Africa: IBM Brings Its Quantum Computer Program to 16 African Universities

IBM launched its Quantum computer program in Africa today, announcing a partnership with South Africa's Wits University that will extend to 15 universities across nine countries.

Quantum -- or IBM Q, as the U.S.-based company calls it -- is a computer that uses quantum bits (or qubits) to top the capabilities of even the most advanced supercomputers.

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