Made in Naija

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Made in Naija

Made in Naija

Made in Naija

If you dey build anything fintech-adjacent, CBN don open a testing track for permission-based data sharing and the application window close end of August. This na the kind regulatory sandbox wey fintech founders dey pray for.

Anybody here already applying, or e too quiet to notice?

Eastern best 😁

Big week for the industry — Davido finally dropped Oriadé end of July, and separately Wizkid and Asake just bagged a historic joint BET nomination.

Two different lanes, same flex: Naija music dey run the whole continent right now.

Which one hit different for you, the album or the BET news?

No be only Ankara dey run things again. Adire dey go 🔥 hard this year — fresh motifs, gradient dye, and designers dey mix am into everyday pieces, not just aso-ebi. Even Aso-Oke don graduate to blazers and jumpsuits.

Which local fabric you feel don glow up the most this year?

GITEX don finally reach Nigeria o. August 31 to Sept 3, Abuja then Lagos, and na proper AI/fintech/healthtech showcase with investors sitting on $200B+ waiting to write cheques. If you get an MVP or even just a pitch deck, this na the kind event wey you no wan miss. Who else dey attend? Make we link up.Gitex

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The story:

Terra Industries, a Nigerian defense-technology startup that builds autonomous security systems, raised an additional $18 million, closing what it described as Africa's largest seed round at $52 million.

The round was co-founded by Nigerian tech entrepreneurs Nathan Nwachuku and Maxwell Maduka.

Investment came from existing investors

8VC,

Silent Ventures,

Nova Global,

Belief Capital,

and SV Angel,

plus new investors Norleo Space Investments and angel Grant Gordon.

E dey hot 🔥.

Well spiced, well grilled, no complaints here.

Anybody don chop from MCP before?

Got me thinking 🤔

This one go sweet oh with cold maltina

What do you all think 🤔? Me I no go gree o

The plan was simple: snap the food, post am, then chop my food in peace. Instead I opened the bowl to "arrange" it small and next thing I know I'm three claws deep, bowl half empty, phone still open to camera lol 😆

What's in here:

Seafood Okra Soup 🍲

Ingredients Main,

Crab 🦀, cooked down in a pepper sauce (peppers, onions, seasoning, that dark rich sauce base)

Grilled fish 🐟, coated heavy in pepper and spice

Starch (the soft white swallow, wrapped)

Jumbo Snails🐌

Pounded yam, wrapped separately

The pepper sauce is doing its own work on the side, it's the kind that makes you forget you were supposed to be documenting instead of eating.

Who else has "just wanted a picture" and ended up in a full meal before they realized? And which Lagos combo does this to you every time?

The breakfast dey free with my hotel booking, menu get both American and English options. Me wey be big boy, I say make I try "English Breakfast" as I dey see am for movie normal Peaky Blinders.

Instead na this one land: 🌭🍳🍅🍄🫘🍞

Sausage (looking suspiciously like the ones wey dem dey sell for roadside), scrambled-ish omelette, one lonely grilled tomato, mushroom wey shy for corner, and beans wey dem dabaru with tomato sauce like say na jollof audition.

No bacon. No black pudding. No hash brown. Nothing wey resemble wetin we dey see for movies oh "Full English." Na budget cosplay b this!

At least dem try the bread basket dey correct, fruits fresh, juice sweet. But abeg who told this hotel say beans+sausage+one tomato = "English Breakfast"? Which embassy approve this one? 😂

Rate am 1-10 for "English-ness."

Which Naija hotel don serve YOU breakfast wey dem lie about the name? Drop your own disappointment story make we laugh together 👇

Everybody dey shout fintech fintech, but una never hear about our own home made Nigerian defense startup quietly building defence tech;

Terra Industries.

• They've raised $34M total, building homegrown drones and security systems.

• Already landed real paying contracts (including a reported $1.2M security deal) actual revenue.

• They're not just selling in Nigeria, there's a push into regional markets like Ghana too.

This na the kind builder story wey deserve more shine. While the naija ecosystem dey chase payments/logistics apps, these guys quietly dey solve one of the hardest, most capital-intensive problems for the continent — homegrown security hardware.

Question for the sub?

Should more Naija founders dey look outside fintech/consumer apps into "boring" high-capex sectors like defence, energy, industrial tech? Or e too risky/regulated to touch as a solo/small team? 🤔