Fkra Editorial
Reporting and analysis from the Fkra editorial team on AI, learning, and the future of education in the MENA region.
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LEAP 2026 closed two weeks ago with billions in announced commitments. The conference is over; the procurement work begins. Here is the framework for separating signal from noise on the announcements coming out of Riyadh.
LEAP 2026 runs April 13–16 in Riyadh. Llama 5 ships with Meta the same week. The open-source story has not been this strategically loud since 2024, and the MENA region is in the middle of it.
HUMAIN, the Saudi national AI champion announced earlier this year, has become the operational center of gravity for the Kingdom's AI build-out by GAIN 2025. Here is how the architecture is taking shape.