This unique assessment tests real-life work scenarios and provides employers seeking professionals ready to work in a remote, hybrid, or digital environment an easy way to validate their skills.

I was brought in to train thousands of leaders in the corporate, nonprofit and academic sectors in communications best practices from public speaking to crisis communications to fielding difficult questions.

Founded by Peter Gabriel and the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, WITNESS promotes the integration of video and digital technology into human rights advocacy campaigns worldwide. As Chair of the Program Committee of the Board of Directors, my responsibilities include: serving as a coach, advisor and strategist to the Executive Director and senior WITNESS staff on programmatic and management-related questions. Overseeing the Program Committee of the board, which meets several times annually, to steward the programmatic direction of the organization.

Localized is a career intelligence company that connects learners with industry experts to guide them and employers to hire them. 

Founded in 1951, Amideast is a leading American nonprofit organization engaged in international education, training, and development activities in the Middle East and North Africa. We believe that self-forged, fulfilled lives lead to understanding, mutual respect, and a more peaceful, productive world.

Arizona State University is ranked as the top public university of choice for international students, according to the 2018 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. This is the fourth consecutive year that ASU has topped all public universities on the list, which is based on figures from the 2017–18 academic year. We're here to ensure our students have access to mentors, role models and employers no matter where they live.

This is a test account where you can get a feel for the platform. Note that all the users are real; but this is private so it won't be discoverable by other users. 

The Stevens Initiative is an international effort to build global competence and career readiness skills for young people in the United States and the Middle East and North Africa by growing and enhancing the field of virtual exchange. It is a lasting tribute to Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, a public servant who dedicated himself to building understanding between people from different countries. The Stevens Initiative is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Aspen Institute. It is also supported by the Bezos Family Foundation and the governments of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.


IFC—a sister organization of the World Bank and member of the World Bank Group—is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries. The Bank Group has set two goals for the world to achieve by 2030: end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity in every country.

We leverage our products and services—as well as products and services of other institutions across the World Bank Group—to create markets that address the biggest development challenges of our time. We apply our financial resources, technical expertise, global experience, and innovative thinking to help our clients and partners overcome financial, operational, and other challenges.

Talent is equally distributed globally, but opportunity is not. At WorldQuant University, we are working to change that: Our offerings are completely online and entirely free. We believe education is most effective when educators, employers, and students work together to create pathways for mutual success. With enrollment in more than 100 countries, our two-year MSc in Financial Engineering degree program delivers a rigorous curriculum developed by domain experts. In our project-based Applied Data Science Lab, students build the wrangling, analysis, model-building, and communication skills to prepare for success in data-centric careers in both the private and public sectors.

GBSN is a nonprofit organization that partners with business schools, industry, foundations and aid agencies to improve access to quality, locally relevant management education for the developing world. With a growing network of over 100 leading business schools on 6 continents, we foster cross-border networking, knowledge sharing and collaboration both within our network membership and with the broader business education and development communities. GBSN builds activities and programs that enable the creation of new knowledge, provide meaningful experiences, and build relationships that can transform management education, as well as provide broad visibility to our member schools as a change maker for economic and social development.


The Fulbright Localized community focuses on fostering Fulbright connections, professional development, mentorship, and networking opportunities for Fulbright Students, Alumni in and out of the MENA region. This private forum is your chance to meet and connect with fellow Fulbrighters from the Middle East and North Africa - where you can build lasting connections for professional collaboration in your fields. AMIDEAST encourages each of you to host a webinar, offer mentorship, or connect with others who might also be interested in collaborating to develop a new product or innovation or community project.  

Transforming higher education isn’t something we can do alone. That’s why we work with strategic partners and collaborators who share our mission—and are committed to improving lives through the power of education technology.

The future of AI needs diversity — diversity of experiences, perspectives, and skills. SureStart aims to bring this much needed diversity to AI by providing high-school and college students, no matter where they are located, with an equal opportunity to be an AI builder and change-maker.

If you are an interested student, learn about the SureStart program: a virtual AI training program that prepares you with in-demand technical and career skills needed to get your first AI internship.

For more than 70 years, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs has been educating professionals who work in public, private and nonprofit organizations to make a difference in the world. 


Equipping early-stage social entrepreneurs with the support they need to transform audacious ideas into scalable and sustainable ventures, and change the world.

