Ethiopian-based Gebeya Inc, a pan-African talent cloud technology company, yesterday announce plans to establish an ecosystem of 50,000 NVIDIA-certified developers in Africa.

This ambitious initiative aims to empower African developers with specialised skills in utilising NVIDIA technologies, enhancing growth and innovation in the region's tech industry, the company said.

It added that the initiative also seeks to bridge the skills shortage in Artificial Intelligence (AI) across Africa, addressing the pressing need for skilled professionals in the African tech industry.

“Africa has a large developer population with nearly unlimited opportunity in AI.” Wei Xiao, Nvidia director of developer relations. 

Xiao added: "Gebeya’s collaboration with NVIDIA in empowering African developers through upskilling will help position Africa as a hub for AI expertise, attracting investments and fostering global competitiveness in the tech sector.”

The collaboration will achieve its goals through a phased roll-out plan, with a proof of concept phase in year one, followed by an expansion across all African countries by year three, said Gebeya in a statement.

Amadou Daffe, CEO of Gebeya added: "Our collaboration will provide a centralised solution for fragmented tech communities, close the skills gap in AI technologies, accelerate industry growth and innovation, and position Africa as a center for NVIDIA expertise.”