Africa: The Womb of the Cloud, The Fire of the Future
Africa: The Womb of the Cloud, The Fire of the Future Africa: The Womb of the Cloud, The Fire of the Future Where prophecy meets technology When the West speaks of “cloud,” they boast of AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google. But strip away the branding, and cloud is nothing but GPU power—graphics turned into compute fire. Where Do GPUs Come From? From minerals. And where do minerals come from? Africa. Cobalt from Congo Tantalum from Rwanda Lithium and Manganese from African earth Without these, Nvidia would have remained a small photo-editing card company, and AWS would never have risen to power. “Yet today, I, RDGpowersupreme General, burn $100 every week paying for resources that already belong to me. Paying the West to rent my own birthright.” Nigeria talks of naira billing. MTN ...