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Today, it seems as if you cannot avoid NFTs. The news, social media, business moguls, venture capitalists, and teenagers alike are all buzzing about them. From mid-2021, we have started to see venture capital investment in NFT marketplaces, along with some exclusive NFT-directed funds being established. Now we want to
To celebrate International Women’s Day and the theme #Breakingthebias, we will be looking at exciting projects that are being led by women and how tech is opening opportunities for female leaders. Get first-hand experience from female leaders in the tech industry, including 2019’s Woman of the Year in
Industry 5.0 is said to already be on the horizon but what is the actual difference between Industry 4.0 vs Industry 5.0? What technologies are at the cusp of the fifth industrial revolution? And what will real personalisation look like in Industry 5.0? Find out from
Web 1.0 was static, decentralised, mostly read-only home pages. Web 2.0 is about blogging, social media and e-commerce centralised and owned by tech giants. Web 3.0 is about whatever we want it to become. According to Chris Dixon: “We are now at the beginning of the web3
Welcome to the 35 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 Kris Libunao (Executive Director and Chief Sustainability
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
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
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
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
Welcome to the 78 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. Our weekly pick of mind-bending and world-changing insights from LEAP speakers and
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
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