FursadLink Journal
Career Resources & Insights
Practical advice on jobs, tenders, skills and the diaspora journey, written for the Somali and Horn of Africa job market.
FeaturedRemote Work
How much Somali language work pays
Four out of five listings for Somali speakers never mention money. We counted what the rest are paying: interpreters, translators, AI trainers and bilingual staff.
Remote Work
How to spot a fake language-work offer
Remote Somali language work is real and it is growing. So is the number of people pretending to offer it. Here is what separates the two.
Remote Work
How to become a Somali interpreter
The qualifications that matter in the UK, the US and Canada, what you can do before you have one, and how to tell a real route from a course being sold to you.
Tenders
EOI, RFP, RFQ and ITB: what each tender notice is asking for
Four abbreviations, four different questions, four different deadlines. The median RFQ on our board closes in 7 days; the median RFP gives 20. What each notice wants back, and what puts a response out before anyone reads it.
Tenders
How to win UN, World Bank and NGO tenders in Somalia
Nearly half of Somalia's tenders give bidders under two weeks. What that means for how you prepare, which notices are worth answering, and why most bids fail before anyone reads them.