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Nigeria Commissions LOS1 and Backs It With Sovereign Wealth as West Africa's AI Cloud Race Begins

Nigeria's Kasi LOS1 data center has been commissioned alongside a Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) funding commitment, combining state capital, hyperscale compute, and subsea cable infrastructure for the first time. The National Cloud Policy 2025 and Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 provide the regulatory frame. Nigerian and West African AI companies could access local hyperscale compute within 6 to 18 months, reducing dependence on European and US cloud providers.

LM Salvado•May 21, 2026

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Pharma Pipeline Catalysts and M&A Heat Up as AI-Designed Drugs Enter the Clinic

Late-September 2026 brought a dense run of clinical readouts: Novo Nordisk's CagriSema data at EASD, Lilly's ADtouch results for EBGLYSS, and Merck's tulisokibart Phase 2b result. Lilly's $2.9B Merida Biosciences acquisition and the 2026-11-14 FDA PDUFA date for ivonescimab sit alongside these as the main deal and regulatory events. AI-designed drugs such as rentosertib, and speculative AI-linked trial ventures such as QAIAx, are moving from hype toward clinical validation. Broader AI-sector regulatory and legal friction (Tesla Cybercab probe, xAI Minnesota ruling, OpenAI lawsuits) shows rising scrutiny that could spill into AI-driven healthcare.

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EPKINLY Regulatory-Clinical Success Cascade

High probability of expanded label indications, additional combination approvals, and competitive positioning strength in follicular lymphoma market. Predicts positive commercial uptake and potential accelerated review for related indications.

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Both facts record the same metric (shares_outstanding) for ING Group at the identical observation date (2025-12-31). FACT A states 2,902,437,688 shares; FACT B states 2,902 million shares (2,902,000,000). The difference is 437,688 shares (~0.015%). This is a genuine value conflict, though the discrepancy appears to result from FACT B rounding to the nearest million while FACT A provides the precise count.

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