Explore the Fast Company Middle East’s Most Innovative Companies 2024 list, featuring 55 winning entries reshaping businesses and industries. We’ve selected the companies making the most significant impact with their initiatives across 27 categories, including the most innovative design, sustainability and cleantech, manufacturing, real estate, and retail companies.

Small but fierce, these companies prove that size doesn’t define impact. With fewer than 10 employees, they’re pushing boundaries, driving innovation, and disrupting industries. Their agility and creativity are their superpowers, proving that big ideas can come in small packages.

CEED

For reforestation with robotics

CEED has developed a robotic planting system to address climate change by accelerating tree planting in dryland ecosystems. Unlike drone-based seeding, its technology combines biotech processes with autonomous robotics to simultaneously plant and irrigate seed balls, ensuring higher germination rates and water efficiency. This innovation enables rapidly planting up to 3,000 trees daily, even in challenging environments. By targeting native species and integrating irrigation, its approach supports biodiversity and creates carbon sinks, contributing to sustainable reforestation efforts.