At the start of 2026, Nigeria accounted for 67% of active Solana developers in Africa.
Three months later, we have built a functioning internet capital market; onchain yield accessible from anywhere, naira settlement in real time, and millions of dollars in transactions processed.
Here's the Q1 breakdown 🧵
Meet Our Speakers:
Startup Village Nigeria 2026 - VC Section.
Ryan Kamalu Uche-Tasie is an Included VC Fellow and an Intelligence & Operations Analyst at @lavavc_, where he works across sourcing, diligence, and investment analysis for early-stage African startups.
@theucheedeoga leads Africa operations at @HashedEM, a web3 fund, where he focuses on backing and supporting high-potential founders across the continent.
Today, we’re launching FossaPay.
Build and scale neobanks and fintech products without stitching multiple providers together.
Create NGN virtual accounts, run stablecoin wallets, automate collections, and process instant payouts all through one clean API.
Meet Our Speakers:
Startup Village Nigeria 2026 - Product Section.
@timmyisagod is the founder & CEO of @evolutionapp_, a global payments platform that connects emerging markets to the world, he is on a mission to make global financial services accessible to the next billion in emerging markets.
@Chinaecherem is the founder of @Nectar_finance, which empowers users to send, receive, save, and invest globally with the speed and security of Solana blockchain technology and fully self-custodial wallets, while enjoying the familiar experience of traditional banking.
Crypto built the rails.
Culture brings the crowd.
You don’t grow by being seen.
You grow by being felt.
AprilFull sits where tech meets real people.
The question is, is your brand in the room??
That smile is proof.
Proof that Web3 can feel alive.
They said crypto is charts and noise,we turned it into energy and culture.
If crypto feels boring to you, you obviously haven’t been to AprilFull.
GM ✨
It started with just a simple idea.
That what if blockchain education and adoption didn’t feel cold or complicated?
So we built @AprilFullShow, a space where technology meets culture, and where learning feels alive.
The response over the past three years?
A sold-out auditorium.
Real impact.
A standard redefined.
Now, we move forward, deliberately, again.
This next chapter isn’t about doing more.
It’s about doing better, bigger, and doing it with the right partners.
We’re inviting brands, projects, and ecosystems who don’t just seek visibility, but want to stand with culture, innovation, and the future of Web3 in Africa.
Special appreciation to our partners and key sponsors from the last edition:
@BitgetWalletAF@AvaxTeam1@AssetChainComm@ventafricaapp
If your brand believes in impact, relevance, and community,
this is where you belong.
Let’s build the next chapter together.
DOUBLE BOUNTY ALERT: $200 Up For Grabs!
Stallion community, we just listed TWO HUGE BOUNTIES:
@Cartwey_app (Self-Checkout Innovation)
@FastBuka (Blockchain Food Delivery)
Each bounty features a $100 USD GLO prize for the top content creator!
That's a total prize pool of $200 USD GLO available for your best video content.
This is your prime opportunity to showcase your skills, earn a major reward, and get verifiable Proof-of-Work on the Stellar ecosystem.
APPLY & DELIVER YOUR BEST WORK NOW:
click link to apply and deliver
(https://t.co/pAvAgAYRHI)
(https://t.co/AobS429nyx)
Like & Retweet to spread the word. Who will win both? 🏆
#Stellar #CryptoBounty #VideoContent #Stallion
Witnessing the CRAZIEST run on X.
@TatsukionETH hit 20k followers milestone in just 2 weeks.
This NFT collection is straight-up community-powered chaos, blending thunder traits, flaming traits, and even Lionel-to-Ronaldo vibes!
@TatsukionETH is bringing both meme culture, hype culture, and real identity to the NFT space again.
Congrats on 20k milestones @TatsukionETH.
P.S: Those sleek designs? All by me.
Make NFTs Great Again📌