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The new work code for the digital economy

With a growing number of software companies, telecom companies, and hardware firms expanding in the region, there is an explosion in demand for software programmers, coders and software and hardware engineers in the Middle East. Everything from electronic payment systems to complete overhauls of government and corporate platforms require new

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What’s your vision?

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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Elevate your customer experience with Big Data

In partnership with Infobip Nowadays, data can be found anywhere, and most brands collect a tremendous amount of it from their customers. Data can be collected across multiple touchpoints, from purchase history to customer insights and even social media commentary. It almost makes us feel as we’re drowning in

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Life lessons: Transformation through tech

“If you look backwards over the last thirty years, technology — both consumer technology and enterprise technology — has been a powerful force for good.”  #LEAP22 was a milestone gathering for the global technology community. But, as Lord Stephen Carter (Group CEO of Informa) put it, “to create these events is not

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Is AR the True Promise of the Metaverse?

A lot of the excitement around the metaverse is focused on VR tech. Emergen Research estimates  that the market for metaverse technologies reached USD $49 billion in 2020, with an expected CAGR of 43.3% until 2030 when it’ll hit $1,607.12 billion. And while those numbers cover

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A call to amplify local knowledge (and stories)

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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What are the untapped opportunities in digital services?

“There are still untapped opportunities that we can leverage using today’s technology, to take us to the total level to generate a digitised era.”  These words from Mohammed Al Barrak (CTO at Jahez) at #LEAP22 have instigated an ongoing game here at LEAP. We’re analysing every task we

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Three Elements of Efficient Cybersecurity in 2022

During her keynote at #LEAP22, Paula Januszkewicz (Founder and CEO at CQURE) pointed to a staggering 1318% increase in ransomware attacks in the financial industry, and noted that 94% of malware is delivered by email. And across industries, ransomware attacks are getting more serious.  So far this year, for example,