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Somaliland:President Silanyo Receives French Ambassador

By Goth Mohamed Goth President Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud (Silanyo) today in the Presidency received the republic of  France Ambassador to Kenya, Somalia and Somaliland Ambassador ...

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Somaliland:Somali banker sees hope in business order after chaos

By Edmund Blair NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia’s government must lure more investors to drive the private economy because business owners have an interest in cementing fragile security gains, ...

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Somalia:From fear to hope – Getting it right in Somalia

It has been two decades of mayhem, chaos and bloodletting in Somalia.  A child born at the onset of the Somali crisis is now twenty ...

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Genel Energy Makes Oil Find in Kurdistan, and invests heavily in Somaliland.

LONDON — Genel Energy, the oil exploration company headed byTony Hayward, the former chief executive of BP, announced Wednesday that it had made a significant oil find in ...

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Wind Brings Light to Somaliland

By Ed McKenna HARGEISA, Apr 22 2013 (IPS) – A wind turbine, situated some 20 kilometres outside of Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa, has become a significant ...

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Somaliland:Investing in the Horn

SDC as a key to investment in this region of Africa Supported by the Department for International Development (DFID) Facilitates investment into the Somaliland, Horn ...

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Somaliland:SDC Launches New Website

The SDC, has now launched its new website. The website will help to bring investors and host communities together as well as act a platform ...

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Somaliland:The Paper Factory launched in Hargeisa is a sign of commencement of industrialisation

Mukhtar Mohamed Abby Given the business thriving in Somaliland each passing day saw the establishment of a light factory – of which in the recent ...

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Investing in Somaliland (Part II)

Last week, we looked at investing in Somaliland, whose economy is characterized by its informality, and entrepreneurship. This week, we delve into different sectors, starting ...

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Somaliland: exploration in ‘Africa’s 55th state’

Jan 28, 2013 Until 2010, Hussein Abdi Dualeh worked as a simple project manager in Los Angeles overseeing the use of natural gas as fuel ...

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Turkey Investing in Future with Africa Policies, Particularly Somalia: Experts

Turkey is investing in Africa by opening new embassies, developing bilateral political ties with African countries and investing in projects regarding humanitarian aid, public education, ...

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Investment and development in Somaliland

  Britain recently reaffirmed its pledge to spend 0.7% of gross-national income on aid by 2013, with the biggest announced increase in aid for Somalia – ...

Somalia’s new stock exchange will operate from Nairobi

NAIROBI — War-torn Somalia is setting up a stock market to raise cash for fledging businesses, as the Horn of Africa nation seeks to rebuild ...

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Turkish infrastructure investment: an innovative approach to the Somali territories

External investments are helping to drag the Somali economy from famine to fortune in the face of common misconceptions By Abdirashid Duale, CEO of Dahabshiil ...

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Djibouti politicians playing the same tribe card that led to Somalia downfall

MOUNA ESSE MOHAMED To all Somali speaking population in the peninsula or abroad, Djibouti has always been a home away from home. The tiny republic ...

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HAVE YOUR SAY: Investment in the country that isn’t

In a post-conflict environment, attracting new foreign and domestic firms is central to private sector development. It has been twenty years since Somaliland withdraw from ...

Lawrence Solomon: Capitalist haven

OPINION | MAY 25, 2012 Lawrence Solomon British traditions boost the de facto state of Somaliland Second in a series. Next: Cutting Greater Somalia down ...

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SOMALILAND: SBi-Coca-Cola Venture an Commercial Diplomatic Coup

OPINION | MAY 23, 2012 The colourful grand inauguration yesterday by Coca-Cola, the world’s largest beverages maker, of their modern soft drinks plant in Hargeisa ...

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SOMALIA: Mogadishu recovers slowly

Photo: Lido beach is reminiscent of seaside towns around the world (Phil Moore/IRIN) MOGADISHU — It is Friday morning in Mogadishu and Lido beach presents ...

Somaliland passes central banking law, eyes foreign banks

HARGEISA — Somaliland has passed a law that formally establishes a central bank, and is now poised to pass another to set up commercial banks ...

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