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?