Incorporated in 2008, we gained charity status in 2010. We are supported by leading organizations in Singapore, some of which are represented on our Board. Since January 2008, JA Singapore has educated over 185,000 students from Kindergarten to JC2 about work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Our programs use hands-on activities to help young people understand the economics of life. 

Shorelight was founded on the belief that higher education is experiencing a period of profound transformation. Innovative universities across the country are considering new models and initiatives that will benefit from a vested education partner who shares their vision, values, and ambitions.


The Commons Project is a nonprofit public trust established to build platforms and services to make life better for people around the world.

We want to help young people navigate the world of work. To provide guidance on your job hunt and help offer you the initial work experience that will kick-start your career. We are career and job market experts and we want to share our know-how with you.

CEO for One Month offers you the chance to develop and showcase your leadership potential, to learn what it takes to succeed as a business leader and to acquire the skills and the experience needed to get your foot on the career ladder.

The selected global CEO for One Month will get a taste of how to run a multinational company with 30,000 employees in 60 countries. The highly qualifying experience is a huge boost to any career!


Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, world-leading global threat research and intelligence, and continuous innovation, our cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints.

With more than 6,500 employees in over 50 countries and the world’s most advanced global threat intelligence, Trend Micro secures your connected world.

Higher education is key to this mobility but, unfortunately, millions of students struggle to get into or through school due to financial constraints.

We’re tackling this pervasive issue by working with investors and universities to provide an innovative and forward-looking education financing product for students from around the world.

We’re not just a student lender – our goal is to set students up for academic, professional, and financial successes.

This is the Epic Lab's presence eon Localized. Centro de Creatividad, Innovación y Emprendimiento.?

UNAM is the institution with more educative options in Mexico as well as the one receiving more students. It evaluates its study programs systematically in order to adjust to the necessities of the working dynamics, hence providing its graduates with high competence levels.

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Kapor Capital is an Oakland-based venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming startups. We redefine what venture capital is capable of by prioritizing a new outcome: a more fair, just, and equitable society for low income communities and underrepresented communities of color.

Africa Climate Careers Network (ACCN) is an inclusive community that provides access to jobs, events, peers, and mentors to help youth and women in Africa transition into the clean energy and climate sectors. ACCN is powered by Shortlist Futures, a business unit within Shortlist which is a recruitment advisory firm. Shortlist Futures aims to unlock opportunities for youth in Africa through work experience and inclusive hiring in impactful sectors such as climate and clean energy.

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This is a private group for those passionate about green jobs and green skills, to get insights + links to content - from free courses to interesting articles!

Team Problem Solving

Product

Leadership Development

Product Management

Public Speaking

Supervisory Management

Nonprofit Communications

Startups

Human Rights

Documentary Production

Film Distribution

Grassroots Fundraising

Leading the tech and product teams at Localized! Focused on system architecture, PR reviews, mentorship & growth, and leadership.

The internationally top-ranked Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the one university in the UAE with the research and academic programs that address the entire range of strategic, scientific and industrial challenges facing the UAE’s knowledge economy transformation and our rapidly evolving world.

Its world-class faculty and state-of-the-art research facilities provide an unparalleled learning experience to students from the UAE and around the world. The university brings together the best in science, engineering and medicine in the UAE, to offer specialized degrees that can take promising high school graduates all the way to top-rated doctorate degree holders.

The Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) to the United States is one of the specialized agencies created by the Saudi government in 1951 to administer programs and policies to meet the educational and cultural needs of Saudis studying in the United States. 

SACM responsibilities include representing Saudi universities, ministries and other governmental agencies that sponsor Saudi students in the United States. 

At Netflix, we want to entertain the world. Whatever your taste, and no matter where you live, we give you access to best-in-class TV series, documentaries, feature films and mobile games. Our members control what they want to watch, when they want it, in one simple subscription. We’re streaming in more than 30 languages and 190 countries, because great stories can come from anywhere and be loved everywhere. We are the world’s biggest fans of entertainment, and we’re always looking to help you find your next favorite story.

Eventbrite is a global self-service ticketing platform for live experiences that allows anyone to create, share, find and attend events that fuel their passions and enrich their lives. From music festivals, marathons, conferences, community rallies, and fundraisers, to gaming competitions and air guitar contests. Our mission is to bring the world together through live experiences.

