Build 2026 kicks off in Abuja: Africa's continental push for shared AI compute infrastructure
ChinasaTOkolo · x · 2026-10-21
Build 2026, Africa's Shared Compute and AI Infrastructure Conference, runs October 21–22 in Abuja, Nigeria, hosted by the Nigeria AI Collective under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy. It tackles how Africa can build locally owned compute amid severe shortfalls in power, connectivity, bandwidth and human capital, with six thematic tracks and a roadmap for governments to incentivize African multinationals toward AI infrastructure and digital sovereignty. AI policy researcher Chinasa Okolo is attending and speaking on multiple panels.
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