NVIDIA is doubling down on Africa, eyeing Morocco as the continent’s next major AI hub just months after igniting the spark in South Africa.
The chip giant’s aggressive expansion follows its landmark June 2025 partnership with Cassava Technologies, which launched Africa’s first “AI factory” , a GPU-powered supercomputing beast in Johannesburg. Backed by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, the initiative has already deployed thousands of NVIDIA GPUs, with plans to roll out 12,000 more across Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and Morocco in a deal potentially worth $720 million.
Now, fresh reports reveal NVIDIA has pinpointed Morocco as a priority target. Delegations have visited Rabat, courting stakeholders amid the kingdom’s ambitious Digital Morocco 2030 strategy – a blueprint for massive skills training, sovereign cloud buildup, and AI integration in public services.
Why Morocco? Proximity to Europe, tax perks for tech giants, and blazing fiber links make it a perfect gateway bridging Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Analysts say this shift signals global players finally viewing Africa not as a data exporter, but a compute powerhouse training models locally to slash latency, boost sovereignty, and fuel homegrown innovation in healthcare, agriculture, and fintech.
“This is Africa refusing to miss the AI revolution,” says one expert. With NVIDIA’s GPUs powering the charge, the continent is racing from adopter to creator.
Cassava’s pan-African network anchors the strategy, delivering AI-as-a-Service on sustainable, low-latency infrastructure. As 2025 ends, NVIDIA’s bet is clear: Africa’s AI boom is just getting started and Morocco is next in line.
