Stallion ✨

Meet Chiazokam: a dark, six-foot-tall, and unapologetically curvy girl with the firm belief that the sun should rise and set according to her needs 🙂‍↕️ When she isn’t trapped in the humid grit of Lagos traffic — hurling insults at the fevered, gasoline-soaked rush of fatigued yellow danfo buses as they belch thick, charcoal-colored smoke into the air — she is recounting the shege of her financial life. Every chance she gets, she narrates the many ways the simple act of sending money or making a payment has tried to break her spirit 🧵👇🏽 #XaraXSolana #StableCoinsOnXara #XaraBounty

@YouKnowEno You were a great host! 👏🏽 P.S. RIP JaeHyun 🕊️

thank you to everyone who joined today’s ecosystem call in loving memory

How to win Frontier: lessons from a 2x hackathon winner While building @NOMADZxyz, we lost 3 hackathons in a row before finally winning @solanamobile. Here’s what I wish I knew before stepping into the Colosseum arena. FOUNDATION > Your project needs to do 1 of 2 things: → solve a problem no one else is solving → or solve it better than everyone else > Target a specific audience → If it’s for everyone, it’s for no one > Have a working MVP → Ideas don’t win hackathons, products do! > Clearly show how you solve the problem → Not just the idea, but the actual implementation DECK > Record a Loom video, not just slides. → Judges remember people, not PDFs. > Keep it under 2 minutes → If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough > Structure: Problem → Solution → Demo → Team > Less text, more clarity → Slides support you, they don’t replace you > Show the product working → A real demo beats any screenshot. > The first 10 seconds matter most → Hook them with the problem immediately TEAM > Show why each person in the team matters → Not just who they are, but why they’re relevant > Link real work → GitHub, shipped products, portfolios, etc... → If someone built something people actually use - highlight it DURING THE HACKATHON > Ship early → polish later → Getting a working version early gives you time to improve it > Document and post everything → Progress builds credibility > Test your links before submitting → Broken demo = lost AFTER → Keep building → Keep posting on X → Keep searching for more opportunities → Never give up! The most important thing to remember is that it’s a competition between early-stage startups, so you don’t have to be perfect to win. Drop your 1-line pitch + X in comments, would love to see what you’re building.

I had a swell time streaming the @solana ecosystem call! Eno and Simon @SolBrothersPod were great hosts as usual 👏🏽

Orbit by @airbillspay, built out of Nigeria, just got profiled as one of the global ecosystem products to watch on the Solana Ecosystem Call 🔥🇳🇬

Lock into the April - Solana Ecosystem Call with @SolBrothersPod x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Today is another Solana Ecosystem Call 🥳 Find your nearest states / hosts 👇🏿 1. Abia State - @Neekhole_ luma.com/uxh10s1q 2. Bauchi - @_kamalkt luma.com/5vt7s9so 3. Gombe State - @_jiibal luma.com/u3ru2k5q 4. Adamawa - @Web3Geek01 luma.com/q6mfmviy 5.Kaduna - @favison_o luma.com/2g0i550r 6. Ogun - @sirbarna luma.com/ndy9u8we 7. Kogi - @crego55 luma.com/ow1jwlsg 8. EKITI - @CallMi_Alex_ luma.com/hcsvwanm 9. Kwara - @callmeFeyi_ luma.com/gtna6uj7 10. Jigawa - @Olydefi1 luma.com/pedv97wv 11. Oyo - @ESamueltrades luma.com/iq0l7ax2 12. Uyo - @UnclePhil_01 luma.com/fjr3bdm4 13. Delta - @edafeafiemo luma.com/u1zlsoxe 14. Cross River - @CrypticPriest luma.com/xnvnstjg 15. Plateau - @sampang_tg luma.com/j94tcd0l 16. Ebonyi - @gbreigns luma.com/872ww7kl 17. Bayelsa - @outstandingvick luma.com/bd60yp66 18. Nasarawa - @talk_toeddie luma.com/clm24xy3 19. Lagos - @JudithOgar luma.com/zq63eyc6 20. Abuja - @Hadeezarrh1 luma.com/o8l3jl76 21. Anambra - @tiphann_yy luma.com/8c1p9v7d 22. Enugu - @vancube_2 luma.com/b6n2aknb 23. Niger- @Atomictheory001 luma.com/406y0ouu 24. Ondo- @Michael_fide luma.com/jz2z2mb2 25. Imo - @teeofkings luma.com/067je39q 26. Edo - @thejustinson luma.com/nweqeev6 27. Osun - @CyptoOnab luma.com/l4ihzpy0 28. Borno - @Queenexphil luma.com/0pe0u3x3 29. Kano - @Imoncrypto luma.com/91x8mzlc

Solana’s dominance in Africa continues! Have you read our Q1 - 2026 Impact Report?

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.

@Hogwartsofweb3 😔

@Ef__e Yes, it is.

“To design, to code, to write, is to embrace danger, to plunge ahead into the unknown, making new things out of constantly changing materials, exposing yourself to criticism and failure every single day.”

What are the major decisions that made the difference from the two Hackathon that got you those wins? Listen to @JosipVolarevic2, a Consultant at Superteam Balkan and multiple Colosseum hackathon winner on - Strategies For Winning The Frontier Hackathon.

Introducing ICM 101: A video series on Internet Capital Markets 🥳 We’re breaking down how stablecoins, blockchain rails, and programmable money are fixing the world’s oldest capital & funding problems. Part one; The build-up 🔻

@Jade_sola1 yuhhh 😅 i deadass do. looking forward to the next one!

@Ef__e Do you really mean that? 🙂‍↔️

Colosseum Frontier Workshops by @SuperteamBlack - How to Build with ZK Compression on Solana with @tilo_cpn from @LightProtocol x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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 🧵

The @sphere_labs team is showing up strong in Miami next week 🌴 DM if you want to talk cross-border payments We’re hosting a happy hour with @PythNetwork & @EFYFinance on Wednesday evening. Space is limited, so request a spot asap!👇

all will be revealed in the next ecosystem call

@chainstellar word? you finally got a hang of it 😂 the graphics look niceee!

did the graphics myself btw ❄️

@chainstellar @JustXpend_ai @UgwuagbaBenard @devflair_ @SuperteamNG @Outstandingvick Chef Dera 🙂‍↕️ Banger piece! 👏🏽 And oh, I also enjoyed reading Lamja’s story.

This is the story of a boy named Lamja. 🧵