We are improving the TV viewing experience, enabling content discovery, and addressing audience fragmentation across screens to strengthen television’s business model and relevance to consumers.

Our data and measurement products are transforming the way today’s largest brands across the media landscape are thinking about their business. Given the dramatic growth in streaming services, connected devices, time-shifting, and multi-screen viewership, our data solves real problems and creates meaningful competitive advantage for our clients.

CTO and Head of Product

TypeScript

Agile

Software Development Management

Javascript

Leadership

Software Architecture

Welcome to the Localized community for learners in Tamkeen-supported programs. This is your hub for collaboration, This space is designed to support your journey by providing access to resources, peer collaboration, and expert insights. Stay connected with fellow participants, share ideas, and maximize your learning experience!

Director of Partnerships & Growth

Successfully got the business ready for and executed a 100% acquisition by Private Equity firm First Equity Partners

Crumbs Cupcakes and More PE Sale

Lead, sales/distribution module implementation of SAP (business management software) throughout,
HQ, 22 distribution warehouses, and 6 production facilities for a 1,000+ salesforce

SAP Sales and Distribution Module Implementation

Entrepreneurship

Strategy Development

Developing Partnerships

Strategic Partnerships

Sales Information System

Business Case Development

FMCG

ERP Architect

International Partnerships

Early Stage Start-ups

BPO Manager

Spotify is a new digital music service that enables users to remotely source millions of different songs on various record labels from a laptop, smartphone or other device.

As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, helping people care for themselves and their families. 

We can trace our origin back to 1866, when the first European condensed milk factory was opened in Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. 

Today, we employ around 273,000 people and have factories or operations in almost every country in the world. 


Google aspires to create technologies that solve important problems and help people in their daily lives. We are optimistic about the incredible potential for AI and other advanced technologies to empower people, widely benefit current and future generations, and work for the common good.

We believe that these technologies will promote innovation and further our mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

We recognize that these same technologies also raise important challenges that we need to address clearly, thoughtfully, and affirmatively. These principles set out our commitment to develop technology responsibly and establish specific application areas we will not pursue.

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At Vodafone, we are known for our technology, but the truth is, it is humanity that drives our business forward. We believe that, when working together, humanity and technology can find the answers and create a better future for all.

Working at Vodafone is all about helping people feel ready to benefit from new technology. We bring the future to even the most remote places, using technology to help families in disaster zones, showing young people that a phone is not just for fun and thinking about technology that doesn’t even exist yet.

Aramex is a provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions. Established in 1982 as an express operator, the company rapidly transformed itself into a global brand recognized for its customized services and innovative multi-product offering. The range of services offered by the company includes international and domestic express delivery, freight forwarding, integrated logistics solutions, information and document management solutions and e-commerce solutions.

KAUST is a renowned graduate research university of science and technology.

MSF( Doctors without Borders ) provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality.

Şişecam is one of the most established industrial enterprises in Turkey with a corporate history spanning more than 85 years. Today, Şişecam ranks among the world’s most prestigious manufacturers thanks to its exceptional expertise and highly competitive operations. Combining its deep-rooted experience with a forward-looking vision, Şişecam adds value to all its stakeholders with a people-oriented and environment-friendly approach, in line with its strategies of sustainable growth that creates value. It is currently one of the world's leading glass producers with production operations located in 14 countries on four continents and have 22,000 employees. Şişecam records sales in over 150 countries around the globe.

Enerjisa Enerji is one of the leading players in Turkey’s emerging electricity market thanks to its grid investments, innovative and differentiated applications, efficiency, and technology-focused business models for its customers. Enerjisa Enerji aims to grow profitably and add value to its shareholders by expanding its high-quality grid in its distribution regions and extending the reach of its retail operations while developing its long-term strategies with a sustainable approach.

With over a decade of experience creating digital talent at scale, Udacity’s comprehensive solutions address the global talent shortages impacting growth, productivity, and innovation. Our exceptional curriculum, personalized mentor support, and measurable outcomes create expertise with a focus on the in-demand competencies that ensure workplace relevance.

Abdi İbrahim, a Turkish pharmaceutical industry leader, was founded in 1912 in Küçükmustafapaşa, Istanbul at a small pharmacy, by Pharmacist Abdi İbrahim Bey who had started the “healing” journey. Abdi İbrahim has the largest product portfolio in the sector, exceeding 200 brands and more than 450 products by developing its own products as well as working with 30 licensors. 

