IBM SkillsBuild — Adult Learners
Free online learning in professional and technology skills, with digital credentials and career-focused learning pathways.
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Free online learning in professional and technology skills, with digital credentials and career-focused learning pathways.
Self-paced online certificates in areas including project management, data analytics and digital marketing.
A self-paced course using AI to identify transferable skills, plan applications and practise interviews.
No previous AI experience required.
Saudi national e-learning programme offering labour-market-related training to develop professional skills.
Saudi citizens.
Free online courses covering practical business and digital skills, including entrepreneurship, marketing and finance.
A professional women's network with virtual roundtables, community circles, peer mentoring and a member directory.
Membership and an account are required for paid member benefits.
A global women-focused community with mentoring, career-learning resources, events and practical support for career decisions and job searches.
An application is required; applying is free.
Find 30% Club chapters and current mentoring, scholarship, board-development and investor initiatives supporting women in senior leadership.
Join CAIA for alternative-investment research, professional learning, global chapters, career tools and peer networking.
Join CFA Society Emirates for UAE investment-industry networking, career resources, events and professional development.
Professional membership for Kuwait-based investment practitioners and CFA Program participants, with access to industry events, professional learning, career resources and the local investment community.
Join CFA Society Saudi Arabia for investment-industry networking, professional learning, local-market insight and career development.
Use free articles, podcasts, worksheets and practical tools on leadership, managing teams and flexible work.
Study board governance, director duties, strategy, risk and finance through GCC BDI’s four-module certificate programme.
Applicants must hold or have held a director seat or senior management position within the previous three years, have basic English literacy, and be accepted at the GCC BDI Education Committee’s discretion.
Take Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women’s online business education programme for women entrepreneurs.
Learn the foundations of board governance through Hawkamah’s four-part director development programme in the UAE.
Introduction to Corporate Governance is required before the later parts; other admission criteria are not stated.
Ask about the January 2027 board-readiness certificate from IWBD and SP Jain Global, taught in Dubai and hybrid formats.
Join MEIRA to access investor-relations training, events, publications and a regional professional network across Middle East capital markets.
Book practitioner-led masterclasses, workshops and courses for people entering or working in venture capital and private markets in MENA.
Entrepreneurship and SME training for founders and teams building businesses in Saudi Arabia.
Women-focused learning hub with member access to PLAYBOOK masterclasses and educational content.
Explore Women Choice's MENA-focused network, mentoring, leadership programmes and entrepreneurship initiatives for women.
Explore Dubai Women Establishment’s board-development programme for Emirati women leaders.
Explore money-management resources while planning your next move.