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Dear Innovator, it's happening today!
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, we're taking Consonance Connect to Abuja
Come through and connect with @tushgeek @hackSultan @Samson_Goddy and other innovators
#TGIF #ConsonanceConnect #ConnectAbuja #Innovation – at Abuja, Nigeria
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₦1,000,000 for your business. Deadline: November 30.
CAC-registered.
Paying customers.
That’s the bar.
Grants range from ₦500,000 to ₦1 million.
Most people don’t know you don’t need to be big to qualify. You just need to be registered and getting paid.
Apply before November 30, and send this to a founder who needs it.
₦1,000,000 for your business. Deadline: November 30.
CAC-registered.
Paying customers.
That’s the bar.
Grants range from ₦500,000 to ₦1 million.
Most people don’t know you don’t need to be big to qualify. You just need to be registered and getting paid.
Apply before November 30, and send this to a founder who needs it.
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60% of African founders report anxiety.
You close the round.
Everyone congratulates you.
Nobody asks how you're doing.
A survey found 86% of African startup founders struggle with mental health. The week you close can be the loneliest week of the whole journey.
Most people don't know the numbers are this high because founders keep performing through it.
60% of African founders report anxiety.
You close the round.
Everyone congratulates you.
Nobody asks how you're doing.
A survey found 86% of African startup founders struggle with mental health. The week you close can be the loneliest week of the whole journey.
Most people don't know the numbers are this high because founders keep performing through it.
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$1.42B. That's what African startups raised in H1 2025, up 78% on the year before.
Bigger cheques.
Fewer companies.
Harder bridge rounds.
If you're raising under $500K, investors are writing larger cheques into fewer startups, so your strategy has to change.
Most people don't know a funding boom can make small raises harder, not easier.
$1.42B. That's what African startups raised in H1 2025, up 78% on the year before.
Bigger cheques.
Fewer companies.
Harder bridge rounds.
If you're raising under $500K, investors are writing larger cheques into fewer startups, so your strategy has to change.
Most people don't know a funding boom can make small raises harder, not easier.
Consonance Club retweeted
A grid out of my vision board this year was to speak at a physical event
And I actually thought I might need to recycle that till next year.
Thank you @itzareous @gdgIlorin @twenty4_io for the honour to speak at #DevfestIlorin26
More highlights to be shared 🔥
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MIT is giving ventures US$10,000 to solve global problems with technology.
That's the base grant.
For selected solutions.
Built for ventures using tech to tackle global challenges.
Nigerian founders are eligible to apply.
It's called MIT Solve Global Challenges.
Most Nigerian founders have never applied.
MIT is giving ventures US$10,000 to solve global problems with technology.
That's the base grant.
For selected solutions.
Built for ventures using tech to tackle global challenges.
Nigerian founders are eligible to apply.
It's called MIT Solve Global Challenges.
Most Nigerian founders have never applied.
Consonance Club retweeted
There's a grant of up to ₦1 million for Nigerian businesses that already have paying customers.
Grant, not a loan.
Customers are the entry ticket.
Open to CAC-registered businesses.
Awards from ₦500,000 to ₦1 million.
It's called the Drawbridge Grant.
Most Nigerian founders have never applied.
Deadline: November 30.
There's a grant of up to ₦1 million for Nigerian businesses that already have paying customers.
Grant, not a loan.
Customers are the entry ticket.
Open to CAC-registered businesses.
Awards from ₦500,000 to ₦1 million.
It's called the Drawbridge Grant.
Most Nigerian founders have never applied.
Deadline: November 30.
Consonance Club retweeted
Building a company can feel like carrying it alone.
Then 70 founders walked into one room in Lagos and realised nobody was.
Thank you for showing up.
Thank you for being honest.
Thank you for making Consonance Connect Lagos what it was.
Building a company can feel like carrying it alone.
Then 70 founders walked into one room in Lagos and realised nobody was.
Thank you for showing up.
Thank you for being honest.
Thank you for making Consonance Connect Lagos what it was.
Consonance Club retweeted
So true — the midnight fixing is the part nobody sees. A small circle of founders who get it changes everything: one honest conversation can save weeks of second-guessing. Community isn't a nice extra — it's how solo founders stay sane and keep going.
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Most people think founders are too serious to have fun.
Connect Lagos had CEOs fighting over which Ai is their best friend and why like their valuation depended on it, and several taking 47 photos before anyone ate.😂💙✨