Consulting, coaching and training

Shohd Abdullah Taher

Founder & CEO, Altiora

Business consultant, coach and certified trainer, based in Cairo

Complex business challenges, broken into simple, practical steps for entrepreneurs, small businesses, startups and organizations across MENA.

  • 15+ yearsof cross-sector experience across MENA
  • MBAGerman Jordanian University, 2015
  • Certified Business ConsultantBusiness Consultants Board, UK
  • Certified trainer (TOT)since 2010

Ways to work together

Four kinds of support, depending on where the business is and what it needs next.

  • Business consulting

    For startups and SMEs

    Contracted engagements that find what is slowing the business down and build the fix, from business model and operations to structure and priorities.

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  • Business development

    For companies ready to grow

    Hands-on growth work as a business developer: positioning, customer acquisition, partnerships and expansion plans, each with clear owners and timelines.

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  • Coaching and mentoring

    For entrepreneurs and small projects

    Coaching and mentoring packages for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and home-based and micro businesses, with support at every stage from first idea to steady income, in focused 75-minute sessions.

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  • Training and master classes

    For teams and organizations

    Practical master classes, workshops and corporate programs in soft skills, sales and marketing, including Smart Marketing for Small Businesses and The Art of Sales and Persuasion. Delivered online or on-site across MENA.

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What clients say

From coaching and consultation clients, master class attendees and training participants. Shared with names removed.

  • I'd studied everything you said, but I never managed to apply it in my life or in my business the way you simplified it. I'm hopeful because of what I learned from you, and it is genuinely changing the way I work.

    والله انتي متخيله اني دارسه كل اللي قلتيه ولا عمري عرفت اطبقه ب حياتي وب بزنسي زيما انتي بسطتيه وعملتيه… متفائلة بالمعرفه اللي اخذتها منك وفعلاً بتغيرني بطريقه فعالة

    Coaching client

  • I came to you lost. I didn't know how to start, and I didn't know how to spend my money properly. Two hours with you and my thinking was in order — I stepped back so I could start the right way.

    والله حقيقه يا شهد أنا جيت لك وانا مش عارفه كيف ابدأ ومشتته ومش عارفه كيف اصرف فلوسي صح، مع أني حضرت معك ساعتين فقط بس رتبت افكاري واتراجعت خطوه عشان ابدأ صح

    Coaching client

  • Thank you from the heart for a consultation session that was genuinely valuable. High professionalism. The points you clarified were important and exactly on target. The best part is that you diagnosed the problem easily, and then made the solutions clear.

    شكراً من القلب على جلسة الاستشاره القيمه جداً… احترافيه عاليه، النقاط التي وضحتيها لي كانت هامه جداً وفي الصميم… وأجمل شي انك شخّصتي المعضله بسهوله والأجمل انك وضحتي الحلول

    Consultation client

  • You can't organise your thoughts when you don't know where to start. Thank you for your support from the first day we sat together, and for listening with patience. You put an important part of my life in order with me.

    مش ممكن ترتيب الافكار لما الواحد يكون مش داري من فين يبدأ… شكراً على دعمك وتعاونك من اول يوم جلسنا فيه وسمعتيني بكل صبر وحب ودعم، شكراً انش رتبتي معي جزء مهم من حياتي

    Coaching client

  • Believe me, even those of us who weren't interested will change our view completely after this master class, and understand how to put AI to work for us in every part of our lives. My choice was perfect: it was simple, complete and genuinely excellent.

    صدقوني اللي مثلي ماكانوش مهتمين بتغيّروا نظرتكم تماماً بعد الماستر كلاس هذا وبتفهموا أكثر كيف توظفوه لخدمتكم في كل الجوانب… كان اختياري لهذا الماستر كلاس برفكت لأنه حرفياً مبسّط وشامل ورهيب جداً

    AI master class attendee

  • Today's session was wonderful and I learned a great deal. I never imagined I could get this much out of artificial intelligence. You opened our eyes to so many sides of it.

    المحاضرة اليوم حلوة مرّة واستفدت من المعلومات، ما كنت متخيلة ان الذكاء الصناعي كذا أقدر أستفيد منه، وعيّتينا بكثير جوانب

    AI session attendee

  • Thank you for a beautiful course. I gained a great deal from it, and I'm following the plan and keeping to it.

    أشكرك على الدورة الجميلة جداً واستفدت كثير، وبامشي بخطة وأنتظم بإذن الله

    Training course participant

  • Bravo. The most amazing thing is your style of narrating, your confidence, and the way you manage the session.

    Session attendee

Where the work happens

Founder & CEO

A registered Egyptian company for consulting, training and business coaching, and the contracting entity for consulting engagements and corporate programs.

Founder

The training and coaching platform for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and home-based and small projects, with practical Arabic content and coaching sessions. Part of Altiora.

About Shohd

Shohd Abdullah Taher is a business consultant, coach and certified trainer with 15+ years of cross-sector experience across the MENA region, spanning private-sector leadership, business support institutions and development work.

As Founder & CEO of Altiora, Shohd works with startups, SMEs, entrepreneurs and home-based businesses on the problems in front of them and the growth ahead of them. Previous roles include leading the Yemeni Business Club and its entities, the Yemeni Institute for Managers and the Business Support Center. Shohd is also the founder of Yemen Act Development Foundation and has chaired it since 2017.

Also a certified Business Development Professional, through the Business Development Institute in cooperation with the British University in Cairo, and certified in AI for Business (2024).

Core strengths

  • Business development
  • Business consulting
  • Business coaching
  • Mentoring
  • Corporate training
  • Training program design
  • Soft skills
  • Sales and persuasion
  • Small-business marketing
  • Business model design
  • Startup and SME growth
  • Home-based and micro businesses

Guiding principle

We build with you what you couldn’t build alone.

نبني معكم ما لم تبنوه وحدكم

Have a business challenge, a training need, or a growth goal?

Start with a short conversation, and we’ll work out the next practical step together.

Prefer email? info@shohdtaher.com