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If you want to make a difference, you’re in the right place

Welcome to this week’s LEAP:IN newsletter. Each week, we unpack leader’s powerful quotes and decipher the tech landscape. With exclusive content from some of the world’s leading experts in AI, robotics, space, edutech, climate tech and more, read on to discover this week’s insights and

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The Energy Sector Gets Its Moment in the Sun

The long race to replace fossil fuels with green energy is headed for its final stretch. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the share of renewables in global electricity generation jumped to nearly 28% in Q1 2020 from 26% in Q1 2019. Renewables, the IEA adds, will account for

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EV Race: Can Tesla Maintain Its Pole Position?

Elon Musk rewrote the rulebook on industry disruption with Tesla Inc. But as EVs go mainstream, can the company maintain its lead? Tesla Inc.’s meteoric rise from a startup taking on the world’s most powerful automotive carmakers to racing past them to a US$1 trillion valuation is

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Drones Take Off

Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, are expected to proliferate around the world given their adaptability in civil and defence spheres. The uses of drones is truly unlimited: from looking for leaks in crude oil pipeline in remote locations, to providing food and medicine and emergence services in remote locations, monitoring,

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Top Artificial Intelligence Statistics & Facts in 2022

Top AI Stats and Facts 2022 AI, which once was a subject of people’s imagination, is becoming a reality at lightspeed. The computer science field that focuses on the creation of machines that can replicate human behavior and mimic his competencies has already altered the way we think and

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Thrive Now to Change the Future

What legacy are you creating? And are you happy with it? “Since March 2020 we’ve witnessed one of the largest, fastest changes in consumer behaviour in history. And as customers rapidly started shifting their purchases online and started taking part in the digital economy, businesses were forced to respond

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Towards a Fair World: Can AI Overcome Systemic Bias?

Saad Toma (General Manager at IBM) came to #LEAP22 to talk about AI. And with good reason: “Twenty years ago the prediction was that every company would become an internet company,” he said. “Now people are saying every company will become an AI company.”  In 2019 research by Accenture found

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Blend it: how to create a sustainable investment ecosystem

“We can mobilise money into the Middle East and Africa, but unless we have that reliable pipeline of investible startups, we are not going to get anywhere.”  The tech industry often puts the responsibility for securing investment very heavily on the shoulders of startup founders. But in reality, investments depend