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Using AI to enable inclusive education

We explore how artificial intelligence can make education more inclusive for students of all abilities and backgrounds – with collaborative, adaptive, and personalised learning.

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Shooting Star Winner: A journey after LEAP

At LEAP 2024, Karnika (Senior Associate at Newtrace) battled it out in front of a live audience in the Rocket Fuel Pitch competition, and won the Shooting Star award; which included an equity-free investment of $150,000.  Newtrace is developing next-generation membraneless electrolyzers to enable the adoption of green hydrogen

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The Garage and LEAP: When great minds come together.

We’ve been talking to some brilliant and influential leaders in the Saudi startup tech and ecosystems for #LEAP2025. This series gives us an unmatched insight into the impact LEAP has had in their success. This week we caught up with Omar Al-Shabaan, CPO at The Garage. The Garage and

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Ibrahim Abdulaziz Neyaz from NTDP: How LEAP helped them reach new heights

We’ve been talking to some brilliant and influential leaders in the Saudi startup tech and ecosystems for #LEAP2025. This series gives us an unmatched insight into the impact LEAP has had in its success. Recently we caught up with Ibrahim Abdulaziz Neyaz, CEO of the National Technology Development Programme

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Discover LEAP: The Creative Economy Track

In the Discover LEAP series here on the blog, we’re introducing you to the different stages and content tracks that you’ll experience at LEAP 2025. Dig deeper into the opportunities we’re lining up, and find out more about some of the expert speakers who are preparing to

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Tell stories, and communicate more than you think you need to

We spend a lot of time talking to tech innovators, executives, developers, and entrepreneurs. And one of the stumbling blocks that comes up at every level is communication. The tech products with the greatest potential to have a real positive impact can be held back if company leaders can’t

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Experience Saudi Arabia: Things to do, places to go

When we interviewed Amy Peck (Founder and CEO at Endeavour XR) about her experience at LEAP, she said:  “I am still so inspired by the event and the future vision in Saudi – I don’t think it will ever fade!”  And she’s right: Saudi Arabia is a country that’

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Why is India leading the way with QR codes?

You stop at a tea stall at the side of the road. You don’t have any cash in your pocket – but it doesn’t matter, because the tea trader has a QR code. You can scan and pay on your phone. Ten minutes later, you’re back on the

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Hyperspectral imagery: What it is and why it matters

It might sound a bit like something from Ghostbusters, but hyperspectral imagery is gaining interest (and investments) in the tech industry.  It’s a technique that collects and processes information across the electromagnetic spectrum, in order to obtain the spectrum for every pixel within an image. This means that materials

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Could these microbots change the future of HealthTech?

Imagine a microscopic robot that could spiral through the human body’s vascular system, guided by sound, and deliver life-saving medicine as it goes.  Along with his colleagues at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Daniel Ahmed (Professor of Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare) is working on a

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Semiconductors: The critical industry most people don’t think about

They’re the unsung heroes in daily life around the world – and today, we want to celebrate semiconductors. Because they deserve a little bit of attention.  In simple terms, a semiconductor is a substance with particular electrical properties, through which it acts as a foundational technology for almost every type

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Web3 developments to watch in 2024

Web3 (also called Web 3.0) is an idea for a new iteration of the World Wide Web. The term was coined by Gavin Wood (Co-Founder of Ethereum) in 2014, and its innovators and thought leaders have focused on its integration with decentralised technology, blockchain, and token-based economic systems.  But

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What will the Internet of Things look like in the future?

Kevin Ashton coined the phrase ‘the Internet of Things’ in 1999, with great optimism that the rise of connected devices and sensors could change the world for the better. In a 2015 interview for the Smithsonian, he said: “It’s only been a few years, but we already take networked