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South Africa vs Africa

Neck and neck. Across 2 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.

LIVE RATIO tied SHARE OF WORLD · 2/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
01 — Share of world
South Africa 1/100 Africa 1/100 rest of world 98/100
Together = 2% of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇿🇦 South Africa
1/100
$723M · #13 of 40
🌍 Africa
1/100
$723M · #5 of 6
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
02 — Head-to-head
🇿🇦 South Africa
#13 of 40 · country
━━ vs ━━
Africa 🌍
#5 of 6 · region
$723M $723M FUNDING · tied 2 2 AI ORGS · tied
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = South Africa · BLUE = Africa
03 — Top AI organizations by funding
┌─ tile area ≈ funding · column width ≈ side total · all orgs shown ──────────────────────────── ┐
🇿🇦 South Africa 2/2 · $723M
🌍 Africa 2/2 · $723M
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE TILE AREA ∝ FUNDING
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