Cassava and AXON launch Africa Operator-as-a-Service AI platform

Cassava Technologies and AXON Networks announced a strategic partnership to co-develop, deploy, and manage Africa’s first end-to-end Operator-as-a-Service (OaaS) platform.

• Main announcement: Cassava Technologies and AXON Networks will co-develop, deploy and manage an Africa-wide Operator-as-a-Service (OaaS) platform that integrates AXON’s AI-ready, real-time, multi-tenant, digital twin-enabled platform with Cassava’s high-speed fibre backbone (more than 110,000 km of terrestrial and submarine fibre) and AI-enabled data centers, targeting mobile network operators, LEO satellite providers and ISPs and enabling near real-time provisioning of customer networks.
• Background and details: The partnership was publicly announced at Counder Conference 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa (2026).
  • Event: Counder Conference 2026 — Cape Town, South Africa (2026)
  • Agenda / subject: Platform announcement and showcase to ~500 global investors, family office principals and corporate decision-makers; focus on AI-driven connectivity, digital twins, and private high-speed data infrastructure.
  • Additional details: AXON’s Digital Twin approach is described as creating a living, dynamic model of Cassava’s network to reduce operational complexity, accelerate service delivery, and introduce cost efficiencies. No specific financial commitments or timelines beyond the announcement were provided in the article.