Oji Udezue's $10M Enzi Prize aims to cut AI costs for Africa

Former Typeform and Calendly CPO Oji Udezue launched the Enzi Prize, a $10 million purse within a roughly $14 million initiative. It targets cutting frontier-model inference costs from about $50 to $5 per million tokens while making AI fluent in African languages and contexts.

• Prize purse is $10M within a roughly $14M initiative
• Goal: cut inference cost from ~$50 to ~$5 per 1M tokens
• Winners keep IP but must publish a royalty-free version for Africa
• Purse is not fully funded; winning may take 3–6 years