Strathmore University is a Chartered University located in Nairobi, Kenya. It was the first multiracial and multi-religious educational institution in English-speaking Eastern Africa,  more recently the first institute of higher learning to be ISO certified in East and Central Africa in 2004. Our mission is to provide all-round quality education in an atmosphere of freedom and responsibility; excellence in teaching, research and scholarship; ethical and social development; and service to society

herDomain is a social enterprise that provides Pakistani women with tech training, professional development, and mentorship, thus carving a pathway to opportunities and technology jobs. Women who undergo our training will be better positioned to (a) pursue tech careers, (b) create and design their own applications, and/or (c) go on to receive higher education.

Our mission of helping you make the best decisions is our north star, guiding us to always serve your interests. It drives everything we do. And although we are a nearly 90-year-old company, we’ve been a leader in digital journalism for more than a decade. We operate with the mentality of a startup, stressing a flat management structure and a team-based operating approach.

CEVA provides world-class supply chain solutions for large and medium-size national and multinational companies across the globe. As an industry leader, CEVA offers customers complete supply chain design and implementation in contract logistics and freight management, alone or in combination.  Together with CMA CGM, a leading worldwide shipping group and CEVA’s strategic partner, we are able to offer our customers end-to-end logistics solutions.

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

We want to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.

Project Management Institute is the world's leading for-purpose professional membership organization for the project, program and portfolio management profession. PMI advances careers, improves organizational success and further matures the profession of project management through its globally recognized standards, certifications, resources, tools academic research, publications, professional development courses, and networking opportunities.

The Chalhoub Group has been the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the Group has become a major player in the beauty, fashion and gift sectors regionally.

Blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, the Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers. The Group is moving fast from a traditional distributor and retailer for luxury in the Middle East to a hybrid retailer bringing luxury experiences to the fingertips of customers everywhere.

RLabs is a global movement that provides innovative solutions to address various complex problems. It creates an environment where people are empowered to make a difference in the lives of others.

Its core activities are skills and training, community development, social and disruptive innovation, mobile and internet solutions, social enterprise incubation, impact investing and social franchising.

RLabs is a South African award-winning non-profit company, established in 2009 in Bridgetown, Cape Town. 

It is a global movement that provides innovative solutions to address various complex problems. It creates an environment where people are empowered to make a difference in the lives of others. Its core activities are skills and training, community development, social and disruptive innovation, mobile and internet solutions, social enterprise incubation, impact investing and social franchising.

We have since expanded the RLabs model to 23 countries across 5 continents impacting more than 20 million people through our work. To date, more than 200,000 people have accessed RLabs programmes

The Cultural Bureau, Embassy of Saudi Arabia (SACB), in London performs several core functions in matters of education, science and consulate affairs pertaining to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). 

It acts as a vital bridge between educational and research institutions in the UK and the KSA, fostering a strategic partnership based on cultural and scientific ties.

**The Virtual Forum for Skills Acquisition and Trends in Tech & Web3 **

This one-day interactive program will include informative sessions by international experts from world-renowned companies. Sessions will discuss and prepare students and grads in the UAE for a competitive edge in the world of tech. 


Topics Include: 

Finding roles in the metaverse 

Cloud 3.0 skills and opportunities 

Engineering roles: application, CV and interview

Blockchain and social impact

Understanding NFTs

Breaking into FinTech & Cryptocurrency and more.

Ziefah Health is a membership-based network for mental health care providers that aims to improve access to high-quality, affordable, culturally responsive mental health care in the Muslim community. We do this by matching Muslims with providers based on their needs, preferences, and readiness. When a provider joins Ziefah, they gain access to a pre-vetted network of prospects as well as tools to help them better run their practice, develop, and grow their practice. 

The University of Pretoria is a multi-faculty research-intensive university that has remained among the top South African universities in research output and impact. UP is also the top producer of graduates in the country. Its nine faculties and business school offer a diverse range of degrees, diplomas and certificates, over 1000 of which are postgraduate programmes. With its identity firmly and proudly rooted in Africa, the University strives to develop the current and future potential of South Africa’s diverse population while remaining a recognised player in the global marketplace of knowledge production. 

