We're in a post-pandemic world. As far as business planning and innovation go, many companies appear to be ill-equipped to thrive as they confront practical and existential challenges. But some have survived, and a select few are defining this period, reshaping their businesses. And those are the companies we're honoring on our annual list of the Most Innovative Companies 2022.

From the agritech firm behind growing drought-tolerant crops, enabling greater production, improving food security and sustainability (RedSea and Pure Harvest Farms) and a real estate startup developing proprietary tech to create a transactional platform that lets users participate in every stage of the home-buying process (Huspy) to a startup making learning finance a stimulating experience, the Fast Company Middle East' Most Innovative Companies addresses a society that is reinventing. Many of them pioneered business models that are now accelerating: Cafu and JustLife DMCC, for example, are disrupting the on-demand service economy in new directions.

To determine the list, Fast Company Middle East's editors mined several hundreds of nominations from companies that embody innovative and creative problem-solving. Here are the ones that rose above and the business trends they're advancing.