Manuel Langendorf is a researcher and consultant on digital transformation in the MENA region. Most recently, he coordinated a policy study on the digital transition in the European Union’s Southern Neighborhood. He previously worked as a researcher with the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, as the coauthor of a report on COVID-19 and internet accessibility in the MENA region. Langendorf also served as an independent adviser to the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Between 2019 and 2020, he was a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.