ZAAD of Telesom Allegedly Dictating Remittance Platforms
The two largest telecom providers in Somaliland and Somalia, respectively, are Telesom and Hormuud Telecom. They both provide voice, SMS, data, and mobile money among other services. Telesom has its headquarters in Hargeisa, Somaliland, and is owned by a group of investors from Somaliland and Somalia. In the field of mobile money, Telesom is regarded as a market leader. One of the first mobile banking services in the world, its ZAAD mobile banking service was introduced in 2009. Continue reading “ZAAD of Telesom Allegedly Dictating Remittance Platforms”→
There are times when people lose touch with reality and thus analyse, assess and interpret matters not as they are in real truth, but as they are imagined. Such times come up when people lose their sense of direction. Continue reading “Newest Anti-Somaliland Front: Las Anod War”→
Bilan Abdirahman, 25, who graduated from Gollis University’s Department of Civil Engineering, relocated from Hargeisa to the Togdheer region to work on one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Somaliland to get hands-on experience for her career take-off. Continue reading “Bilan’s Engineering Career Takes off”→
Speaking at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, President Joe Biden declared, “the United States is all in on Africa and all in with Africa.” Biden continued, “The choices that we make today and the remainder of this decade and how we tackle these challenges, in my view, will determine the direction the entire world takes in the decades to come.” Continue reading “Biden Admin Wastes Somaliland Opportunity”→
