Africa Compute Fund

"The future of AI is defined by control over compute. At ACF, we're building the infrastructure, frameworks, and systems that empower startups, governments, and innovators across the continent to access this critical infrastructure at scale. Secure, affordable, and designed for Africa's long-term growth and independence."

Africa Compute Fund (ACF) is building a sovereign, GPU-powered compute network across Africa, designed to democratize access to high-performance AI infrastructure for startups, enterprises, governments and research institutions. Founded by Ian Wambai, an AI infrastructure specialist with deep experience in compute-as-a-service platforms, ACF addresses one of Africa's most urgent challenges: the limited access to affordable, localized GPU compute. Through its flagship platform Monarch, ACF provides GPU-as-a-Service, enabling clients to train, fine-tune, and deploy AI models at a fraction of the cost of global hyperscalers. Its architecture integrates localized GPU clusters, colocation in Tier III data centers, and energy-efficient power systems, delivering low-latency, sustainable compute to AI-driven industries such as fintech, healthcare, agriculture and research. Selected for both the AI Hub's Infrastructure Builder and Compute Ready programmes, ACF is expanding Nairobi's first large-scale GPU supercluster to Nigeria and South Africa, while already providing compute coverage in 20+ African countries. ACF is seeking partnerships that enable direct alignment with ministries and regulatory bodies, development banks, and private-sector leaders to deploy compute resources across Africa. ACF is designing and implementing the frameworks, operational systems, and strategic partnerships that will underpin Africa's AI ecosystem for the decades to come, systems that governments, businesses, and innovators across the continent will rely on to access AI at scale.