Explore the Fast Company Middle East’s Most Innovative Companies 2023 list; 42 organizations are reshaping their businesses and industries. We’ve selected the companies making the most significant impact with their initiatives across 23 categories, including the most innovative services, sustainability & cleantech and retail companies.

Education companies are using technology and innovative design to curate learning experiences that meet the ever-changing needs of students, from remote learning to unique digital content and customized learning spaces. This year’s leading education companies are working to foster welcoming, unique, and accessible learning environments that increase student engagement and collaboration.

Dawrat 

For providing seamless remote learning

Educational platform Dawrat aims to provide seamless remote learning for students in the MENA region. Founded in 2011, the platform offers a variety of features to foster better interaction between instructors and students, including live sessions and pre-recorded online courses. Dawrat also supports businesses by enabling them to curate their online course libraries for their staff and introducing a management system to monitor their staff’s learning progress and ensure their readiness to meet the company’s skill requirements. Dawrat has become a crucial educational tool in the post-pandemic landscape, as individuals aim to reduce physical interactions as much as possible.

Kidzink 

For bringing innovation to school design

When it comes to school architecture, there needs to be more innovation, more consideration for evolving educational needs, and a prevalence of uninspiring, cookie-cutter layouts. How to solve this? Kidzink specializes in creating customized learning spaces and educational projects, allowing schools to improve and innovate. It helps manage multiple architecture and design projects across their portfolio of schools. Its clients can access market knowledge and consultancy, pedagogy-informed interior design, and the supply and installation of sustainable school furniture. Kidzink launched Koda, an architectural practice devoted to schools to shake off the constraints to rapid improvement and design innovation.