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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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The future of business and tech in KSA

With a growth in new investment funds and the launch of new economic zones, Saudi Arabia is working hard to achieve its Vision 2030. Find out what the future of business and tech looks like in KSA.

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The state of investment in the Middle East

LEAP happens in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The hospitality is incredible, the setting is immensely inspiring – but there’s a more strategic reason for locating one of the biggest tech events in the world here in KSA. As a country driving economic transformation, in a region that’s fast growing its

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Developers: 3 ways to keep ahead of the curve

People are calling it an arms race right now. The rush to create new technology – largely in the AI sector – and come out on top of emerging trends. For developers, the pressure to stay ahead is real. Tech is changing fast, and there’s a sense that if you come

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KSA Tech startups to look out for in 2023

LEAP loves startups. In fact, we’re going to spend a bit of time on the blog talking about the startups that won our Rocket Fuel Competition in 2022 and 2023 – so you can find out where they are now. But before we do that, we thought we’d look

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Insider knowledge for women in tech, KSA

The technology industry isn’t known for creating space for women to thrive. But in the third quarter of 2021, Saudi Arabia was ahead of the curve: the participation of women in the tech sector was 28%, more than 10% above the European average (17.5%). As KSA industries work

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What LEAP and data have in common

When we interviewed Edosa Odaro (Chief Data Analytics Officer at Tawuniya), he defined two key types of assets: 1. Exclusive assets. These gain their value through scarcity, and by being hoarded and traded in exclusive markets – like fine art and luxury watches. 2. Network assets. These gain their value by

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On metaverse myths and making change

Joseph Bradley (CEO at Tonomus) came to LEAP 2023 to talk about the metaverse. Working deeply in this emerging sector, Bradley knows that the metaverse has become a bit of a mythical beast; so much so that many people have dismissed it as hype (like in this Bloomberg newsletter, and