Africa has 1.3× more funding but Oceania has more orgs. Across 4 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
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#1 = Africa RATIO 1.3×SHARE OF WORLD · 2/100UPDATED 2026-05-08
01 — Share of world
Africa 1/100Oceania 1/100rest of world 98/100
Together =
2%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🌍 Africa
1/100
$723M · #5 of 6
🌏 Oceania
1/100
$550M · #6 of 6
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
02 — Head-to-head
🌍Africa
#5 of 6 · region
━━ vs ━━
Oceania🌏
#6 of 6 · region
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R)PINK = Africa · BLUE = Oceania
note — Africa runs 1.3× more AI capital than Oceania. Whether that translates to frontier compute is what the next chart shows.
— ai-race-map · methodology @ /m
03 — Top AI organizations by funding
┌─ tile area ≈ funding · column width ≈ side total · all orgs shown ──────────────────────────── ┐
🌍Africa2/2 · $723M
🌏Oceania2/3 · $550M
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE AFRICA RUNS 1.3× OCEANIA