Harun Mohamud

Mogadishu, Somalia

Leading the content strategy and partnership portfolio for Somalia's largest streaming platform. Managing distribution deals, content pipelines, and external collaborations across the region.

Mogadishu, Somalia

Built and led a talented female-majority team of content creators, designers, and social media specialists. Set strategy and campaigns across the company's largest office, fostering an inclusive culture where creativity thrives.

Mogadishu, Somalia

Co-mentoring cohorts of ~70 students per semester on industry-standard tools (Figma, Adobe CC, Canva), portfolio building, freelancing platforms, personal branding, and interview preparation.

Somalia

Managed all content for the platform. Designed and produced Somalia's first Google Workspace and Canva courses in Somali. Led curriculum development, instructional design, and the full video production pipeline.

Mogadishu, Somalia

Owned the full content production pipeline — design, scripting, filming, and editing. Handled all digital media for the project.

Mogadishu, Somalia

Designed event and social media visuals, wrote and directed video shoots, and produced documentaries including SIMAD Research Expo 2024 and 25 Years & 25 Stories.

Mogadishu, Somalia

Founded WaxFahan to help Somali students learn digital skills and land their first job online. Ran workshops and 1:1 mentoring sessions on freelancing, design, and building an online presence.

Bachelor of Laws (dropped out)

Mogadishu, Somalia

WhatsApp-native e-commerce for Somali small businesses. Think Shopify, but built for the Somali market — storefronts that sell through WhatsApp in the Somali language.

AI-powered search across lectures from popular Somali scholars like Sheikh Mustafa. Find the right talk for any topic, searchable entirely in Somali.

A curated, distraction-free listening platform for Arabic and Somali nasheeds — no music, no noise, built in Somali for a clean spiritual listening experience.

A secure, AI-native personal portfolio platform built with Cloudflare and zero traditional servers. Anyone can claim a handle and share their story at qoraal.com/username.

The only newsletter covering Somali tech and education. A biweekly digest read by Somalis in Mogadishu and the diaspora.

Built Somalia's first comprehensive Google Workspace, Notion, and Canva courses entirely in Somali — reaching students across the country.

Google / Coursera

Google / Coursera

Mogadishu, Somalia

Mentored 32 students in the basics of graphic design, teaching Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Closed the programme with an intro to Upwork and LinkedIn to help them find their first opportunities.

Mogadishu, Somalia

When I entered university, I noticed many students struggled with research because most resources were in English. I built WaxFahan — a free, ad-free, Somali-language slide-sharing website — so students could access and share study materials in their own language.

Mogadishu, Somalia

For our graduation, the class of 2021 was asked to produce a play from scratch. I led the creative side — ideation, screenplay, and directing rehearsals. According to my completely unbiased self, it was perfect.

Somali National University | Faculty of Law

Awarded by the student cohort for delivering exceptional practical training in design, productivity tools, tech literacy and freelancing skills.

SIMAD University | EACON2024 Conference

Commissioned by the university Rector for outstanding media contribution. Served as the official bilingual voiceover artist (English and Somali) and speeches transcriber for the EACON2024 flagship program.

SIMAD Creative Studio

Recognized by students for excellence in technical instruction, peer mentorship, and hands-on design and freelancing skills development.