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5 EdTech changes for 2025

Discover the developments you’ll see across the EdTech sector this year, with a focus on personalised learning, adaptive teaching, and the integration of new innovations into existing educational models.

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EdTech: How can we empower future generations?

Aman Merchant (Serial Entrepreneur; Chief Provocateur at Radicle; General Partner at ReimaginED Collective) is a futurist at heart, with three decades of experience across education, social impact, and innovation.  An expert in the art of collaboration, he’s a leader in global education transformation. As Founder of the ReimaginED Collective,

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Into New Worlds: Wicrypt’s experience at LEAP 2023

“The feeling was like nothing I had ever experienced before.” This is how Ugochukwu Aronu (Founder at Wicrypt) described the moment when he heard his startup’s name called out as the winner of the Into New Worlds award, in the 2023 Rocket Fuel Competition at LEAP. Aronu was a

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Sustainability: Is crypto really that bad?

It comes up again and again: cryptocurrency is bad for the environment. Blockchain burns electricity. Bitcoin has an unforgivably huge carbon footprint. But how true is this, really? Recently, cryptocurrency has been in the news again, with everyone from economists to TV stars taking a stance against its validity and

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What’s new in fintech in the Middle East?

As the global fintech sector grows, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the way we manage money with technology isn’t just about…well, money. It’s about people. Fintech developers are creating products and services that can help people live more easily, enjoy greater financial freedom, and have more

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Is an AI skills shortage an impending crisis?

When James Caan CBE (Serial entrepreneur, Media Commentator and Former Investor on BBC’s Dragons’ Den) joined us on the LEAP:IN podcast, he talked about the UK’s relationship with AI – and specifically, AI skills. Caan noted that as AI tech has filtered into cultural awareness over the last

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How LEAP is making tech more collaborative

If there’s one thing we talk about a lot at LEAP, it’s collaboration. But the tech industry is competitive, right? Shouldn’t we be spending our time figuring out how to beat the competition – not wasting our energy on helping other companies and other entrepreneurs? Yes, tech is

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Start-ups: How to improve your pitch

Maybe you’re thinking about entering the Rocket Fuel Competition at LEAP 2024. Or perhaps you’re working towards pitching your tech startup to investors in another setting – and you need a bit of guidance to help make your pitch stand out in a crowded market. Luckily for you, we

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Rocket-fuelled results: Verofax is scaling up

Verofax is a traceability specialist for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. By creating a digital passport for each item in an inventory, and situating all of those passports within a digital twin, the startup makes inventories interactive and entirely traceable – driving highly accurate brand metrics and operational excellence. Verofax won

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EdTech that offers industry experience

Imagine: an app that enables young people to gain work experience in the sector they want to work in, build a rating via feedback from real employers, and get hired. That’s what Yussouf Ntwali and Gabriel Ekman (Co-Founders of BAG Innovation) have created in Rwanda. Their app is bridging