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Founder of REME-D, Salma Tammam, on redefining healthcare in the Middle East and Africa

Salma Tamman, the founder of REME-D., a deep-tech company that is redefining healthcare through innovation in accessible and affordable disease testing. Salma is a passionate scientist and entrepreneur dedicated to developing innovative healthcare solutions in developing countries. After earning her PhD in nanomedicine, she founded Reme-D in 2022, which develops

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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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8 Things we love about Austria’s startup ecosystem

Welcome to the 417 new techies who have joined us. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Kambis Kohansal Vajargah (Head of Startup-Services and Deputy Head of

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Where do tech startup ideas come from?

Every tech entrepreneur has experienced the rush of a new idea. Sometimes it happens suddenly: you’re just going about your daily life and it hits you. And sometimes it’s a slower, quieter process; the idea develops gradually, inspired by your experiences in life and work, and your confidence

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Entrepreneurs: How to find the right mentor

Speaking at LEAP 2023, James Caan CBE (Serial entrepreneur, Media Commentator and Former Investor on BBC’s Dragons’ Den) said: “When you look at an entrepreneur…we start off with an idea, we raise some money, we have passion and excitement. The thing that we lack is experience. By definition

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How to make your first tech investment in 6 steps

At LEAP 2024 we welcomed more than 1,200 investors to the exhibition floor – where they discovered innovative startups, expanded their networks, and selected new investments to add to their portfolios.  But if you’re a new tech investor taking your first steps into the investments ecosystem, it’s not

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Lessons in scaling a tech operation

We recently shared our interview with LEAP 2024 speaker Oscar Barranco Liébana (Integrated Operations Platform Director, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022). He gave us a glimpse into his experience of running the integrated tech platform for one of the biggest events in the world – and the tools he used to

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A quick look at start-ups in Saudi Arabia

Welcome to the 250 new techies who have joined us since last Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Hasnae Taleb (Chief Investment Officer at Ento

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Tech startups that tell beautiful stories

Welcome to the 253 new techies who have joined us since last Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Natalia Brzezinski (Founder and CEO at Absolute

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An investment portfolio built on game-changing ideas

An early-stage tech investor with a keen eye for market opportunities, Salomon Aiach (Co-Founder at Origins Fund) invests mostly in B2C and B2B2C companies, so the end-user is the consumer.  From Facebook to Goldman Sachs, his career history is littered with high-profile (and high-pressure) roles, and when it comes to

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How do you find a co-founder?

Welcome to the 7,107 new techies who have joined us since #LEAP24. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Dr. Wyatt McDonnell (CEO and Founding Scientist

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No funding? No problem.

Welcome to the 252 new techies who have joined us since last Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Prashant Pitti (Co-Founder at EasyMyTrip) What Pitti