There is a corner in a part of the world commonly associated with the worst kinds of upheaval that is quietly making some surprising positive change happen, while all around it there is turmoil. Close to the very tip of the Horn of Africa lies Somaliland. It is a place that few outsiders know a lot...
Source: International Bank of Somalia International Bank of Somalia International Bank of Somalia (IBS), one of only a handful of commercial banks operating in the war-torn country, wants to raise $10 million in a public share offering that would be the first of its kind since civil war broke out in 1991. Somalia does not...
By Jimale Ali Nour Maternal and infant mortality and morbidity rates within Somaliland are amongst some of the highest in the world due to limited access to primary health care facilities, and poor financial and human resources for health services. This, coupled with a high fertility rate, harmful traditional practices such as FGM/C and home...
By Mark Anderson in Shimanyiro Dotted along the narrow path that skirts the edge of Beatrice Alvitsa’s house in Shimanyiro, a green Kenyan valley near the border with Uganda, are dozens of millet plants, each protected by a carefully assembled fence made of sticks. “These keep the chickens and other animals out,” she says, bending...
NAIROBI—Regional carriers Daallo Airlines and Jubba Airways profited independently for years in one of the world’s toughest markets, competing on routes to war-torn Somalia that most avoided. Yet as the guns fall silent, the rivals face a new battle that has pushed them to merge: competition from big international carriers such as Turkish Airlines, Ethiopian...
KAMPALA/ACCRA, (Reuters) – Young Ghanaian entrepreneur Nana Tamakloe could hardly have a simpler business plan. When people order clothes from his website, he buys the items from stalls and shops in Accra, ships them with DHL and gets paid online. His suppliers love him as a regular customer and don’t care that he doubles their...
Solar is giving hundreds of millions of Africans access to electricity for the first time. FOR THE WORLD’S 1.2 billion poorest people, who are facing a long and perhaps endless wait for a connection to mains electricity, solar power could be the answer to their prayers. A further 2.5 billion are “underelectrified”, in development parlance:...
By Abdikarim Haji Abdi Buh “Our fighters have entered AU’s Halane base by force through the gate and now fighting is going on inside the base” Spokesman Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musabe said. This same message is played every time Al –Shabab Al-Mujaheddin commandos attack a prestigious, extraordinarily fortified and challenging target that is locally perceived...
By Ahmed Hirsi In this short piece, I will attempt to postulate one of the biggest mind-boggling questions posed by Somalis on Damul- Jadiid’s ( Damin-Jadiids) ascend to power has increased the possibility of Somalia sliding back to political violence. On top of that, most political analysts in Somalia would argue that rent-seeking and the...
City Star Supermarket owner Ali Mohamed Egaal Jilib. PHOTO | ELIZABETH McSHEFFREY By ELIZABETH MCSHEFFREY It is not yet noon and already, customers are pouring into City Star Supermarket. The general store is located on Kisenyi Road — a prime destination for Somali residents seeking specialty goods imported from home. Its shelves are neatly stocked from...