According to the firm’s regional manager of Sub-Saharan Africa, Ms. Amrote Abdella, who spoke on Tuesday, the new office was launched in Lagos State. Abdella said the company chose Lagos because it “offers a highly skilled and creative talent pool, and the area is home to many fast-growing startups and notable Nigerian enterprises leading the way in digital innovation.” She said the move was part of AWS’s support for the growing number of customers and...

British pharmaceuticals producer GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to buy late-stage biopharmaceutical company Sierra Oncology. GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday that it would pay 55 dollars per share of common stock in cash, representing an approximate total equity value of 1.9 billion dollars. The acquisition is to be carried out through a one-step merger in which the outstanding shares of Sierra Oncology will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive 55 dollars per share in cash....