Cassava strengthens its African AI position with key Anthropic tie up

US AI giant Anthropic has announced that it has selected Cassava Technologies as its reseller for the African market, bringing one of the most important companies in the AI era to Africa for the first time.

Anthropic, which is expected to go public through an IPO that could value it at more than US$2 trillion, specialises in AI solutions for large businesses, such as banks and mobile operators, as well as governments. Some of its AI products are so advanced that the US government has restricted their use outside the United States. Anthropic’s products are the Rolls-Royce of AI, favoured by organisations that place a high premium on safety and data protection.

“What matters to our customers is being able to use AI in their business, and that starts with access to the best models,” said Mr Hardy Pemhiwa, president and Group CEO of Cassava Technologies.

“Bringing Anthropic’s Claude to them through Amazon Bedrock delivers on this need, which is supported by the infrastructure, partnerships and services African businesses need to adopt them responsibly and take a greater part in the digital economy,” he said.

Cassava Technologies will offer the services alongside another US technology giant, Amazon, through Amazon’s Bedrock platform.

Cassava is uniquely positioned across Africa, with a distribution presence spanning more than 40 countries. The company – which was founded by tech billionaire Strive Masiyiwa – is the only operator in Africa of NVIDIA AI data centres, known as AI factories. These produce tokens that AI chatbots consume as they process information to generate intelligent responses.

Unlike mobile operators, which serve consumers directly, Cassava Technologies is a dedicated technology company whose customers are large businesses, including mobile operators. Multinationals operating in Africa also rely on the company to support their complex technology solutions.

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