Abstract Somaliland’s endurance as Africa’s longest de facto state has for decades preoccupied scholarship on state formation and democratization. The prevailing democratic success narrative has, however, downplayed the complex internal political dynamics and crises that have characterized Somaliland’s independence since...
By Bird Story Agency What you need to know: Kenya’s Mombasa port, the largest and busiest in the region, is facing tough competition from ports at Berbera in Somaliland, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Maputo in...
Cable system with landing points in Djibouti, Somalia and Kenya will bring increased capacity and connectivity to East AfricaDjibouti Telecom, Somtel and SubCom announced that the marine survey for the Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) submarine cable system...
Addis Ababa, 26 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) — The Malaysian oil and gas giant, Petronas, is to start drilling the first exploration well in the Ogaden basin. Petronas will soon start drilling two wells in its concession area in the Genele...
Dear all, The Somaliland Mission to the UK has the immense pleasure of inviting you to attend a round-table discussion on Investing in Somaliland with the Minister for Investment Promotion, HE Mohamed Ahmed Mahmoud ‘Awad’. The meeting will be taking place on Tuesday the...
By David Whitehouse Abdirashid Duale sees remittances as a key driver of development in sub-Saharan Africa. Dahabshiil is keen to expand its Ethiopian presence following its remittance service partnership with M-Pesa Safaricom, CEO Abdirashid Duale tells The Africa Report. The agreement at the...
The move ended deepening mobile money transfer amid the outbreak of Covid-19, will see WorldRemit customers pay a flat fee of 1 dollar in all transactions effective immediately. The Remittance firm has been charging customers a transaction of 1.99 dollar...
When I met regional heads of state during this month’s IGAD summit in Djibouti my message was clear – buoyant trade is crucial to peace and development. To put it simply, if people trade within and across borders, communication channels...
By Goth Mohamed Goth Mr. Abdi Rashid Mohamed Said Duale, the CEO of Dahabshiil group of companies speaking to BBC Somali language service spoke on the importance of the UK-Africa Investment Summit held in London.21 African heads of states and...
Dahabshiil Group and Shaqdoon Shaqdoon Organization jointly sponsored this years (2018)Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW)in Somaliland , the event which is an international initiative that introduces entrepreneurship to young people in six continents. GEW emerged in 2008, as a result...