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ICYMI: 🇳🇬Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) dropped new rules forcing dollar stablecoins onshore and pulling P2P crypto trading directly into foreign exchange controls.

Existing operators have 30 days to register and 180 days to submit complete license applications, while unlicenced operations face heavy daily fines starting at ₦100 million.

🇪🇬Enzo’s new fund round was led by 4X Ventures with new backing from British International Investment (BII), alongside follow-on investments from Quona Capital and Algebra Ventures to expand its product line into new markets where digitizing payments is a priority as well as securing essential local licenses.

🇰🇪WayaWaya’s new partnership allows users open multi-currency accounts, make local and international transfers, and pay utility bills under Central Bank of Kenya regulation while Choice Bank provides the regulated banking infrastructure (APIs and foreign exchange) and WayaWaya builds the tech and manages the customer experience.

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Yellow Card officially acquired Brazilian crypto firm GoMoney, marking a massive expansion into Latin America.

The deal establishes Yellow Card's direct footprint in Brazil, allowing the company to offer local collections and disbursements in Brazilian reais via channels like Pix, alongside stablecoin settlements. 

GoMoney will continue to be led by its founders under new ownership as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

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Caleb Iwuoha (@IwuohaCaleb), the founder of Acecore Incorporations, joins Fatu Ogwuche on Tech This Week Live.

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Gaming is having a moment in Africa right now. Congratulations to @riseoffearless!

They raised $1 million from Mauritius based investment firm, Epic.

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Samuel-Biyi Laolu (@samuel_biyi), co-founder of Busha joins us live to discuss innovative financial Solutions.

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Joining us live on Tech This Week is the CEO of Grey, Idorenyin Obong (@kingidee).

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Catch Nnanna Ijezie, the founder of Fintech is Easy (@fintechiseasy), live on Tech This Week

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Nigerian health-tech startup Helium Health secured a massive $2.5 million grant from https://t.co/5G4FM5UZya to deploy clinical AI models for maternal healthcare.

It is the sole African recipient selected among 15 global innovators in the $30M https://t.co/5G4FM5UZya Impact Challenge.

Helium Health is using AI via its HeliumMum initiative to help pregnant women identify health risks early and connect them with quality care.

With Nigeria accounting for nearly three in every ten maternal deaths globally, the project aims to reach 1.9 million women over three years and drive a 30% reduction in maternal mortality.

This initiative bridges the gap between technology and public health, proving how AI can directly save lives across communities.

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@safayaike @EbukaArinze_ @MadicaVC You can watch Day 1 here➡️ https://t.co/x9Sywg65nw

Day 2- https://t.co/v8otrNtxow

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Ebuka Arinze @EbukaArinze_ , Chief Product Officer, Kredete joins us live at Good Tech Live.

Good Tech Live is sponsored by @MadicaVC

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Big moves in African stablecoins! 🚀

Gillian Darko ( @GillianDarko ) is now Vice President, Head of Africa at Circle, stepping up to lead the company's regional expansion.

After serving as Group Vice President of Strategy at Yellow Card where she helped build the revenue organization, form major institutional partnerships across 20+ markets, and drive key regulatory milestones across Africa, Europe, and North America — she’s taking her deep expertise in stablecoins and digital assets to lead USDC's growth on the continent.

One clear signal: Circle is doubling down on Africa as a critical growth frontier for stablecoins and digital finance. 

Congratulations Gillian!

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🚀Cross-border fintech Grey secured an International Money Transfer Operator (IMTO) licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The IMTO licence gives Grey a direct route to process inbound foreign money transfers and pay out Nigerian recipients in Naira. 

This milestone follows Grey’s recent launch of Paycheck- a multi-currency account for remote workers and freelancers, expanding its offerings across accounts, cards, savings, and credit for over 3 million users worldwide. 

Grey officially joins an increasingly crowded market of over 108 direct CBN-approved operators competing to streamline how money flows into Nigeria.

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SPOTTED: Shalom Rayhamen
@Shalom_HeyEliy
, Vatar co-founder (Lagos Life), in Lagos after reports by Condia that the startup is raising $2.5M pre-seed talks at $15M val — weeks after $500k at $10M.

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SPOTTED: Laolu Samuel-Biyi @samuel_biyi , Busha co-founder, in Lagos after completing his PhD thesis on Blockchain-Based Tokenization in Emerging Markets.

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Ticketlify (@TicketlifyonX ) has gone global, rolling out ticketing in Naira, Pounds, US and Canadian dollars across more than 20 countries, with new tools that let event organisers earn from ticketing instead of paying for it.
Here’s what changes for organisers:

🎟️ Free events stay free. Paid events cost nothing until tickets start selling.
💳 Buyers pay in their own currency and get their QR ticket instantly, and the app scans guests in even offline.
📱 Door staff in the UK, US and Canada take contactless payments on their own phones, so nobody needs a card reader.
🤖 Built-in AI writes the posts, designs the flyers, schedules content and sends SMS blasts, and organisers pay only for the credits they use.

Most ticketing platforms make their money from organisers. Ticketlify flips that. Through its Ad Network, businesses sponsor event tickets, and organisers keep 70% of that ad revenue. Ticketing, door sales, marketing and promoter payouts all sit in one dashboard, so organisers don’t need a separate tool for each job.

“We watched promoters do all the work, the flyers, the posts, the door and then hand a cut of every ticket to a platform that did none of it,” said Dr. Feyiseye Fadeni, Co-founder of Ticketlify. “That’s true in Lagos, and it’s true in London.”

From Lagos to London, Ticketlify wants the ticket to pay the organiser.

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Dr. Chinonso Obiefule (@Nonso_Obiefule) joins Nuvion as Senior Global Marketing Strategist. After leading Superteam Nigeria’s expansion across all 36 states and building one of the most active global Web3 communities, he’s bringing his growth expertise to shape Nuvion’s brand across 5+ continents. 

Timilehin (@timmyisagod ) is taking on a core leadership role as Evolution joins forces with Nuvion. Having built financial tools for emerging markets and processed millions of dollars in cross-border transactions, he’s focused on driving Nuvion’s AI-powered global banking platform forward. 

Two major moves reinforcing Nuvion’s (@ournuvion) mission to power seamless global banking and stablecoin infrastructure for businesses everywhere.

Congratulations to both!

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