Somaliland Investment Forum - 2016 Organized in response to requests from both the Somaliland Ministry of Trade and Investment and private sector following the Somali Investment Forum – Returning Capital for Growth 2015 and Somali Renewable Energy Forum - 2016.
Topics to be explored in three tracks
Somaliland Private Sector Activity and Investment Points to Consider Somaliland Private Sector Activity and Investment The 2015 World Bank Somalia Economic Update: Investment accounted for 10% of GDP in Somaliland. Somaliland’s GDP estimated at $1.6 billion in 2012. The 2013 Somaliland Household Survey, shows that 31 percent of urban households and 16 percent of rural households received remittances According to the Somaliland National Development Plan 2012 – 2016 Somaliland private sector accounts for over 90% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Research on Investment The Somali Diaspora Investor Survey Report
Acces to Capital
Powering Progress – Renewable Energy
Somaliland Investment Forum Steering Committee Somaliland Ministry of Trade and Investment Mohamed Awale, Director of Planning & Development Somaliland Ministry of National Planning & Development Mubarak Abdillahi Ibrahim, Director of Planning Private Sector Abdirashid Haibe Dubad, Maandeeq Poultry Farm Ahmed Gorse, DMY Africa Chamber of Commerce Hassan Farah Mohamed, Legal Advisor Private Sector Business Associations Amina Adan, NAGAAD and Tayo Uniforms Amran Ali Hiis, Assoc. for Women in Business Suad Armiye, Assoc. for Women in Business Mohamoud Liban, Somaliland Electricity Assoc. Osman Ahmed, Somaliland Industry Assoc.
Sponsors & Partners
Agenda – Session Tracks Day 1
Agenda – Session Tracks Day 2
VENUE H1 – Plenary H2 – Trade Show H3 – Breakout H4 – Breakout
Keynote Speaker Mohamed Samater, PhD, Economist Retired - Islamic Development Bank Public Financial Management Reform Coordinator – Ministry of Finance, Somaliland Technical Team Leader, Somaliland National Development Plan 2017-2021, Ministry of National Planning and Development, Somaliland