A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. 
Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. 
Together, we can build for everyone.

ASAL is a software R&D and Professional Services company. The superb quality of our engineering is what we stake our reputation on. We have won awards and international accolades from the global SW R&D leaders such as Intel and Microsoft.

Our goal is to meet our customers'​ expectations with regard to quality, delivery timelines and budget. ASAL rigorously aligns its SW R&D process to become an integral part of customers'​ product development. This ensures the success of the product evolution, in the both short- and long-term.

Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. 

Our portfolio ranges from nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps, luxurious shampoos and everyday household care products. We produce world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s and Omo, alongside trusted local names and innovative-forward thinking brands like Ben & Jerry’s, The Dollar Shave Club and Dermalogica.

Our mission is to inspire the next generation to develop ideas for a fairer and more sustainable world.

We welcome the brightest minds from over 130 different countries, creating a community that is diverse, vibrant and multinational. From day one at our central London campus, our students are encouraged to challenge conventional views and think globally – and that’s one of the reasons why they develop careers that make a real difference.

A community page for Brazilians on Localized who are looking to be connected with global experts, global employers sourcing top interns and employees, and Stanford-level career coaching.

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. It has 227,000 professionals working together to deliver value in 146 countries and territories.

The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) is the UAE’s largest applied higher educational institution, with over 23,000 students attending modern, technology-oriented men's and women's campuses throughout the UAE. The HCT has a strong reputation for embedding innovative teaching and learning methods and technologies in its pedagogy, and is at the cutting-edge of the UAE's drive to modernize and diversify the economy towards one that is primarily knowledge-based. As a result, HCT’s teaching methods and technology usage are the most modern available, and focus on student engagement, achievement, growth and success.

At PayPal, we believe now is the time to reimagine money and democratize financial services, so that managing and moving money is safe and accessible for everyone. We’re driven by this purpose and support employees by valuing inclusion, innovation, collaboration, and wellness, so they can ensure that every person can participate in the global economy.

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company, and the spirit and heart of a small one.

Together, Amazonians research and develop new technologies from Amazon Web Services to Alexa on behalf of our customers: shoppers, sellers, content creators, and developers around the world.

**Lighthouse Reports is a non-profit, award-winning pioneer of collaborative journalism, based in the Netherlands. **

We work with Europe's leading media to deliver deeply reported, public interest journalism on migration, conflict and corruption. We do this by building newsrooms around topics and channelling editors, tools and resources to working journalists with the results reach the public on existing platforms (newspapers, online and broadcast). 

We believe investigative journalism helps people navigate complexity, so we create spaces to make this happen.

GIB provides diverse financial products, services and bespoke banking solutions to a wide client base in the GCC, Europe and North America. This includes corporate, institutional, global transaction and investment banking; treasury and asset management; and meem, the world’s first fully-digital Shariah-compliant retail bank.

The Group is active across regional and international markets through its subsidiaries GIB Saudi Arabia and GIB (UK) Ltd and its branches in the UAE and USA.

Dangote Group is one of Nigeria’s most diversified business conglomerates, with a hard-earned reputation for excellent business practices and product quality. Our operational headquarters is located in the bustling metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria.

Dangote Group continues to grow its vision of becoming the leading provider of essential needs in Food and Shelter in Sub-Saharan Africa, with sustained market leadership in Cement Manufacturing, Sugar Milling, Sugar Refining, Flour Milling, Manufacturing of Pasta (Spaghetti & Macaroni), Operation of Cement Terminals, Port Operations, Noodles Manufacturing, Packaging Material Production and Salt Refining.

TikTok is the world's leading destination for short-form video. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

Our employees lead with curiosity, and move at the speed of culture. Combined with our company's flat structure, you'll be given dynamic opportunities to make a real impact on a rapidly expanding company as you grow your career. We have offices across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas – and we're just getting started.

Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, delivering trusted data, news, and insights that bring transparency, efficiency, and fairness to markets. 

The company helps connect influential communities across the global financial ecosystem via reliable technology solutions that enable our customers to make more informed decisions and foster better collaboration.

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated transport and logistics company; going all the way, together, for our customers and society. ALL THE WAY is our commitment to connect the world so that everyone has both the possibility and the ability to trade, grow and thrive.

