Cur­rent topics from Oulu

Nada Abass is ori­gi­nal­ly from Egypt and cur­rent­ly living in Fin­land. Nada’s jour­ney took a fasci­na­ting turn when she had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to beco­me a Com­mu­nica­tion Trai­nee at Inter­na­tio­nal House Oulu.

Read more about Nada’s life.

Pava­ni, Sara, Edu­ra­do and Jun are Inter­na­tio­nal House Oulu ambas­sa­dors 2023. Get a glimp­se of their thoughts!

In a world full of oppor­tu­ni­ties, Luku­ma­nu Iddrisu’s remar­kable jour­ney took him from the vibrant streets of Gha­na to the unique city of Vaa­sa, Fin­land.

Read more about Luku­ma­nu’s life.

Inter­na­tio­nal House Oulu is a place at Busi­ness­A­se­ma that col­lects dif­fe­rent gui­dance ser­vices for inter­na­tio­nal newco­mers, immi­grants and com­pa­nies that rec­ruit inter­na­tio­nal people under the same roof. Welco­me to visit!

Read more about IH Oulu.

Jun Naka­mu­ra is ori­gi­nal­ly from Japan. Cur­rent­ly, he stu­dies MSc. in Inter­na­tio­nal Busi­ness Mana­ge­ment at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu.

Read more about Jun’s life.

Inter­na­tio­nal House Oulu brings toget­her gui­dance and coun­sel­ling ser­vices for inter­na­tio­nal cus­to­mers on a single-win­dow basis under one roof, says Coor­di­na­tor Riku­pek­ka Lei­no­nen.

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She­fat Islam is ori­gi­nal­ly from Bah­rain. Cur­rent­ly, she is a com­mu­nica­tions intern and stu­dies MSc. in Mar­ke­ting at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu.

Read more about She­fat’s life.

Sep­po Määt­tä, May­or of Oulu, has been selec­ted Co-Chair of the May­ors’ Digi­tal Assembly for a term of two years, along­si­de Llui­sa Moret from the city of Sant Boi de Llobre­gat in Spain.

Read more on BusinessOulu.com.

Are you loo­king for work? Plen­ty of jobs can be found in Oulu and near­by region for metal industry pro­fes­sio­nals. Be the next to get a job in the metal industry!

Take a look at We love metal.

Rafeeq Rafeeq is a newco­mer to Oulu. He moved to the city with his wife and two daugh­ters in Februa­ry 2022 to join the team that designs new elect­ro­nic sys­tems at Nokia.

Read more about Rafeeq Rafeeq.

Oulu is the first loca­tion in Euro­pe whe­re Silicon Val­ley star­tup Alif Semicon­duc­tor has establis­hed a pre­sence. Why did the firm deci­de to come to Oulu after set­ting up two offices in Cali­for­nia, one in Sin­ga­po­re and one in Ban­ga­lo­re, India?

Read Neil Jack­son’s answers.

Right now, Eri­ka Ben­ke is wor­king as a cont­ri­bu­tor to BBC News and as a free­lance jour­na­list. Befo­re moving to Oulu, she lived in Lon­don for 23 years. She found here the qua­li­ty of life she was loo­king for. “After two years of wor­king in Oulu, I’m still as relaxed as if I was on holi­day”, she says.