Funded by the Barclays Africa Group, Barclays Rise, a physical and virtual community has launched in Africa to
enable innovators and start-ups scale their ideas into new markets globally.
Rise Cape Town is set to enable Africans to connect, co-
create and scale the next big thing in financial services and
will be home to a number of open innovation programmes. Powered by Techstars, Rise’s Tech Lab Africa programme
and the Barclays Africa Supply Chain Challenge are now
open to companies across Africa through a three-month
intensive programme.
The programme will culminate in a ‘Demo Day’ to an
audience that comprises industry leaders, serial
entrepreneurs, senior executives and corporate partners.
“We are excited to launch our third accelerator programme
with Barclays which will provide new opportunities to
companies interested in leveraging the Cape Town fintech
community as well as the larger Barclays and Techstars
ecosystems. Barclays has become a true innovation partner
to Techstars and is deeply committed to spreading fintech
innovation worldwide,” says David Brown, Co-Founder and
Managing Partner at Techstars according to Techmoran.com.
Barclays has already signed a partnership with Moringa
School to develop financial technology propositions that can
potentially revolutionize the bank’s interaction with
customers.
According to Barclays Africa Chief Investment Officer, Mr.
Etienne Slabbert said the bank is committed to working in
partnership with technology leaders to support the
development of innovative financial solutions.
“Through this initiative, we are laying the foundation for
great ideas, a platform for tech enthusiasts to not only gain
skills in fulfilling the dynamic market demands but also
showcase the monetary gains that advanced technological
standards can have in our country,” noted Mr. Slabbert.
Applications are now open until 10 January 2016 at barclays accelerator. The programme will begin on
28 March 2016 with the ‘Demo Days’ scheduled for June
2016..
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