The company employs roughly 110.000 employees across operations in 130 countries.

Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million ride-hailing and delivery Captains, simplified the lives of over 50 million customers, and built a platform for the region’s best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.

In 2019, Careem was acquired by Uber Technologies, Inc. 

Carnegie Mellon University Africa is a Regional Centre of Excellence in ICT located at the Innovation City - Kigali, Rwanda. Born out of a partnership between Carnegie Mellon University and the Government of Rwanda, CMU-Africa exists to educate and empower the next generation of African leaders and innovators by delivering a world-class educational experience. Our mission is to produce creative and technically strong engineers, who have been trained in the African context, and prepared to make a transformative impact in their communities and the world.

Mash World Agency is a leading digital agency based in Jordan, specializing in growth marketing and revenue generation for businesses across the MENA region. 

We approach every project with a growth mindset to help businesses stand out in their respective markets, gain more traction, and generate more leads and revenue.

We take great pride in our contribution to the business ecosystem by offering a comprehensive range of services that help businesses acquire more customers and provide greater value to their stakeholders. Our services are delivered in a logical sequence that is designed to cater to the specific needs of our clients.


A community page for Emiratis on Localized who are looking to be connected with global experts, global employers sourcing top interns and employees, and Stanford-level career coaching.

ALX is a career accelerator on a mission to identify, develop, and equip Africa’s next 3 million leaders.

With our 21st-century programmes in digital transformation, business intelligence and support, and entrepreneurship, we're upskilling young Africans and providing them with opportunities to grow their careers and make a significant impact.

We help people and businesses grow through sales, by connecting trained sales talent to opportunities.

At Flutterwave, we are on a mission to build payments infrastructure to connect Africa to the global economy. 

We do this by building technology, tools, and infrastructure for businesses and banks who want to provide a more seamless and secure payments experience for their customers. Founded in 2016 by a team of African finance and technology veterans from Standard Bank, PayPal, Google Wallet amongst others.

Flutterwave has grown to become one of the fastest growing payments companies in the world. Since inception Flutterwave has processed close to $2 billion in payments and 25 million transactions across over 33 African countries where it currently operates. 

Nielsen shapes the world’s media and content as a global leader in audience insights, data and analytics. Through our understanding of people and their behaviors across all channels and platforms, we empower our clients with independent and actionable intelligence so they can connect and engage with their audiences—now and into the future.

Nielsen operates around the world in more than 55 countries. 

Binance is the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider with a product suite that includes the world's largest digital asset exchange and much more.

Trusted by over 200 millions of users worldwide, the Binance platform is dedicated to increasing the freedom of money for users, and features an unmatched portfolio of crypto products and offerings, including: trading and finance, education, data and research, social good, investment and incubation, decentralization and infrastructure solutions, and more.


As the only provider of an integrated vehicle brain and nervous system, Aptiv works with our customers to create software-defined vehicles and solve mobility’s toughest challenges in autonomous driving, vehicle electrification, advanced safety, and much more. We believe that mobility has the power to change the world.

Shopify is a leading global commerce company, providing trusted tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business of any size. Shopify makes commerce better for everyone with a platform and services that are engineered for reliability, while delivering a better shopping experience for consumers everywhere. Shopify powers millions of businesses in more than 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Allbirds, Gymshark, PepsiCo, Staples, and many more.

DiDi Global Inc. is a leading mobility technology platform. It offers a wide range of app-based services across Asia Pacific, Latin America, and other global markets, including ride hailing, taxi hailing, designated driving, hitch and other forms of shared mobility as well as certain energy and vehicle services, food delivery, and intra-city freight services.


DiDi strives to create better life experiences and greater social value, by building a safe, inclusive, and sustainable transportation and local services ecosystem for cities of the future.

NTT DATA - a part of NTT Group - is a trusted global innovator of IT and business services headquartered in Tokyo. We help clients transform through consulting, industry solutions, business process services, IT modernization and managed services. 

NTT DATA enables clients, as well as society, to move confidently into the digital future. We are committed to our clients' long-term success and combine global reach with local client attention to serve them in over 50 countries.

Our mission is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. Duolingo is the most downloaded education app in the history of the App Store and in 2019 became the top-grossing education app worldwide. 

