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.

A talent tech company connecting students and recent graduates with industry experts to guide them and global employers looking for excellent candidates.

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.

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.

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.

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.


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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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!

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. 

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!

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.

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