Regional training campus
Cape Town and Johannesburg racks are being upgraded to host curated checkpoints tuned for isiZulu, Sesotho, isiXhosa, Kiswahili, and Afrikaans workloads.
Phase 3 · February 2026
Building Africa's AI infrastructure
We paused engineering on the Africa Community project to focus on commercial rentals. Phase 3 resumes with a public go-live in February 2026—sovereign AI for the continent.
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Phase 3 pillars
Three focus areas that will define the next chapter of MafutaAI Africa.
Community contributor grid
Remote GPU onboarding, audit logging, and automated payouts are being rebuilt so hobbyists can donate idle compute while keeping full control.
Grounded assistance
Every chat experience will route through POPIA-compliant retrieval layers, keeping responses anchored in local policy, finance, and education datasets.
Roadmap
Key milestones on the path to launch.
Q1 2025
Foundation
Finalize data governance, POPIA compliance review, and contributor payment model.
Q3 2025
Grid activation
Bring the new provider grid online and run closed-loop rehearsals across two language families.
Feb 2026
Public launch
Public launch of MafutaAI Africa Phase 3 with chat, contributor, and roadmap tooling enabled.
Stay in the loop
Contributor beta resumes February 2026. Sign up to be notified when Phase 3 goes live.