkillsBuild
ACCESS TYPE
Free sign-up via academic or personal email
CREDIT AMOUNT
Free access to IBM courses
DURATION
Ongoing (lifetime access to SkillsBuild)
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
Students, educators, institutions; 16+ recommended
NOTES
Offline courses in AI, cybersecurity, data science; IBM partners with African NGOs.
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Google Cloud Platform Free Tier
PROGRAM NAME
Google Cloud Platform Free Tier
ACCESS TYPE
Google account + billing setup (no auto-charge)
CREDIT AMOUNT
$300 in trial credits + Always Free Tier (e.g., 1 f1-micro instance)
DURATION
90-day trial for $300 credits; Always Free continues after
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
New Google Cloud users only
NOTES
Supports compute, storage, BigQuery; credits usable on GPU/TPU with upgrades.
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Kaggle Kernels
PROGRAM NAME
Kaggle Kernels
ACCESS TYPE
Kaggle account required
CREDIT AMOUNT
Free access to NVIDIA Tesla P100/TPU v2 (up to 30 hours/week)
DURATION
Weekly quotas reset
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
All Kaggle users
NOTES
Ideal for competitions, prototyping, community sharing.
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AWS Free Tier + Spot Instances
PROGRAM NAME
AWS Free Tier + Spot Instances
ACCESS TYPE
AWS account with optional billing card
CREDIT AMOUNT
12-month Free Tier + low-cost spot pricing
DURATION
Free Tier: 12 months; Spot: indefinite
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
All AWS users globally
NOTES
GPU instances available via spot (e.g., g4dn); Trainium for model training.
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A subsidiary of Cassava; provides carrier-neutral data centers across the continent.
south-africa
A subsidiary of Cassava; provides carrier-neutral data centers across the continent.
south-africa
A subsidiary of Cassava; provides carrier-neutral data centers across the continent.
south-africa
A subsidiary of Cassava; provides carrier-neutral data centers across the continent.
south-africa
Africa Data Centres
A subsidiary of Cassava; provides carrier-neutral data centers across the continent.
Africa Data Centres
A subsidiary of Cassava; provides carrier-neutral data centers across the continent.
Africa Data Centres
A subsidiary of Cassava; provides carrier-neutral data centers across the continent.
Africa Data Centres
A subsidiary of Cassava; provides carrier-neutral data centers across the continent.
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Africa Data Centres
$
A subsidiary of Cassava; provides carrier-neutral data centers across the continent.
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iXAfrica
$
Major hyperscale-ready data center hub serving East Africa from Nairobi.
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Teraco
$
Africa’s largest carrier-neutral data center and interconnection hub.
Raxio Group
Building a network of carrier-neutral data centers across emerging African markets.
Raxio Group
Building a network of carrier-neutral data centers across emerging African markets.
Raxio Group
Building a network of carrier-neutral data centers across emerging African markets.
Raxio Group
Building a network of carrier-neutral data centers across emerging African markets.
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Raxio Group
$
Building a network of carrier-neutral data centers across emerging African markets.
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DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
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MainOne
$
Leading provider of telecom services and data centers in West Africa.
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DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
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Rack
$
High Density, AI-ready data centre
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CREDIT AMOUNT
DURATION
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Kasi Cloud
$
Building HPC, data sovereignty, and cloud infrastructure
Africa Compute Fund (ACF)
Invests in compute infrastructure for AI and tech startups across Africa.
Africa Compute Fund (ACF)
Invests in compute infrastructure for AI and tech startups across Africa.
Africa Compute Fund (ACF)
Invests in compute infrastructure for AI and tech startups across Africa.
Africa Compute Fund (ACF)
Invests in compute infrastructure for AI and tech startups across Africa.
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CREDIT AMOUNT
DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
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Africa Compute Fund (ACF)
$
Invests in compute infrastructure for AI and tech startups across Africa.
AI Grid Sol
Distributes high-performance AI compute resources via innovative grid solutions.
AI Grid Sol
Distributes high-performance AI compute resources via innovative grid solutions.
AI Grid Sol
Distributes high-performance AI compute resources via innovative grid solutions.
AI Grid Sol
Distributes high-performance AI compute resources via innovative grid solutions.
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CREDIT AMOUNT
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AI Grid Sol
$
Distributes high-performance AI compute resources via innovative grid solutions.
ATLANCIS (Servernah)
Operates Servernah, the first indigenous sovereign cloud platform in East Africa.
ATLANCIS (Servernah)
Operates Servernah, the first indigenous sovereign cloud platform in East Africa.
ATLANCIS (Servernah)
Operates Servernah, the first indigenous sovereign cloud platform in East Africa.
ATLANCIS (Servernah)
Operates Servernah, the first indigenous sovereign cloud platform in East Africa.
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ATLANCIS (Servernah)
$
Operates Servernah, the first indigenous sovereign cloud platform in East Africa.
