Stockholm-based Tandem Health has raised €86.49 million, equivalent to about $100 million, in a Series B funding round led by the Scaleup Europe Fund managed by EQT. Existing investors including Kinnevik, Northzone, Amino Collective and Visionaries also participated in the round. The latest investment brings Tandem Health’s total funding to roughly €138.38 million, or around…
Crypto and digital asset platform Luno has acquired Kenyan fintech GTXN, according to the information provided. The acquisition comes as fintech consolidation continues to develop across Africa in 2026, with larger technology and financial platforms increasingly turning to acquisitions as a way to expand their operations rather than building new businesses entirely from the ground…
Nigerian business banking platform Moniepoint has raised more than $1 billion in valuation after completing a $110 million Series C funding round, according to the information provided. The latest investment will enable Moniepoint to accelerate its expansion as a payments and banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform, placing the company among a small but influential group of African…
Nigeria has six of Africa’s ten most downloaded finance apps in 2026, including the number one OPay and Senegalese fintech Wave, with both exceeding 50 million downloads on Google Play. The figures highlight strong consumer adoption of mobile financial services across Africa and the growing presence of Nigerian fintech companies in the continent’s digital finance…
Donny Zhang co-founded Finture in 2021 and now leads the company behind YUP, a digital banking and credit-payment platform operating across Southeast Asia. YUP has been informally described as the region’s answer to Brazil’s Nubank because of its focus on digital financial services for consumers. Zhang’s path into fintech began with management consulting at Accenture…
Sam Kodo built his first robot at the age of eight after becoming fascinated by magazine stories about the Wright Brothers and Thomas Edison. By the age of 23, that early curiosity had developed into Infinite Loop, a Togo-based hardware company building low-cost personal computers for students and communities where electricity access may be limited…
Akshay Mehta founded Demoverse earlier this year in Bengaluru with an AI-powered platform designed to change how brands develop new products. Instead of waiting until a product has already been created before asking consumers for feedback, Demoverse allows brands to involve consumers directly in the design and co-creation process. The concept is aimed at reducing…
Avni Jain founded Nuvah, a comfort-engineered women’s heels brand, in Bengaluru in October 2025. Nuvah was created around a straightforward product challenge: making high heels more comfortable without sacrificing the appearance and design associated with traditional heels. The company’s approach focuses heavily on its proprietary footbed design, which Jain’s team reportedly iterated 24 times before…
Kingston Flemings emerged as one of the most exciting young guards in college basketball before becoming a top-10 selection in the 2026 NBA Draft. The Houston point guard was selected 8th overall by the Atlanta Hawks, giving the Cougars another highly regarded first-round NBA prospect. Flemings made a major impact during his freshman season at…
The 2006-born guard from Berlin, Germany, was selected 39th by the Houston Rockets, but was sent to the New York Knicks, along with a 2029 second-round pick. With Ghanaian roots, Jack Freeman Kayil started playing basketball in the youth ranks of TuS Neukölln before joining the academy of Alba Berlin, with which he won the…