2017

Malawi’s first citizen, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika, said the establishment of the Grand Business Park in Lilongwe, is a confirmation that the direct investment program established by the government will yield positive results, bring jobs and money into the country. The statement was made during the ceremony to mark the construction of the multi-million dollar project - the Grand Business Park in...

The first and privately-owned ambulance service in Somalia, Aamin Ambulance, received a major financial boost from an online fundraiser. The Ambulance services operating in the capital of Somalia, received the total sum of $32,966 from online fund raising. The gofundme account was opened by a Somalia national, Abdi Addow, resident in Sweden. Abdi Addow decided to open the gofundme page after the twin...

Somalia and Pakistan are two countries with two incomparable economic levels. Somalia’s economic development has been hindered by the long annual droughts experienced in the country while Pakistan is one of the countries with the strongest economy in the world. The positive relationship between the two states will help improve the economy of both countries. Ambassador Khadija Mohamed Almakhzoumi and...

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) plans to block social media from Monday until the election results are announced to avoid the spread of fake news and rumours. The Somaliland Human Right Centre submitted a petition to the court to stop the move. The court ruling is expected by Monday before the opening of the polls. Somaliland decided to block social media after other countries such as Uganda,...

Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland may not have the feel of a capital city. Direct flights to and from Dubai, Addis and Nairobi give the city a transnational centre image. Its highland valley is covered with houses of an estimated 760,000 over 75 square kilometres. Somaliland joined with Somalia in 1960 and then it broke away from it in 1991 following the descent of the republic into chaos and civil...

In 1991 after rebels removed Dictator Siad Barre from power, a series of clans, warlords and ultimately al-Shabaab took power. Up to 1.5 million Somalis died because of the conflicts and an estimated 2.5 million were displaced with about 1 million leaving the country. The country became famous all over the world for piracy, kidnapping, terror attacks and famines. The country did not exist anymore as a...

The country club in Mogadishu, a cross between a palace, a fortress and a wooden shack, is a refuge for high-ranking government officials, business people and the city’s wealthy. Fifty guests seated at a long table with bowls of camel stew, goat meat, lobster and swordfish, were enjoying their lunch when the war stroke at the country club. A van full of explosive detonated in front of the gate...

In Mogadishu, whoever has the biggest escort on the road always has right of way. Attacks are becoming more frequent on the road, the city is nervous. Soldiers at checkpoints shoot at whoever does not follow their instructions. Sometimes they target tuk-tuk drivers; they pull them out of their vehicles and beat them. A few kilometres from the country club, we go meet a man that does not want to be...

Our Somali partner Gaadhi has become in six months of operation the biggest classifieds website dedicated to cars. It helps thousands Somali people to sell and buy cars every month all over the country. Users can search for any kind of vehicles and enjoy the visibility of Gaadhi. The website is followed by 50,000 people on Facebook and its community is growing very fast. As MyProperty Somalia and...

After having more than 16,000 fans on its Facebook page, MyProperty.so decides to go faster and launches its real estate app! It is the first real estate classifieds app which allows Somali people to search for properties such as apartment, flats, houses, plots, lands, farms and even more from their smartphone. The app keeps all the good features of the website's computer version and makes it faster for...