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Saudi Arabia: A hotspot for the digital generation
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Saudi Arabia: A hotspot for the digital generation

From working in Parliament in Austria to pushing the boundaries of digital tech in Riyadh, LEAP 2024 speaker Margarete Schramboek (Board Member at Aramco Digital; Former Minister of Economy and Digital, Austria) has a passion for the potential of digitisation to transform our world.  We asked her what entrepreneurs should

Will fintech create new inequalities in finance?
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Will fintech create new inequalities in finance?

Last year on the blog, Dr. Ritesh Jain (Founder of Infynit) explained why payments are the lifeblood of the financial services industry.  This week, we caught up with him again to dig a little deeper into his perspective on payments, fintech, and financial inclusion.  Crucially, we wanted to find out

The evolution of esports with Fabien Devide
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The evolution of esports with Fabien Devide

Last year, esports club Team Vitality celebrated a decade in the industry – and over that time it has been part of seismic changes in the popularity and scope of the esports market. Back in 2013, the esports market was just beginning to find its place, carving out a space at

How long do you want to live?
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How long do you want to live?

Imagine if you could maintain your biological age at 25, and mitigate the impact of age-related illness?  What if you could look into the future and know that it’s possible to live to an old age while still feeling healthy, vibrant, and energised?  The manipulation of gene expression in

From politics to AVs, and serving LEAP with driverless shuttles
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From politics to AVs, and serving LEAP with driverless shuttles

From 2014 to 2016, Taavi Rõivas (Chairman at Auve Tech) was the Prime Minister of Estonia. Now he’s deeply involved in bringing autonomous vehicles (AVs) to the roads and making them available for commercial use – here in Saudi Arabia, and in other countries around the world.  We caught up

Accelerating innovation: An open-source autonomous driving platform
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Accelerating innovation: An open-source autonomous driving platform

According to data from Next Move Strategy Consulting, the global autonomous vehicle market reached nearly 17,000 units in 2022. By 2030, it’s projected there will be 127,000 autonomous vehicles on the roads worldwide.  This week we interviewed LEAP 2024 speaker Helen Pan (General Manager at Baidu’s

Coming of age in the metaverse
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Coming of age in the metaverse

In 2008, anthropologist Tom Boellstorff published a book called Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human.  It was an outlier in the field of social anthropology; the account of a field study that had been conducted entirely online, inside the online game Second Life. The

What do unusual power devices tell us about the tech industry?
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What do unusual power devices tell us about the tech industry?

Everyone has a drawer full of batteries in their house. But beyond the standard power devices that everyone’s familiar with, researchers continue to explore different materials and techniques that can generate power and change the resources we rely on – so more and more novel power devices are in development.

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