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the installation of toll plazas on the tokens superhighway looms.

“Once the edge absorbs high-volume, context-heavy, privacy-sensitive work, the cloud stops being the default destination for every token and becomes a premium layer used deliberately.” substratesm.com/post/2026-05-2… The efficient frontier becomes efficiency-meets-#AI-frontier-models.

What happens after the laptop pays for itself? “The case for local AI is not that it replaces the cloud. [Rather], it changes the enterprise's negotiating position with the cloud.” TPO becomes the new weighted measure. Tokens per outcome, viz. [analysis/insight/judgment/action]

The full analysis is here. 36889091.streaklinks.com/C1gswaWDA-rd-U… Accompanying data dashboard here. 36889091.streaklinks.com/C1gswaWUFG1eRT…

The Asymmetric Shock: Why the 2026 #Fertilizer Crisis Hits Harder Than 2022 Core argument: in 2022, farmers had cash reserves, governments had fiscal room to intervene, and the humanitarian system could mount a response. In 2026, none of that holds. Link to analysis is below.

[Blog post] How to finance #Africa’s food systems: rethinking from first principles #climate #agriculture #foodsystems #afsforum2024

Great chatting w/ @adsinuk on all things venture capital, #entrepreneurship, nonlinear career paths, patiently earning one’s stripes, investing in underserved markets & underrepresented #founders, & giving back. Thanks in advance…lnkd.in/esK65Swr lnkd.in/es5_waNH

.SKYTV has inked a new deal w/ global distributor CAKE to broadcast YouTube Originals series #Supersema in the UK. Kukua’s series has already racked up 115m views across five language channels on YT, & now it's bringing its #STEA…lnkd.in/e8SuQemn lnkd.in/eg4s6FWu

April 18 is the 2nd anniversary of the passing of my beloved brother, Dr. Nowa Omoigui. Many know of him via his scholarship on civil-military relations in Nigeria (dawodu.com/contributors/n…). Pls join us as we honor him w/ a memorial lecture. Register: lnkd.in/eQK8JU_P

State of Global #Agriculture Markets - A Presentation By Gro Intelligence's CEO To The US CFTC's Agricultural Advisory Committee lnkd.in/eU7Pm4jD

Congrats to @susidammy and the Shuttlers team on raising $4m. lnkd.in/ek2wwwTp We are incredibly proud & honored to continue to back her. Excited to welcome Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures to the journey.

Thanks Emeka for inviting me to share my thoughts. I hope founders and investors find this helpful. lnkd.in/eDHVpi5K

Join us this Saturday, Feb 18, 2023 for an interactive discussion on ‘Venture Capital for African Startups.’ 1130am EST; 430pm GMT; 530pm WAT. Register for free @ . #vc #africa lnkd.in/ek-4WPtv

Pls join Sara Menker tomorrow, Friday February 17th, at 9:30 AM CET / 8:30 AM GMT, with Benedetta Berti-Alberti, Head of Policy Planning in the office of the NATO Secretary-General, & Niels Annen, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for…lnkd.in/esvGrstq

This is a very touching reminder why we set out to invest in #women founders when no one cared. lnkd.in/dQrAkbmD We continue to be honored to support amazing women founders playing offense. Thank you for the kind words June Odongo. lnkd.in/dBm2QTqZ

AI is the next frontier — but for whom? lnkd.in/e_fzGzqv A superb article in TechCrunch by Dominic-Madori Davis. Grateful to have been asked to share a few thoughts. Having led semantic technology investing back in my Intel…lnkd.in/eFYT62pH lnkd.in/ejBesUbs

Our investment in Senga Technologies lnkd.in/d3UTPGUi. lnkd.in/dAkFWRbH

#FII PRIORITY SUMMIT | NYC | #UNGA | Feeding the Planet: Solutions #climate #foodsecurity lnkd.in/eKxiQEdf

Congrats to Sara Menker! BloombergNEF Announces The New Economy Climate Technology Coalition lnkd.in/ei6FuNwD climate crisis The mission of the Coalition is to identify and rapidly scale the next generation of #climate-critical green technologie…lnkd.in/e6B2M5Qz