A country moves to the cloud.
More than one million enterprise Microsoft cloud seats deployed in Finland.
Sulava MEA / Sixteen years of changing work
A country
to the cloud.
A region into AI.
We helped a country move to the cloud. Then to Teams. Today, we’re helping a region turn AI ambition into human capability.
Explore the recognition Microsoft Partner of the Year
7GLOBAL RECOGNITIONSOne story.
Always forward.
Finnish roots. A regional future.MEA operations since 2019 ↘
01 / The scale of the workMiddle East & Africa · November 2026
Leadership lives
in what people can do.
Across MEA, we help organizations put Microsoft AI to work. Technology, adoption and the skills to make it count.
500k+
People trained
across MEA
400+
Copilot customers
supported
70k+
AI agent deployments
contributed to
Figures reported by Sulava MEA · November 2026. Company updates ↗
The founder’s next chapter
Same conviction.
A new horizon.
“In 2019, I started Sulava Gulf.
Today, my focus is entirely on MEA.”
Aki founded Sulava in Finland in 2010, among the world’s first cloud-born Microsoft partners. In 2019, he began operations in the Middle East and Africa.
In 2025, he led the management buyout of Sulava MEA. An independent company. A complete regional focus. The same conviction that people should be ready for what technology makes possible.
Build your next chapter with us02 / WORK CHANGES. PEOPLE CARRY IT FORWARD.Finland → Middle East & Africa → Dojo
A story measured in
what people can do.
Work becomes something you share.
1.5 million enterprise Teams seats deployed in Finland.
The story opens in the region.
Aki Antman starts Sulava’s Gulf operations.
The focus becomes the Middle East and Africa.
Aki leads the management buyout and makes MEA his sole focus.
Learning moves with the work.
A learner’s goal. A personal companion. Practice in the real task.
03 / Recognized by MicrosoftGlobal Partner of the Year Awards
Seven recognitions.
One continuous story.
Six global finalist placements. One global win.
From cloud productivity to the skills that shape the AI era.
Global category awards. Country awards are additional.2024 · 2025 · 2026
Three consecutive years of global recognition.
Three consecutive years of global recognition.
THE REGION’S NEXT CHAPTERNATIONAL AMBITION. HUMAN CAPABILITY.
Ambition on
a different scale.
The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are making AI and digital capability part of their national futures. The next question belongs to every organization: can your people turn that ambition into everyday work?
of government services and operations targeted for agentic AI.
The UAE’s two-year transformation plan pairs AI adoption with continuous employee development. A program approved in May 2026 targets 80,000 federal employees.
UAE government announcementdata and AI specialists targeted by the national strategy.
Saudi Arabia’s 2030 ambitions put specialist talent alongside investment and innovation. Building people’s capability is part of building national leadership.
SDAIA national strategyICT-sector jobs targeted by Digital Agenda 2030.
Qatar’s digital agenda connects economic growth with talent. Its ALIF program brings practical generative-AI training to technical and nontechnical government employees.
MCIT’s workforce AI program Digital Agenda 2030 targetsAI ambition becomes real
when people can deliver.
That is why we built Dojo. A companion for every learner. Knowledge that keeps moving. Practice in real work. Independent proof of what people can do. Personal capability, built for the scale of an organization.
Discover the future of learningNational strategies and announced programs · Sources reviewed November 12, 2026.
The story continues with DojoWe helped people
We helped people
meet every new era.
Now learning
moves with them.
A companion that keeps learning toward your goals. Practice in your own work. Independent proof of what you can do.
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