[1] She attended the University of Cape Town (UCT), graduating in with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Civil Engineering.
During her final year while pursuing the master's degree, she spent 12 months as an international exchange student at the University of Stuttgart in Germany.
During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, she was hired as the VIP & Media Transport Coordinator for planning, scheduling and operations for all ground transportation for VIPs, the media and match officials during the 2010 FIFA World Cup operations in Cape Town.
[2] In 2009, she was appointed a Global Leadership Fellow by Youth Action Network, a United Kingdom-based non-profit organisation.
[2] In December 2014, Naadiya Moosajee was named among "The 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa 2014", by Forbes Magazine[1][3] Over the years, she has founded and co-founded a number of non-profit and for-profit companies and organisations, including (a) Naadiya M, a garment designing, manufacturing and marketing business targeting women's business attire and evening wear, which she founded in 2013[2] (b) In 2014, she co-founded JourneyMap Consulting, a talent search and talent acquisition enterprise with offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town.