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Cilmi-baaris ay bulshadu isu keentay oo ku saabsan dhaqaalaha Soomaalida iyo qurbajoogta. La xigtay meesha suurtogal ah, daacad ka ah hubanti-la’aanta, lacag la’aanna la akhrisan karo.
Remittances to Somalia: what the numbers mean
Why figures for money sent to Somalia differ, what sending costs from the UK, US and Sweden, how transfers are regulated, and what changed in 2025–2026.
Roads and floods in Somalia: damage, design and maintenance
What floods did to Somalia's roads and bridges in 2019–2025, how resilient roads are designed, the maintenance gap, and where engineers can help.
Ship repair in Somalia: the skills a dry dock would need
How ship-repair yards work, the trades and certificates they need, Somalia's maritime training, lessons from Kenya and Djibouti, and the boat-repair market.
Somalia's fish-catch figures: why they differ and how to read them
Why estimates of Somalia's fish catch range from 30,000 to 180,000 tonnes, what each measures, and how landing-site data collection is improving.
What it costs to build schools in Somalia
What a new school costs in Somalia, how many classrooms are needed, who is building them, and where engineers, planners and teachers can help.
Stadiums and youth sport: Mogadishu's rebuild and new regional venues
Mogadishu Stadium is back in use, a rebuild has been launched and youth centres are opening in the regions. What is under way and where members fit.
A new Mogadishu airport: the study, the site and the open questions
A new airport is being studied north of Mogadishu. What the World Bank-funded study covers, the open questions on cost and land, and where members fit.
Upgrading four regional airports: Kismayo, Baidoa, Beledweyne and Dhusamareb
Kismayo, Baidoa, Beledweyne and Dhusamareb airports: what the UN, Qatar and the World Bank are doing at each, and where engineers and aviation staff fit.
TVET and industry: where professionals can help
Somali TVET centres need employers and professionals to shape courses, mentor trainers and offer placements. Who runs vocational training and who funds it.
Offline learning: radio, preloaded players and tablets
Radio, audio players and offline tablets can reach Somali learners without internet. What worked before, what is missing, and where content makers can help.
Data centres and data protection: what Somalia's law requires
What Somalia's Data Protection Act 2023 requires, how registration with the Data Protection Authority works, and where national data centres stand.
The Petroleum Law 2020 and the Somali Petroleum Authority, explained
Somalia's 2020 Petroleum Law and the Somali Petroleum Authority explained: ownership, licensing, the 2018 revenue-sharing deal, exploration so far and disputes.
Investing in Somalia: registration, tax, land, visas and permits
How to register a company and invest in Somalia: tax, land, visas and work permits, checked against current laws and official sources.
Regional hospitals and PPPs in Somali health care
Somalia's 18 regional hospitals and health PPPs: the law, the NGO contracting model already in use, lessons from Lesotho and Kenya, and the government's plans.
Making medicines locally: quality and regulation
Making medicines in Somalia: the pending Medicines Bill, the interim regulator, medicine quality, pharmacy skills, and the government's US$11M proposal.
Travelling abroad for cancer care: what is known
Why Somali cancer patients travel to India, Türkiye and Kenya: official patient numbers, what services exist at home, and where the US$100M claim comes from.
Heavy fuel oil or solar? Costs and emissions in context
Heavy fuel oil or solar for Somalia's new power? How costs, fuel price risk and emissions compare, what the ministry plans, and the government's proposals.
Somalia's Electricity Act 2023, explained
Somalia's Electricity Act 2023 created a regulator, licences for power companies and tariff rules. What it says, what has happened since, and member roles.
Somalia and its neighbours: key economic figures compared
Somalia's economy compared with Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda and Tanzania: growth, income, inflation, FDI, remittances, power and internet, with sources.
Government services online in Somalia: what exists and what is planned
Somalia's government services online: what exists today, what the 2025–2029 eGovernment Strategy plans, what's missing, and where members can help.
Fibre backbones and infrastructure sharing in Somalia
Why Somalia's inland fibre backbone is patchy despite five undersea cables, what a national backbone would cost, the World Bank project and the sharing rules.
Oil and gas in Somalia: where exploration stands
Oil and gas in Somalia: an offshore well being drilled, no discovery yet, imported fuel, and the government's proposed national oil company and gas plant.
Reading the jobs numbers in the booklet
Jobs from Somalia's proposed investment projects: 11 of 37 give a number, from 50 to 9,000, with no method. How to read them and which to question.
37 or 100? The booklet and the April 2026 investment forum
Somalia's investment programme: 37 published fact sheets, but an official spoke of about 100 projects at the April 2026 forum. What each number means.
The National Transformation Plan 2025–2029 in brief
Somalia's National Transformation Plan 2025–2029 in brief: its four pillars, key targets by sector, links to Vision 2060, monitoring and the financing gap.
Who does what in Somalia's investment institutions
Who does what in Somalia's investment institutions: MoPIED, SOMINVEST, line ministries, regulators and member states, with their legal bases.
Reader's notes: inconsistencies in the booklet, page by page
A page-by-page list of unclear costs, copy errors and outdated figures in Somalia's Bankable Projects booklet, what each means and how to check it.
A reader's glossary: bankable, pre-feasibility, PPP, brownfield and other terms
Plain-language meanings of the terms on Somalia's Bankable Projects fact sheets: bankable, pre-feasibility, PPP, brownfield, greenfield, incentives and more.
Eggs and chicken in Mogadishu: imports, local farms and the gap
Somalia imports more eggs than it is estimated to produce, mostly from Türkiye. What holds back local poultry farms in Mogadishu, and where members can help.
