Rana Bdair

Revolutionized online education in Jordan through accessible digital learning platforms for underserved communities

Rana Bdair (born 1985) is a Jordanian entrepreneur who transformed educational access through her 2010 launch of LearnHub. This innovative platform provided Arabic-language courses at 10% of traditional costs, reaching 500,000+ students by 2020. Rana's 2014 UNICEF partnership expanded LearnHub's reach to Syrian refugee camps, delivering STEM education via solar-powered tablets. Her 2016 creation of LearnDrop enabled teachers to create localized content in 15+ regional dialects, now used in 12 Middle Eastern countries. Rana's 2018 Microsoft Accelerator program graduate status helped scale her AI-driven tutoring system, which improved student performance by 40% in Jordan's public schools. Her 2020 TEDx talk ('Education as a Liberation Technology') inspired 150+ Arabic edtech startups. Rana's 2022 collaboration with UNESCO established digital libraries in 500 rural schools, providing 2 million books in digital format. Her 2023 initiative to train 10,000 teachers in blended learning techniques has impacted 500,000+ students across 3 continents. With 90% of Jordan's public schools now using LearnHub platforms (2024 stats) and 300,000+ monthly users in MENA, Rana's work has created unprecedented educational equity. Her 2024 partnership with OpenAI to develop Arabic language models furthers her mission of making knowledge universally accessible.