Workshop: Designing Africa’s First Full-Stack Growth Zone for AI/Data Companies
👋 About the Event
We’re bringing together a curated group of founders, infrastructure providers, researchers, investors, legal experts, and ecosystem builders to help design Africa’s first full-stack growth zone for AI and data companies.
This is not another panel or pitch day.
It’s a working session where we map real friction points (compute, storage, regulation, talent), surface shared infrastructure ideas, and collaboratively shape the future of AI infrastructure on the continent.
🌍 Why This Matters
Africa has the problems AI can solve, but not yet the infrastructure to build the solutions.
If we don’t design it for ourselves, we’ll keep:
Shipping our data abroad
Losing talent to foreign companies
Paying a premium to build in someone else’s ecosystem
Itana is changing that, and this workshop is your chance to shape what gets built.
🧩 Who Should Attend
This is a curated gathering of stakeholders working at the frontier of AI and data in Africa:
Founders & CTOs of AI/data companies
GPU, cloud, and storage infrastructure providers
AI/ML researchers and academics
Talent development platforms & engineering leaders
Investors in AI, frontier tech, and digital infra
Legal/regulatory professionals shaping data & AI governance
🎯 What to Expect
A focused, interactive working session — no panels, just real conversations
Thematic roundtable discussions
Opportunities to join as pilot companies or infrastructure partners
Early access to the Itana AI/Data Hub rollout
🚀 Outcomes We're Driving Toward
Tangible partnerships across compute, storage, regulation, and talent
A first wave of pilot companies testing infrastructure in the zone
Shared infrastructure ideas like local LLM pools, data lakes, and GPU credits
A co-created blueprint for what a scalable African AI zone should look like
This is an invite-only session with limited seats to enable deep work and meaningful collaboration.
If you're building in or supporting the AI/data ecosystem in Africa, we want your voice in the room.