Livestock exports: why the figures don't match
Somalia's livestock exports: about US$923M and 5.9 million head in 2025, the Hajj peak, the main buyers, and why reported values for 2024 differ.
Camel milk and dairy in Somalia: a big producer that imports its milk powder
Somalia is a top camel milk producer but imports about US$200M of dairy a year, mostly milk powder. Where value is lost and where members can help.
Fodder, drought and herd survival in Somalia
Somalia's herds face a feed shortage of about a third, and droughts have killed millions of animals. What is being done on fodder, and where members fit.
Seed systems in Somalia: where farmers' seed comes from and why it matters
Most Somali farmers plant saved seed. What the new seed law and regulator do, which drought-tolerant varieties are released, and where members can help.
Battery storage for Somali towns, explained
Battery storage for Somali towns: what MW and MWh mean, what storage costs now, how heat affects it, and what is already being built.
Mini-grids in Somalia: how they work, how they're licensed and financed
Private mini-grids supply most of Somalia's electricity. How they are licensed, how World Bank funds are adding solar, and what a new operator would need.
Solar installer and technician skills in Somalia
Somalia's solar sector needs installers, technicians and quality checks. What training exists, where the gaps are, and how skilled members can help.
The new Somali shilling: what's changing, and when
Somalia plans its first new banknotes since 1991. Why, what the Central Bank and IMF say, what happened in 2026, and what it could mean for payments.
Somalia's economy at a glance: the latest figures, with sources
Somalia's latest GDP, inflation, remittance, trade, jobs and debt figures in one table, each linked to its official or international source.
Hobyo's port plans and the road inland
Hobyo port: the deals since 2018, the reported start of construction, the unbuilt road to Galkayo, and the federal government's deep seaport proposal.
Bosaso: port, power, fish and livestock trade
Bosaso today: a new solar and grid project, an unsettled port concession, livestock and fish trade. Where members fit, and the government's three proposals.
Garacad: the port Somali investors built
Garacad port in Mudug: built by Somali private investors, what exists today, the missing road and data, and where members could help.
Mogadishu's new airport, port and other planned projects
Mogadishu's new airport, port, stadium and industry plans: what has moved, where members fit, and the twelve government proposals that name the city.
Kismayo's port, power, water and fish trade
Kismayo today: its port, power, water and fish market, where members can help, and the six federal government proposals that name the town.
How fishing cooperatives work in Somalia
Fishing cooperatives in Somalia: how many work, what donors have given them, the law, and how boat leasing with training could help finance fishers.
Plastic recycling and PET in Mogadishu
Plastic recycling in Mogadishu: who collects and recycles today, what collectors earn, why bottles don't become bottles, and where members can help.
Waste-to-energy, explained: what would work for Mogadishu
Waste-to-energy for Mogadishu explained: incineration, biogas and landfill gas, what guidance says each needs, and why small biogas plants fit best today.
Skills map: which professional skills the 37 proposals would need
Which professional skills Somalia's 37 proposed projects would need: construction, power and plant maintenance lead, with gaps in refrigeration and ship repair.
Cold chain for fish, milk and meat in Somalia
Cold chain in Somalia: fish and milk losses, where ice is scarce, what donors have built, and openings in ice, chilling, solar cooling and refrigeration.
Edible oil refining and PET preforms in Somalia
Cooking oil and PET preforms in Somalia: import data, local supply gaps and raw-material risks, plus the government's proposed refinery and preform plant.
Mogadishu's waste: collection, recycling and waste-to-energy
Mogadishu's waste: who collects it, where it goes, the new city law, openings in recycling and data, and a US$133M waste-to-energy proposal.
Hospitals, medicines and cancer care in Somalia
Health care in Somalia: workforce gaps, cancer care and travel abroad, medicines regulation, member roles, and the government's four health proposals.
Digital learning, adult literacy and TVET in Somalia
Adult literacy, out-of-school children, TVET and offline learning in Somalia: the evidence, existing programmes, member roles and the government's proposals.
Connectivity, e-government and data centres in Somalia
Somalia's digital build-out: 5G, submarine cables, eVisa, digital ID and data protection, where members' skills fit, and the government's digital proposals.
Seed, fodder, meat, dairy and poultry in Somalia
Somalia's livestock, feed, seed, dairy and poultry chains: exports, the feed shortage, member roles, and five small proposals on the government's list.
Somalia's roads and trade corridors
Somalia's roads: a network 13% paved in 2016, floods, a maintenance gap, donor programmes under way, member skills, and the government's road proposals.
Somalia's seaports and a proposed Mogadishu dry dock
Somalia's seaports: existing operators, concessions and disputes, maritime skills, and the government's proposals for new ports, upgrades and a dry dock.
Somalia's fisheries: vessels, processing and landing sites
Somalia's fisheries: small-scale catch, 25–40% post-harvest losses, World Bank work at 12 sites, member roles, and the government's four fisheries proposals.
Why electricity costs so much in Somalia
Somalia's electricity averaged about US$0.61/kWh on 2017 World Bank data. How the market works, where policy is heading, and the government's power proposals.
Solar power and battery storage in Somalia
Solar and battery storage in Somalia: what the World Bank is already building, the skills it needs, and the three solar proposals on the government's list.
Somalia's Bankable Projects 2026–2030, explained
Somalia's 37 bankable project proposals by sector: about US$3.49bn in printed costs, all at pre-feasibility stage, who promotes them and what to check.