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Everything is happening on Solana in Africa. African based Solana teams secured global seats in the first cohort of Circle’s 2026 developer grants. You can now swap USDC on Solana for Naira instantly on Airbillspay, and track hourly currency targets on Bayse Markets.
Here’s everything that happened last week:
📰 Headline News
– Two African teams building on Solana, @henryduckw of Agridex and @myazahq, made the cut for the first cohort of the 2026 Circle Developer Grant by @BuildOnCircle.
– The Solana Builders’ Tour is heading to Rivers State this March.
– @_homy_ng received a @solana audit subsidy for their blockchain integration.
– $MET is now available for trading on @getBusha.
📰 Launches & Ecosystem
– @airbillspay announced Orbit, an off-ramping feature that is powered by
@paj_cash within Airbills, that lets users instantly convert and send stablecoins (USDC & USDT) to their Naira bank accounts.
– @baysemarkets dropped new live currency hourly targets.
📰 Community & Milestones
– @Rhivafun announced its Liquidity Provision Workshop tour across Lagos, Yenagoa and Abuja.
– @Harri_obi met with the @myazahq team to test their stablecoin-powered POS machines.
– The “Finna Stablecoin Writers Bounty” winners were announced: @chainstellar (1st), @MarvinSunday4 (2nd), and @0xTheon (3rd).
– The “Finna Video Content Bounty” winners were announced: @winnarcore (1st), @_Curmello (2nd), and @Imabasi___ (3rd).
– The “DeFi Developer Challenge – Agentic Wallets for AI Agents Bounty” winners were announced: @codewithmide (1st), @ubadinekethedev (2nd), @inspiration_gx (3rd), and @biellonuhu (4th).
– @FinnaHQ launched an exclusive Creator Program for top participants of the Superteam × Finna Video Bounty.
– The SuperteamNG Design Guild Call explored “Engineering for Designers: Using AI to Ship”, with @druids01 (Senior Product Designer), sharing insights on faster shipping and design–dev collaboration.
– @ProjectSinan, in partnership with SuperteamNG, announced a two-day virtual workshop for Researchers and Products.
– @getBusha, in partnership with SuperteamNG, hosted a workshop at @blockhubafrica in Enugu.
– @Harri_obi hosted an X Space featuring @lagunacarta for a special “Solana @ 6” session, breaking down the ecosystem growth playbook from grassroots communities to fintech integrations.
– @bigjoejs concluded the first week of the Superteam Enugu Intermediate Builder’s Cohort, with sessions covering “Introduction to Solana Development 1 & 2”, facilitated by @amdonatusprince.
– @Goddesswriter1 led Sessions 1&2, while @Outstandingvick led Sessions 3&4 of the SuperteamNG Scribloors' Workshop.
– @fido1hn built a confidential vault backed claim tokens.
What did we miss, and what are you shipping this week?
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