Fortune

Project managerll Contributor to @SuperteamNG || Building @useheraldmail🐺

[Fortune @teesharp_]

What if a protocol could notify you about a liquidation, an airdrop, or a governance vote
Without knowing your PII

That's not a promise. That's how Herald is built.

Client-side encrypted. Hardware enclave delivery. On-chain proof of every notification.
https://t.co/OqGy9yUT1T

[Superteam Nigeria @SuperteamNG]

Excited to welcome @RaenestApp as a sponsor of #SolanaSummitNigeria 2026 🥳

Raenest is a global financial platform that enables individuals and businesses to seamlessly manage money without borders through multi-currency accounts, stablecoins, US stock investments, virtual dollar cards, and global service payments.

[Fortune @teesharp_]

@SuperteamNG @PantaHQ @SolanaEvents @superteam The speakers line up are so good 🔥🔥

[Superteam Nigeria @SuperteamNG]

Speaker Announcement 🗣️

Excited to welcome Toria Dickson to the #SolanaSummitNigeria 2026 stage 🥳

Toria Dickson is the Growth Lead at @PantaHQ, where she leads go-to-market strategy, creator growth, and ecosystem partnerships for a permissionless prediction market on Solana.

[Superteam Nigeria @SuperteamNG]

Got a problem? Superteam Nigeria's got a fix: @Nectar_finance.

Join us this Thursday 2pm UTC for this month's @EcosystemCall.

Sign up on Luma below and apply to be Salesman of the Month 👇

[Fortune @teesharp_]

@SuperteamTalent @solana @superteam Building on Solana is worth every hype😊

[Fortune @teesharp_]

@kafireCK This is so true, some guys are just divine 😂

[Fortune @teesharp_]

@BasitOriola I'll definitely buy this😂
Nice work✨️

[Fortune @teesharp_]

Congrats @HeIsJoel0x 🔥

[Superteam Nigeria @SuperteamNG]

Congratulations to the winners of the 'TxODDS World Cup Hackathon Nigeria' Bounty 🥳🥳🥳

🥇($1,500):
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🥈($700):
https://t.co/oYs46nFxR1

🥉($400):
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4th ($250):
https://t.co/zzbmK1UmpP

5th ($150):
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[Superteam Nigeria @SuperteamNG]

It was another milestone week for the Nigerian Solana ecosystem.

Nectar Finance surpassed $1 million in trading volume in just one week, the first speakers for Solana Summit Nigeria 2026 were officially announced, and builders across the ecosystem continued shipping, raising the bar for what's possible.

Here's your snapshot of everything that happened across the Nigerian Solana ecosystem last week.

📰 Headline News

– @Nectar_finance processed $1 million in trading volume in just one week.
– We announced Demilade Olugbenga, B2B Development Manager at @Breetapp; and Damilare Akinlotan, Head of Nigeria Operations and Private Market Investments at @AssetbaseHQ, as speakers for #SolanaSummitNigeria 2026.

📰 Launches & Ecosystem

– @ProjectSinan announced its Research Cohort Showcase, where months of original research on Africa's digital asset economy will be presented alongside special guests from across the ecosystem on 1st August 2026.

📰 Community & Milestones

– @alexfavour, DevRel at SuperteamNG, was one of the speakers at @Hack4futo 5.0.
– @MetNaija hosted its Liquidity Campus Tour in Lagos and Minna, powered by @MeteoraAG and @met_lparmy.
– @ProjectSinan hosted an X Space featuring @timmyisagod, Founder of @evolutionapp_, for a conversation on stablecoins in the African economy.

What did we miss, and what are you shipping this week?

[Fortune @teesharp_]

@SuperteamNG Congrats everyone ✨️

[Superteam Nigeria @SuperteamNG]

Speaker Announcement 🗣️

Excited to welcome Peace Audu-Ukpoju to the #SolanaSummitNigeria 2026 stage 🥳

Peace is the Chief Product Officer at @ZyntaFinance, where she leads product strategy for stablecoin-powered payment infrastructure.

[Fortune @teesharp_]

@theladyflo_ Pretty 😍

[Fortune @teesharp_]

@Romeo_Onchain @0xnecokizz Congrats, it is a beautiful product ✨️

[Unnamed 🥷🏿 @unnamedcodes]

Yesterday at @Hack4Futo was a blast.

The stakes were high for my friends @Fortexfreddie, @therealgunroar and @Joshking2105, who participated in their first irl hackathon. I respect their courage and effort. It is not easy to be a builder.

It was also exciting to see one of my own (@davidnzubee) win not only once but twice 🔥 Skipp cooked as always. Lovely to see how he has grown since we met when he was a fresher till now. Bro is a 100x dev with workings.

It was lovely seeing @alexfavour, @HeIsJoel0x, @ubadinekethedev and @SuperteamNG giving our students in FUTO the opportunity to build and learn about Solana. You all are too much.

Hack4FUTO has truly been wonderful 💙

[Fortune @teesharp_]

There was so much life at #Hack4FUTO yesterday, and seeing all those lovely products being pitched was amazing! I’m so excited I was there to witness it all. And a big shoutout to @SuperteamNG for showing up🤭✨️

[Fortune @teesharp_]

There was so much life at #Hack4FUTO yesterday, and seeing all those lovely products being pitched was amazing! I’m so excited I was there to witness it all. And a big shoutout to @SuperteamNG for showing up🤭✨️

[Fortune @teesharp_]

@unnamedcodes @Harri_obi I really miss it😢, the good times🤧

[Fortune @teesharp_]

@SuperteamNG @AssetbaseHQ I can't wait to hear from you Damilare❤✨️

[Superteam Nigeria @SuperteamNG]

Speaker Announcement 🗣️

Excited to welcome Damilare Akinlotan to the #SolanaSummitNigeria 2026 stage 🥳

Damilare serves as Head of Nigeria Operations and Private Market Investments at @AssetbaseHQ, where he leads the evaluation and execution of investment opportunities across equities, private debt, and alternative assets.

[Unnamed 🥷🏿 @unnamedcodes]

Build update: had a session with Kamsi (@Fortexfreddie) yesterday on the idea validation frontend for Inverge.

A quick recap for anyone new here: before Inverge touches any escrow or crowdfunding logic, we're shipping a free, standalone validation product first. Creators document a problem statement, mission, roadmap and ask. The community responds. No money moves at this stage; it's pure signal.

The core mechanic is pre-pledge: backers state an intent amount to show real interest, without transferring funds. To keep that signal honest, we're weighting pledges by verification status; unverified users carry less weight than verified ones, so the validation number reflects genuine intent rather than noise. We're still tuning the exact split.
For an idea to graduate into a fundable campaign, it needs to clear a minimum pre-pledge total, sustained over a set validation window, alongside supporting engagement (upvotes, comments, survey responses). This is the gate that stops weak ideas from reaching a raise before they've proven demand.

One honest sequencing call from the session: we're deprioritising on-ramp and off-ramp integration for now to focus fully on the validation flow and KYC. KYC matters more at this stage because it's what lets a validated idea move cleanly into a campaign later. On-ramp research continues in parallel, but it isn't blocking this phase.

Also worth saying: Inverge isn't a tech-only platform. The validation and reward model is built to work for agriculture, film, arts and crafts projects too, not just software. A farming project offering backers something like kilishi or any farm produce in return is exactly the kind of use case we're designing for, alongside the startup pitches.

Next up: web scaffolding integration, KYC method research, and continued on-ramp partner scoping. More updates as the frontend takes shape.

Building Inverge in public, one honest step at a time.