We set out to do something altogether different in the learning space. Learning a new language is hard; we believe it should be fun. We use bite-sized lessons that feel like playing a game to keep our learners motivated. Learning a new language can also be expensive, and because we believe it should be free, we made it so. 

Takealot.com is the leading eCommerce retailer in South Africa and one of the largest, most innovative eCommerce retailers on the African continent. 

Our mission is to be the most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa, built around the simple concept that our customer comes first.

Need help or have a question? 
Reach out to us via our Help Center for assistance https://www.takealot.com/help-centre

Our focus is dedicated to improving the customer experience, from the moment they arrive on our website to the moment they receive their order. By aligning ourselves to this philosophy, we believe Takealot will be the #1  shopping destination across Africa.

Nu was born in 2013 with the mission to fight complexity to empower people in their daily lives by reinventing financial services.

We are one of the world’s largest digital banking platforms, serving more than 100 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.

As one of the leading technology companies in the world, Nu leverages proprietary technologies and innovative business practices to create new financial solutions and experiences for individuals and SMEs that are simple, intuitive, convenient, low-cost, empowering, and human.

Guided by its mission, Nu is fostering access to financial services across Latin America.

Flix is a global travel tech leader providing sustainable and affordable travel options to more than 60 million yearly travelers in 43 countries through its brands FlixBus, FlixTrain, Greyhound, and Kamil Koç.

Through our tech platform and user-friendly app, Flix creates a travel experience tailored to passengers' needs and connects travelers with local business partners providing transportation, ensuring a modern fleet that adheres to the highest safety standards.

This asset-light business model has turned a European start-up into a leading and globally expanding travel-tech champion.

Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd. is India’s fastest growing entertainment network and a house of more than 3 dozen iconic brands. Viacom18 defines entertainment in India by touching people across its core lines of businesses – broadcast, digital, experiential, filmed entertainment and consumer products. 

Our vision is to be the most admired media & entertainment company by continuously entertaining, engaging and enriching the life of every Indian through sustained innovation and thought leadership.

Agoda is transforming travel for millions of customers across the globe.

Headquartered in Asia, Agoda is one of the world’s largest online travel platforms. Founded in 2005 and now part of Booking Holdings (Nasdaq: BKNG), Agoda has a network of over 4,500,000 properties worldwide. 

Agoda employs over 6,900 professionals from 90+ nationalities in locations around the globe. In every department – from engineering to customer experience – we provide an environment rich with creativity, collaboration, and experimentation, and the tools to work faster and smarter.

At Agoda, we believe our people are our strength. We work hard and have fun, and we choose people who are dedicated to making things great.

A community page for members of this Pilot, to connect and engage!

This Pilot begins in November 2024.

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.

BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. 

The Better Food Foundation promotes dietary changes to build a healthy, equitable, humane, and environmentally sustainable food system. We work to grow values-based food choices through education, advocacy,  policy change, resource development, and grant making.

Irembo's mission is to build great products that meaningfully improve people's lives.

From the beginning, the company has been building and operating a platform that enables the automation and online provision of public services to citizens and businesses, with a vision of becoming the Pan-African catalyst of transformation through technology. 

**Five things to know about Irembo:**
1. Irembo digitized 100 public services online.
2. Irembo has served over 14,000,000 users so far.
3. We have partnered with 19 public institutions.
4. 25 million working hours have been saved due to our online public service delivery platform, IremboGov.
5. Irembo is a young, diverse and growing team.

A premier African academic institution with a geographic spread that covers the whole of Namibia and offers many choices to the region and the world.

Consistently ranked among Africa’s top 50 universities for over a decade, UNAM is the largest university in Namibia, with a wide range of disciplines, including programmes in Medicine, Dentistry, Humanities, Engineering, Law, Tourism, Commerce, Veterinary Science, and several others.

It’s comprised of 12 Campuses in different parts of the country with the headquarters located in the Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia.

Welcome to OnePointFive! We're your Climate Experts in Residence, dedicated to future-proofing organizations and the workforce. Our mission is to bridge the gaps between science and technology, finance and communication, and knowledge and green skills.

Through our Advisory & Academy, we provide clear, actionable solutions and skills that embed sustainability into every aspect of your strategy, operations, and career choices. Whether you’re aiming to align your business with the 1.5°C climate target or enhance your team’s green skills, OnePointFive delivers the solutions and expertise you need for sustainable growth.

