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Silicon Valley’s biggest players are flush with cash and were able to fund much of the initial AI build-out from their own coffers.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told journalists on Friday that it seemed "like they were being flushed out".

"Now I'm an open book...six years ago, I couldn't even say the words periods without flushing red," she added.

A flush of money from these new investors has fired up some 43 start-up IPOs this year till the beginning of November.

Mr Maqoma showed the BBC a dark, unsanitary bathroom with a toilet that he said he flushes by pouring a bucket of water down it.