Seekr Technologies and MTN Digital Infrastructure Sign MoU to Accelerate AI Adoption Across Africa
The partnership aims to translate this potential into tangible value for businesses, governments, and communities by accelerating the integration of AI capabilities into Africa’s digital infrastructure.
Seekr Technologies, US-headquartered, leading artificial intelligence company, and MTN Digital Infrastructure (commercially known as Bayobab), an MTN Group company specialising in next-generation connectivity and solutions across Fibre, data centres, and communication platforms, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to unlock AI-driven insights for enterprise enablement and public sector transformation.
Independent analysis from SAP estimates that AI could add US$1.5 trillion to Africa’s economy by 2030. The partnership aims to translate this potential into tangible value for businesses, governments, and communities by accelerating the integration of AI capabilities into Africa’s digital infrastructure.
The SeekrFlow AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) platform will enable MTN Digital Infrastructure to quickly and cost-effectively deploy and scale AI models that will augment and enhance existing and future digital and connectivity services. The partnership is focused on opportunities to enable digital governance, citizen engagement, and public safety in the public sector, while unlocking AI-driven insights for financial services, logistics, and energy in the enterprise space leveraging MTN Digital Infrastructure Data Centers Investment Programs.
“Our partnership with Seekr represents an important step in exploring the transformative potential of AI to accelerate Africa’s digital evolution. We see tremendous opportunity in embedding intelligent technologies across our digital infrastructure and services, enabling enterprise innovation and meaningful digital progress. This collaboration unlocks new possibilities for scalable impact across both public and private sectors across the continent.”
– Mazen Mroué, CEO, MTN Digital Infrastructure
“We are excited about this collaboration with MTN Digital Infrastructure, in which our teams will deep-dive into providing AI-enabled capabilities to private and public sector entities across Africa. Accurate, trustworthy AI outputs are essential to millions of decisions that African businesses and organisations make every day. Both organisation’s commitment to customer-centric innovation makes this a natural partnership to unlock technology with the potential to deliver meaningful value to business and communities.”
– Rob Clark, President, Seekr