At Nanaade, we are dedicated to empowering young Africans with the tools and opportunities they need to thrive in today's dynamic job market. 

Our innovative solutions bridge the gap between education and employment, ensuring that young graduates are matched with the right opportunities to maximize their potential.

Director of Business Development 

Operations

Institutional Business Development

Negotiations

Networking / Communications

Economic Research

Industry / Competition Analysis

Developing Business

RFI/RFP/RFQ responses

Led strategy across the organization and the production and marketing/comms departments.
Oversaw production and promotion of its 20th year anniversary festival which included 10 events over 8 days in NYC and welcomed 200 speakers from organizations like Youtube, UN environment, UN Women, UNESCO, NYC Mayor’s office, Xbox, Playstation, NYU, Netflix...
Spearheaded strategic initiatives to scale the organization internationally and create new services for parents and gaming / VR startups.
Engaged in business development with key partners.

Led business development, client relations, creative direction, and project management alongside a team of 10 freelance designers and developers I hired to execute on projects.

It has never been a better time: to lead, inspire and innovate. 

Today at Cisco we are building teams that are expanding our technological capabilities in exciting new ways across mobile, cloud, security, IT, collaboration and big data spaces, including software and consulting services. 

Through the Internet of Everything we transform our customers' businesses worldwide. We are pioneers and have been since the early days of connectivity. We work with customers across all sectors so your revolutionary ideas will impact everything from retail, healthcare, and entertainment, to public and private sectors, and beyond. 



Fractional Chief Growth, Product, & Marketing Officer

Lead Product Designer

User Experience Design

Prototyping

Web Design

User Interface Design

Mobile App Design

Usability Testing

Interaction Design

Wireframing

Advanced Design System

Over a century, what began as a small girls’ school in Birzeit town has become the most prestigious Palestinian university, transforming Palestinian higher education through its impact on community awareness, culture and resistance. Birzeit University has been a thorn in the side of the occupation, insisting on playing its role of enlightenment and creating a multicultural Palestinian society on the campus grounds.

Backend Engineer

Vatrin

Node.js

MySql

Python

Django

CSS3

Bootstrap

Laravel

HTML5

B2B eCommerce

Apache HTTP Server

Shopify

Redis

Scraping

Ecommerce

React

Software Engineer

REST

React Native

An-Najah National University is dedicated to promoting understanding, providing the highest quality undergraduate and graduate education, and serving as a leader in scientific research. An-Najah acts as a base for sustainable development by encouraging students and the University community to assume leadership roles and to participate in serving society.

QA Engineer

Manual Testing

Scrum

API Testing

Integration Testing

Software Testing Analyst

Regression Testing

Software Testing

* Established the Behavioral Science function and crafted a multi-year strategy
* Built partnerships with several teams, including Sales, Marketing, Product, and Engineering
* Produced content such as webinars, white papers, articles and workshops 

1. Build the L&D function for 250+ people organization 
2. Hired 2 team members and procured the first Learning Management System 
3. Trained 100+ leaders and managers on core leadership skills and capabilities that resulted in 50+ NPS/ 4.7 CSAT

TechWadi is the leading non-profit (501c3) organization building bridges between Silicon Valley and the MENA region.

Jusoor is a US 501c3 NGO of Syrian expatriates supporting the country’s development and helping Syrian youth realize their potential through programs in the fields of education, career development, and global community engagement.

Les Centres de Carrière et de Certification des Compétences « 4C » donnent accès à tous les étudiants et diplômés de l’enseignement supérieur à un service de conseil, de formation, de certification et d’accompagnement à l’Insertion Professionnelle

Welcome LAU students and alumni! This is where you can access career guidance content, get the chance to connect with professionals, and engage in webinars tackling various career topics!

Our Story

Our Approach

Our Partners

Localized partners with universities and talent organizations on the one hand, and global companies on the other to connect top STEM and business graduates with industry experts and employers.

Meet the Team

Ronit Avni

Patrick Cedrowski

Ahmed El Tatawy

Katherine Stiff

Devin Young

Aga Ciurysek

Abdelrahman Murrar

Mohammad Fitiani

Hiba Ghannam

Iyad Uakoub

Salma Elbarmawi

Monique Williams

Why Localized?

Join our Team

We are always on the hunt for amazing people. Want to learn more or get involved?