Barclays Africa and Techstars to accelerate FinTech startups

Barclays Africa announced its collaboration with Techstars for Barclays Accelerator programme and has called fintech entrepreneurs and startups for its open global application. The Barclays Accelerator programme is an initiative that is aimed at finding the smartest fintech startups by working with exceptional fintech entrepreneurs, innovating Africa’s financial services industry. The programme made a debut to Africa earlier this year that saw a significant success, with Barclays Africa signing initial collaboration agreements with 7 of the 10 participating startups. Read more: econotimes.com