For Young People Ready to Contribute
TryNex connects ambitious young people with real ventures, founders and mentors — giving them a place to think, contribute and build evidence of what they can do.
Explore TryNex Venture StudioUNDERSTAND
Investigate real problems, people and systems.CONTRIBUTE
Research, question, design and recommend.CONNECT
Work alongside founders, mentors and ambitious peers.The world young people are entering is changing faster than traditional education can keep up with.
TryNex creates structured ways for young people to step into real innovation ecosystems — working on live challenges, alongside the people actually building, testing and solving them.
of parents want more focus on resilience and life-skills
of students only feel prepared for real-world problem-solving
jobs are expected to be displaced by AI and automation
children lack basic foundational skills by age 10
Through TryNex experiences, students work on real challenges from operating ventures, alongside founders, mentors and industry professionals. They learn to:
The outcome isn't simply more knowledge. It's the experience of discovering: I can understand this. I can contribute.
Our learning model fuses:
Young people are capable of contributing long before they have a degree or a job title. TryNex gives them a place to begin.
Students work on live questions from ventures operating in the real world.
Students use AI to research, question, test and build — while developing the judgement to know what matters.
Work with ventures solving real problems right here in the UAE, turning your own city into a living learning ecosystem.
Students build connections between self, community, and nature.
About
Ivana Brnovic Ogbu is a former United Nations Sustainability Specialist turned impact entrepreneur, working at the forefront of education and innovation. A three-time founder across education and technology, she is driven by one mission: to connect young people to real innovation ecosystems — and prepare them to contribute meaningfully in a rapidly evolving world.
Based in Dubai, she works with schools and global partners to bring real-world problem-solving, systems thinking, and innovation into education — moving beyond traditional models toward learning that builds agency, creativity, and impact.
She is the author of a children's book series introducing systems thinking and sustainable development to students aged 6–11, and the founder of TryNex — where students work on real startup challenges, collaborate with founders, and build projects that translate into real opportunities, from portfolios to internships.
Her work sits at the intersection of sustainability, education transformation, and conscious leadership. She has spoken at the Forbes Middle East Sustainability Leaders Summit and TEDx, calling for a fundamental shift in education — from knowledge consumption to real-world creation and contribution.
Be part of the movement redefining education. Whether you're a parent, student, educator, or startup — there's a way to partner with us:
Explore TryNex Venture StudioEverything you need to know about TryNex, our real-world venture experiences and how students, families and schools can get involved.
TryNex Learning is where students stop preparing for the future — and start building it. Through real startup challenges and real-world problem-solving, students don't just learn skills — they learn how to think, create, and contribute in environments that actually matter. This isn't a class. It's a launchpad. A space where students become innovators, work alongside founders, and step into real opportunities — from projects to internships — by creating value, not just credentials. In the process who they experience themselves to be, transforms.
TryNex is based in Dubai, UAE, working with students, schools and ventures across the UAE through in-person and hybrid experiences.
TryNex partners with selected schools to offer real-world venture experiences for students, from short Live Venture Sprints to deeper Venture Strategy Studio cohorts. Schools interested in exploring a partnership can contact us directly at ivana@trynexglobal.com or WhatsApp +971557245833.
TryNex Learning was founded by Ivana Brnovic Ogbu, former UN official, a systems thinker and Forbes speaker focused on sustainability, innovation and impact entrepreneurship. She is the author of sustainability-themed books for children and a co-founder of Fitch Technologies, a tech company awarded by Meta for AI-tools.
