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Evolution was acquired by Nuvion, a global banking platform, Nigeria ranked among the top three countries by registrations for the Colosseum Crypto World's Fair Hackathon, and two Nigerian builders won Solana's Stocklana competition. Here’s a snapshot of what you missed last week: 📰 Headline News – @evolutionapp_, founded by SuperteamNG member @timmyisagod, was acquired by @ournuvion, a global banking platform. The entire evolution team will all join Nuvion as part of the acquisition deal. – Nigerian builders continued to make their mark across the ecosystem, with Nigeria ranking among the top three countries by registrations for the @colosseum Crypto World's Fair Hackathon. – Out of 604 submissions, two Nigerian builders, @NnadiJoshuaC and @0x_beni_, emerged as winners of @solana Stocklana competition 📰 Launches & Ecosystem – @auroraisnear Intents Deposits is live on @Nectar_finance, letting users deposit from any chain to one address and receive USDC or USDT on @solana, powered by @near_intents. – Week 2 of the @PantaHQ x @Nectar_finance Trading Competition recorded over $200K in trading volume. 📰 Community & Milestones – We hosted an X Space led by @Nonso_Obiefule, featuring @NzubeEzudo, SuperteamNG Lead, and @timmyisagod, founder of @evolutionapp_, to discuss the acquisition, its impact on the team and ecosystem, and what comes next. – @Nonso_Obiefule, SuperteamNG Lead, was one of the speakers at @RaenestApp Exchange, where he spoke about stablecoins on Solana. – @NzubeEzudo, SuperteamNG Lead, was featured on Episode 33 of “THE GOOD WOOD SHOW” by @the_mindfolk. – The latest episode of the Startup Village Nigeria 3.0 Founder Podcast Series featured @Chrisasek from @usechatdex and @friedaDcreator from @use_reviewhq. What did we miss, and what are you shipping this week?

“Root wallet is beyond a traditional wallet where you can only hold and trade token, Root has Orbit feature where users can visit Web 2 platforms and checkout with Crypto.” Startup Village Nigeria 3.0 Founder Podcast Series, featuring @psoliteSol from @RootwalletHQ.

“Formation is an app which lets the stocks you own on Solana interesting. It works by targeting football, basketball or American football and organizing your stocks into teams. Formation is gamifying stocks trading and you get points based on how your stocks perform when compared to the market.” Startup Village Nigeria 3.0 Founder Podcast Series, featuring @AntoniNeutron from @formation_sol.

“Zizz is a stablecoin to Naira rails platform, Zizz has reserves that are well trusted as well as anti-money laundering implementation.” Startup Village Nigeria 3.0 Founder Podcast Series, featuring @timmy_adeyeloja from @usezizz.

Building is only half the job. Distribution is what gets you into the market 🚀 Day 2 of Startup Village Nigeria 3.0 was spent unpacking what it takes to get products in front of the right users, build strong go-to-market engines, and turn great ideas into products people discover, adopt and keep using.

Builders showed up, ideas flew, pitches got sharper, and new connections were made. From pitches to conversations that could turn into the next big collaboration, the Solana Builders’ Tour brought the South East ecosystem together in Enugu. The tour wrapped up with practical insights for Solana Crypto World’s Fair hackathon builders on GTM, distribution, and scaling beyond the hackathon.

Startup Village Nigeria 3.0 is here! 5 days of building, connecting, learning, pitching and pushing the limits of what’s possible. If you’re a builder, founder or developer, this is where you want to be. 🌐 Open to builders and founders across blockchain ecosystems, including Solana, Tempo, Ethereum L1, HyperCore/HyperEVM, Arbitrum One, Base, Zcash and Robinhood Chain. 🗓️ 5th - 9th October 2026 📍 Abuja, Nigeria

The Dangote IPO became a major onchain milestone last week, with more than ₦18M in purchases flowing through NectarFi on Solana. New ecosystem integrations and builder initiatives continued to expand the activity across Nigeria’s Solana ecosystem, with more support for builders ahead of Crypto World’s Fair. Here’s a snapshot of what happened across the Nigerian Solana ecosystem last week: 📰 Headline News – The Dangote Refinery IPO ($DPRI) went live on @Nectar_finance, powered by @GetEquity, and @Corre_hq, giving investors access to Africa’s biggest IPO onchain. – ₦18 million+ worth of Dangote IPO shares have been purchased on @Nectar_finance via @Solana, accounting for 89.4% of the onchain share, issued by @GetEquity. – @solana, @SolanaFloor and @superteam spotlighted @Nectar_finance as the Dangote Refinery IPO opened to stablecoin subscriptions on Solana. – Solana Builders’ Tour heads to South-East Nigeria on September 25, with @blockhubafrica hosting builders for a day of learning, connection and building. 📰 Launches & Ecosystem – @seedless_wallet announced its upcoming launch, offering a dollar-to-naira money app for people paid in dollars, without P2P transfers or third-party apps holding their funds. – @tradeonlockin announced a partnership with @paj_cash, allowing Nigerian users to onramp and offramp crypto to naira directly from the Lockin app. – @BlockchainLASU collaborated with @Solana and @college_xyz, with @sw3paz_sol representing Solana at the event. Students took part in interactive sessions and games, set up their Solana wallets and explored products across the ecosystem. – @PantaHQ listed a dedicated SideTrack on @SuperteamEarn for the @colosseum Crypto World’s Fair Hackathon, inviting builders to integrate its Prediction Market API into their own products, with $5,000 in prizes up for grabs. 📰 Community & Milestones – @Nonso_Obiefule, Lead of SuperteamNG, hosted @OsemudiamenOG of @hisanigeria, @sinzubaba of @GetEquity and @dannySimpl3r of @Nectar_finance for a YouTube and X session, exploring how Solana-powered products are expanding access to local equities, global markets and real-world assets. – @NzubeEzudo announced the return of the Pitch Clinic as part of founder support for the @colosseum Crypto World’s Fair hackathon, giving founders an opportunity to pitch their products and receive feedback. – @SEBchainGamesWK 2026 announced @dannySimpl3r, CEO and Co-founder of @Nectar_finance, as its first speaker for a session on Internet Capital Markets. – @inspiration_gx published an X article on the best way to have quorum-based action for protocol design. What did we miss, and what are you shipping this week?

The Solana Builders’ Tour is coming to South East - Enugu! Join us at Blockchain Hub Africa on September 25 for a day of building, networking, and discovering opportunities across the Solana ecosystem. Already building on Solana or coming from another chain? Pull up. Get ready for Colosseum’s Crypto World’s Fair and your next big build. 📍 Blockchain Hub Africa, Enugu 📅 September 25, 2026. Register: luma.com/6h7v7xsn

It’s Official 🥳 The SuperteamNG Crypto World's Fair Hackathon side track is now LIVE! 🔥 🥇$2,500 🥈$1,500 🥉$1,000 This listing is a side track dedicated to Nigerian projects built under the supervision of SuperteamNG during the 4-week hackathon period 👇🏿