🚀 Key Research
Co-SenseLLM deploys lightweight Semantic capabilities onto data collected from edge devices
Research shows generalist models need localized fine-tuning to be useful in aiding career guidance
The six-month plan for building the roots of AI sovereignty across South Africa
📅 Asoba Events
Revolutionizing Sustainability
Join our webinar to explore how Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing the energy sector by optimizing efficiency and enhancing renewable energy management. Discover how AI-driven solutions can reduce costs, improve grid stability, and accelerate decarbonization efforts across industries. (11 AM to 12:30 PM South African Standard Time, October 29, 2025)
Hear from Goutam Mondal, a Director at PwC, on how AI-powered applications are accelerating modernization in the energy sector.
Learn from Shingai Samudzi, Founder & CEO of Asoba, about pioneering AI-driven optimization for power grids and energy trading.
The session will be moderated by Dhevan Pillay, Group CEO of LTM Energy, a recognized leader in sustainability and renewable energy solutions.
🔥 AI, Energy, and Geopolitics
Africa
Nuclear Power Ghana is partnering with Regnum Technology Group to deploy small nuclear reactors.
Americas
US Dept of Energy quietly starting to acknowledge reality, continues rebranding of renewables to be more politically palatable
LLM makers keep trying to scrape Reddit, and Reddit keeps suing them
Feeding LLMs low-quality/high engagement social media content makes them dumber, so those lawsuits might actually be Reddit doing us all a favor
Asia
India pushes back on claims that it has stopped purchasing Russian oil…surprising no one.
Europe
European Aid agencies get into the AI slop game, using genAI to create poverty porn pictures for activism campaigns
Europe is slowly moving towards energy austerity.
🏆 Inside Asoba
October has been a busy month. From building an O&M channel partnership with LTM Energy in Johannesburg, South Africa, to engaging with The Black Table in Conyers, Georgia, USA on a USDA-funded agrivoltaics pilot project, we are demonstrating how predictive AI can be deployed in a cost/compute-effective way at the edge to support critical infrastructure across multiple countries.
COO and CoFounder Gertie (2nd from right) at the South Africa Energy Efficiency Conference in Johannesburg, RSA on October 3
Our 20kW pilot project in Conyers, GA, in partnership with The Black Table LLC and the US Dept of Agriculture, is under construction as of October 17
🌍 Heard Around the World
“For decades, businesses and individuals, particularly in emerging economies and industries, have struggled to access capital through legacy markets and organisations. Tokenisation actively removes these barriers”
Did You Know? Most analysts continue to expect upward pressure on U.S. electricity prices, many projecting 15-40% growth nationally by 2030 (!!!)
Till next time,