Cassava Technologies
Pan-African group focused on digital infrastructure, fiber, and AI solutions.
Cassava Technologies
Pan-African group focused on digital infrastructure, fiber, and AI solutions.
Cassava Technologies
Pan-African group focused on digital infrastructure, fiber, and AI solutions.
Cassava Technologies
Pan-African group focused on digital infrastructure, fiber, and AI solutions.
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Cassava Technologies
$
Pan-African group focused on digital infrastructure, fiber, and AI solutions.
Serverless platform for training and deploying large-scale AI models efficiently.
south-africa
Serverless platform for training and deploying large-scale AI models efficiently.
south-africa
Serverless platform for training and deploying large-scale AI models efficiently.
south-africa
Serverless platform for training and deploying large-scale AI models efficiently.
south-africa
Cerebrium
Serverless platform for training and deploying large-scale AI models efficiently.
Cerebrium
Serverless platform for training and deploying large-scale AI models efficiently.
Cerebrium
Serverless platform for training and deploying large-scale AI models efficiently.
Cerebrium
Serverless platform for training and deploying large-scale AI models efficiently.
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Cerebrium
$
Serverless platform for training and deploying large-scale AI models efficiently.
EverseTech
Specializes in AI infrastructure and digital transformation for African markets.
EverseTech
Specializes in AI infrastructure and digital transformation for African markets.
EverseTech
Specializes in AI infrastructure and digital transformation for African markets.
EverseTech
Specializes in AI infrastructure and digital transformation for African markets.
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EverseTech
$
Specializes in AI infrastructure and digital transformation for African markets.
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CREDIT AMOUNT
DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
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Horus Labs
$
Rwandan-based lab building AI systems and infrastructure tailored for Africa.
Udu Technologies
Developing cloud-native solutions and AI infrastructure for the Nigerian market.
Udu Technologies
Developing cloud-native solutions and AI infrastructure for the Nigerian market.
Udu Technologies
Developing cloud-native solutions and AI infrastructure for the Nigerian market.
Udu Technologies
Developing cloud-native solutions and AI infrastructure for the Nigerian market.
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Udu Technologies
$
Developing cloud-native solutions and AI infrastructure for the Nigerian market.
Rydlr Cloud Services Ltd is developing a Tier IV Green Data Centre and hybrid GPU cloud network in Kenya, designed to anchor Africa's digital transformation through sovereign, sustainable, and high-performance computing.
kenya
Rydlr Cloud Services Ltd is developing a Tier IV Green Data Centre and hybrid GPU cloud network in Kenya, designed to anchor Africa's digital transformation through sovereign, sustainable, and high-performance computing.
kenya
Rydlr Cloud Services Ltd is developing a Tier IV Green Data Centre and hybrid GPU cloud network in Kenya, designed to anchor Africa's digital transformation through sovereign, sustainable, and high-performance computing.
kenya
Rydlr Cloud Services Ltd is developing a Tier IV Green Data Centre and hybrid GPU cloud network in Kenya, designed to anchor Africa's digital transformation through sovereign, sustainable, and high-performance computing.
kenya
Rydlr
Rydlr Cloud Services Ltd is developing a Tier IV Green Data Centre and hybrid GPU cloud network in Kenya, designed to anchor Africa's digital transformation through sovereign, sustainable, and high-performance computing.
Rydlr
Rydlr Cloud Services Ltd is developing a Tier IV Green Data Centre and hybrid GPU cloud network in Kenya, designed to anchor Africa's digital transformation through sovereign, sustainable, and high-performance computing.
Rydlr
Rydlr Cloud Services Ltd is developing a Tier IV Green Data Centre and hybrid GPU cloud network in Kenya, designed to anchor Africa's digital transformation through sovereign, sustainable, and high-performance computing.
Rydlr
Rydlr Cloud Services Ltd is developing a Tier IV Green Data Centre and hybrid GPU cloud network in Kenya, designed to anchor Africa's digital transformation through sovereign, sustainable, and high-performance computing.
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Rydlr
$
Rydlr Cloud Services Ltd is developing a Tier IV Green Data Centre and hybrid GPU cloud network in Kenya, designed to anchor Africa's digital transformation through sovereign, sustainable, and high-performance computing.
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AGE/ELIGIBILITY
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Waziup
$
Open-source IoT and cloud ecosystem designed for African developers.
Satylt is building a decentralized space computing platform that will revolutionize how satellite operators process and utilize satellite data.
ghana
Satylt is building a decentralized space computing platform that will revolutionize how satellite operators process and utilize satellite data.
ghana
Satylt is building a decentralized space computing platform that will revolutionize how satellite operators process and utilize satellite data.
ghana
Satylt is building a decentralized space computing platform that will revolutionize how satellite operators process and utilize satellite data.
ghana
Satylt
Satylt is building a decentralized space computing platform that will revolutionize how satellite operators process and utilize satellite data.
