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The future of wearables is emotional

Researcher Dr. Beste Özcan explores emotionally intelligent wearables, transitional companions, and why the future of technology may depend on designing for relationships.

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The return of hard problems

After years of software-led growth, tech is shifting toward semiconductors, energy systems, robotics and advanced materials. We’re talking about why hard problems are back, and how ecosystems like LEAP will help solve them.

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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

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How RiceAfrika is creating Technology for Humanity

RiceAfrika Technologies is a startup with a big vision: to build an Africa that can feed itself and the world. It’s a tech-driven agriculture optimisation service provider that connects smallholders with the equipment and materials they need to increase food production and tap into a structured market. And with

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Rocket Fuel Winner: Takadao gets eyeballs and credibility

Startups: if you want to know how you could benefit from LEAP 2024 and take your startup to new heights, this is one for you. Each year at LEAP we host the Rocket Fuel Pitch Competition. As well as a share of the $1 million prize fund, the competition will

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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