The search is backed by Andile Ngcaba, the founder and Executive Chairman of Convergence Partners Investments, and a host of Africa's leading deeptech companies.
For Mistral AI, a key European challenger to US giants like OpenAI and Google, the collaboration provides a significant foothold in a rapidly emerging market.
A Nigerian fintech raised $2.6m from marquee investors, promised its employees fair treatment, and then shut down. A Nigerian court has spent two years untangling what it left behind.