The Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria has admitted seven fintech firms including Luno, cNGN, KoinKoin, BitBarter, GetEquity (Techstars ‘23), Trovotech and BlockVault into its Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme (ARIP).
These entities have received Approval-in-Principle to operate within a controlled regulatory sandbox designed to fast-track the onboarding of digital asset and investment service providers.
By balancing innovation with conditional oversight, the SEC aims to deepen the national capital market and drive financial inclusion while maintaining essential investor protection guardrails