Satylt
Satylt is building a decentralized space computing platform that will revolutionize how satellite operators process and utilize satellite data.
Satylt
Satylt is building a decentralized space computing platform that will revolutionize how satellite operators process and utilize satellite data.
Satylt
Satylt is building a decentralized space computing platform that will revolutionize how satellite operators process and utilize satellite data.
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DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
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Satylt
$
Satylt is building a decentralized space computing platform that will revolutionize how satellite operators process and utilize satellite data.
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CREDIT AMOUNT
DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
NOTES
AWS
$
Leading global cloud provider with a dedicated region in Cape Town.
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DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
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Flapmax
$
Quantum Compute
Expanding infrastructure with a dedicated cloud region located in South Africa.
south-africa
Expanding infrastructure with a dedicated cloud region located in South Africa.
south-africa
Expanding infrastructure with a dedicated cloud region located in South Africa.
south-africa
Expanding infrastructure with a dedicated cloud region located in South Africa.
south-africa
Google Cloud
Expanding infrastructure with a dedicated cloud region located in South Africa.
Google Cloud
Expanding infrastructure with a dedicated cloud region located in South Africa.
Google Cloud
Expanding infrastructure with a dedicated cloud region located in South Africa.
Google Cloud
Expanding infrastructure with a dedicated cloud region located in South Africa.
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DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
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Google Cloud
$
Expanding infrastructure with a dedicated cloud region located in South Africa.
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DURATION
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Microsoft & G42
$
A massive partnership building geothermal-powered data centers in Kenya.
Offers comprehensive cloud services through Johannesburg and Cape Town regions.
south-africa
Offers comprehensive cloud services through Johannesburg and Cape Town regions.
south-africa
Offers comprehensive cloud services through Johannesburg and Cape Town regions.
south-africa
Offers comprehensive cloud services through Johannesburg and Cape Town regions.
south-africa
Microsoft Azure
Offers comprehensive cloud services through Johannesburg and Cape Town regions.
Microsoft Azure
Offers comprehensive cloud services through Johannesburg and Cape Town regions.
Microsoft Azure
Offers comprehensive cloud services through Johannesburg and Cape Town regions.
Microsoft Azure
Offers comprehensive cloud services through Johannesburg and Cape Town regions.
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CREDIT AMOUNT
DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
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Microsoft Azure
$
Offers comprehensive cloud services through Johannesburg and Cape Town regions.
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ACCESS TYPE
CREDIT AMOUNT
DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
NOTES
OpenAI
$
Provides API access for LLMs, powering AI innovation for African developers.
hybrid cloud, regulated industries, and specialized enterprise workloads (like SAP on IBM Power)
kenya
hybrid cloud, regulated industries, and specialized enterprise workloads (like SAP on IBM Power)
kenya
hybrid cloud, regulated industries, and specialized enterprise workloads (like SAP on IBM Power)
kenya
hybrid cloud, regulated industries, and specialized enterprise workloads (like SAP on IBM Power)
kenya
IBM
hybrid cloud, regulated industries, and specialized enterprise workloads (like SAP on IBM Power)
IBM
hybrid cloud, regulated industries, and specialized enterprise workloads (like SAP on IBM Power)
IBM
hybrid cloud, regulated industries, and specialized enterprise workloads (like SAP on IBM Power)
IBM
hybrid cloud, regulated industries, and specialized enterprise workloads (like SAP on IBM Power)
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CREDIT AMOUNT
DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
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IBM
$
hybrid cloud, regulated industries, and specialized enterprise workloads (like SAP on IBM Power)
PROGRAM NAME
ACCESS TYPE
CREDIT AMOUNT
DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
NOTES
Amini
$
Builds environmental data infrastructure using satellite imagery and AI.
PROGRAM NAME
ACCESS TYPE
CREDIT AMOUNT
DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
NOTES
ITU
$
UN agency facilitating digital infrastructure standards and connectivity growth.
Provides data-driven insights and compute infrastructure for Central African enterprises.
drc
Provides data-driven insights and compute infrastructure for Central African enterprises.
drc
Provides data-driven insights and compute infrastructure for Central African enterprises.
drc
Provides data-driven insights and compute infrastructure for Central African enterprises.
drc
Yamify
Provides data-driven insights and compute infrastructure for Central African enterprises.
Yamify
Provides data-driven insights and compute infrastructure for Central African enterprises.
Yamify
Provides data-driven insights and compute infrastructure for Central African enterprises.
Yamify
Provides data-driven insights and compute infrastructure for Central African enterprises.
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ACCESS TYPE
CREDIT AMOUNT
DURATION
AGE/ELIGIBILITY
NOTES
Yamify
$
Provides data-driven insights and compute infrastructure for Central African enterprises.