Awards, partnerships and other news about Taaly.
UAF · 1 min readTaaly and UAF, the Dutch foundation for refugee students, have signed a partnership. Participants in UAF's Taalversnellers programme get unlimited speaking…
Wubbo Ockels Innovatieprijs · 1 min readThe organisers of the Wubbo Ockels Innovatieprijs published a winner's profile of Taaly, one of the three 2025 winners. Founder Shadi Alhakimi talks about the…
We are proud to announce that Taaly has been selected as one of the winners of the Wubbo Ockels Innovatieprijs 2025, a recognition that highlights the strength…
Divosa · 1 min readDivosa, the Dutch association of municipal directors in the social domain, published a story on AI in civic integration. Taaly is named in it as one of the…
UVV Rotterdam · 1 min readVolunteer organisation UVV Rotterdam announced a partnership with Taaly. Rotterdam residents can sign up through UVV as a taalcoach and video call from home…
Quote · 1 min readDutch business magazine Quote spoke with Taaly founder Shadi Alhakimi about leaving Yemen, his internship at KPMG where the lunch conversations passed him by…
Change Inc. · 1 min readDutch sustainability platform Change Inc. profiled Taaly founder Shadi Alhakimi in its Future Leadership series: how a boy who sold umbrellas in Yemen became a…
I amsterdam · 1 min readAmsterdam Impact, part of I amsterdam, interviewed Taaly founder Shadi Alhakimi in its #FoundersFridays series. The same month, StartupAmsterdam selected Taaly…
Forward·Inc · 1 min readForward·Inc, the incubator for entrepreneurial newcomers, published an alumni story about Taaly founder Shadi Alhakimi: from his flight from Yemen to the…
De Ondernemer · 1 min readDutch business title De Ondernemer (DPG Media) published a feature on Taaly: more than 6,000 users, a team of seven FTE and the ambition to grow across the…
IGNITE Award · 1 min readA year and a half after Taaly won the IGNITE Award, the organisation spoke with Taaly about what the €100,000 prize and the programme meant: a better app, new…
Social Enterprise NL · 1 min readSocial Enterprise NL wrote about the partnership between Taaly and OpenEmbassy: a step towards more inclusive integration, with a shared framework to make the…
Innofest · 1 min readInnofest, which tests innovations at festivals, put Taaly to the test at Popronde Groningen on 5 October 2023. The question: what motivates festival visitors…
MaatschapWij · 1 min readDutch platform MaatschapWij published a profile with video about Taaly and founder Shadi Alhakimi: why a language gap isolates newcomers, and how an app with…
Silicon Canals · 1 min readTech platform Silicon Canals rounded up twelve Amsterdam-based impact startups that joined the City of Amsterdam delegation at TNW Conference 2023. Taaly was…
MT/Sprout · 1 min readIn a feature article, Dutch business magazine MT/Sprout describes how Taaly grew out of founder Shadi Alhakimi's own struggle with the language, and how the…
MT/Sprout · 1 min readDutch business magazine MT/Sprout included Taaly founder Shadi Alhakimi in its Inclusive30 of 2023, the list of entrepreneurs making the Netherlands more…
We are proud to share that Taaly was the first place winner of the IGNITE Award, receiving €100,000 to invest in our mission of making language learning more…
Beste Nieuwkomer Spotlight Awards · 1 min readTaaly founder Shadi Alhakimi was nominated for the 2023 Beste Nieuwkomer (Best Newcomer) Spotlight Awards in the Tech category. The awards put newcomers in the…
Het Financieele Dagblad · 1 min readDutch business daily Het Financieele Dagblad profiled Taaly founder Shadi Alhakimi in its column De vonk (The spark): the moment an entrepreneur gets the idea…
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