“Working tirelessly everyday towards a goal a few years in the future teaches the importance of planting your seeds and remaining patient and steadfast” - Mu...

“ "Education is a key to success. We should always support hormarinta cilmiga [the advancement of education] in our nation.” – Amina Nasra Suleiman ⠀ Meet Am...

We're back! Today we present the wonderful Ugbad Farah who is an IT Consultant based in London, Ontario. Ugbad earned her BA Honours Specialization in Politi...

"Don’t ever let anyone prevent you from dreaming." - Hassan Istiila ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Hassan Istiila is a journalist based in Mogadishu. He graduated from Savanna...

There is no one path to becoming an activist in your community. We all have unique talents and interests that we can leverage to make a difference. We spoke w...

One of the goals of the Excellence Profiles is to showcase different career paths and celebrate our Somali people who are thriving in these industries. Today...

"Find your voice, use it with confidence and find the freedom in being yourself." - Ayaan Mohamed ⠀ We're taking a trip to the UK today with a profile on Aya...

Meet Fatah Awil, a health systems and policy researcher based in Toronto. Fatah is also a graduate student pursuing a master's in public policy & management ...

"I am most proud of always holding on to my personal values and authenticity." - Haweya Ismail ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today we are featuring entrepreneur Haweya Ismail...

Today we present the profile of someone who has deeply inspired us! Meet Abdulhakim Mohamud, a passionate developer, who dedicates his time to finding soluti...

Success in this world to me is being able to help improve the human condition, whether it be a few people or society as a whole." - Muna Yuusuf ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ...

“Never allow someone to tell you what you can or can’t do in life” - Omar Degan ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are going to be taking a short break from the #ExcellenceProf...

“Always remember pressure either makes diamonds or busts pipes. Don’t let the systems break you. Keep on fighting the good fight and pushing through.” - Kows...

“Every day is a second chance.” - Jama Abdirahman ⠀ It’s about time we profiled a creative. We know many of you have artistic aspirations so this one is dedi...

"You are where you are because you unlocked all the doors to your destination" - Umalkhair Ahmed We're keeping it close to home this week with a profile on U...

Education is the gift that keeps on giving. Today we bring you some words of wisdom from Mohamed Mustafa, a medical student in Mogadishu who believes that ed...

“Be vocally supportive of the endeavours of your friends, family and wider network. We all win when one of us succeeds.” - Idil Mohamud We’re taking a trip ...

"Take care of your mental and physical health. Especially your mental health. You are unique, you are important and you are loved. There are many ways to liv...

"I have learned that failure is in fact a great thing, you need to fail a few times to really sharpen your skills, your faith and yourself as a person; failu...

“Being independent is the key to success.” Meet Jama Hussein, a machine learning engineer and aspiring artifical intelligence expert based in Istanbul, Turke...