Startup Village Nigeria 3.0 was one for the books! For 5 days, we brought together the brightest Nigerian founders, developers, traders, creators and builders to build better products, get honest feedback, sharpen their skills, find distribution, and create value. Huge appreciation to everyone who showed up, contributed, and made this possible. We’ll see you next year at Startup Village Nigeria 4.0 🫡

Africa’s next financial era is moving onchain. @Nectar_finance is the self-custodial, all-in-one financial app on Solana bringing global banking-like services, crypto and tokenized real-world assets into one seamless experience. Save. Move money. Invest. Access global markets. Own your assets. And now, NectarFi is bringing Africa’s biggest IPOs onchain through Solana, opening a new way for users to access traditional financial markets using modern financial rails.

Starting today, Nigeria’s capital markets meet Solana 🔥

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Top 3 announcements from Solana Summit Nigeria 2026 🇳🇬

Solana Summit Nigeria 2026 is live 🥳🥳 youtube.com/live/ukDTKvTO3KM…

Speaker Announcement 🗣️ Excited to welcome Feranmi Ajetomobi to the #SolanaSummitNigeria 2026 stage 🥳 Feranmi is the Director of Growth @usetimon, focused on driving adoption for stablecoin-powered travel cards and building data-driven go-to-market systems across the Global South.

It’s Solana Summit Nigeria 2026 Week! Last week, the Nigerian Solana ecosystem spent another week proving that local talent can compete on the global stage. Here's everything you might have missed: 📰 Headline News – @SolanaFndn featured @Chinaecherem, founder of @Nectar_finance, on its "Solana is Global" podcast with @afscott. – Two SuperteamNG members were among the winners at the @TXODDSOfficial World Cup Hackathon. TxAgent, built by @XaidenLabs, secured third place in the Trading Tools & Agent Track, while Chum Bucket, built by @HeIsJoel0x, received an honourable mention in the Prediction Markets & Settlement Track. – Solana @EcosystemCall featured @Nectar_finance and also spotlighted @evolutionapp_. – We announced Peace Audu-Ukpoju, Chief Product Officer at @ZyntaFinance; Toria Dickson, Growth Lead at @PantaHQ; Amaefule Prince Covenant, Marketing and Distribution Lead at @roamapp; and Ify Ezugwu, User Experience Researcher and a @Solmanatdao member, as speakers for #SolanaSummitNigeria 2026. – We announced @RaenestApp and @roqqupay as the latest sponsors of #SolanaSummitNigeria 2026. 📰 Launches & Ecosystem – @mctursh built Slate, an open-source tool that makes historical Solana account states queryable at any past slot. – @Sentrii_io, in collaboration with SuperteamNG, announced the Startup Security Workshop Series, a practical bi-weekly programme designed to help founders and startup teams strengthen their operational security and incident resilience. 📰 Community & Milestones – Winners of the “TXODDS World Cup Hackathon Nigeria Bounty” were announced: 🥇 @HeIsJoel0x 🥈 @Fanfield_app 🥉 @Ada_ezemba 4️⃣ @Praise_Prodigyy 5️⃣ @angry__pacifist – We announced the Solana Summit Nigeria 2026 Welcome Mixer, a celebration of the people, culture and community that continue to shape the ecosystem. – @callmeFeyi_ hosted July's edition of Earn Winners Circle, featuring @Asiel_amaka, who shared practical lessons from winning bounties and building a career as a writer in the ecosystem. – @dev_tochukwu, founder of @Paj_cash, alongside @furenotfury, hosted an X Space to engage community members, gather feedback from users and discuss the platform's journey. What did we miss, and what are you shipping this week?