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Shuraako

March 11, 2022

Somali Women Cultivating Sustainable Peace

One Earth Future and Shuraako are proud to present the short film “Somali Women Cultivating Sustainable Peace”. The film showcases several female farm owners in the Garowe/Puntland region of Somalia supported through Shuraako’s Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund.

Shuraako

March 11, 2022

Somali Women Cultivating Sustainable Peace

October 18, 2021

Impact Investors in Shuraako’s Groundbreaking Nordic Fund Visiting Somaliland

Visionary impact investors in the historic partnership that One Earth Future’s Shuraako program has pioneered through its Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund will meet next week with clients and partners in Somaliland.

September 29, 2021

Shuraako Team Wraps Up Successful Visit from Key Nordic Fund Partners

Shuraako hosted Nordic Fund stakeholders from the European Union, IFU, DANIDA, and Norfund in Somaliland from September 19-24, 2021, highlighting the success of the Nordic Fund.

September 29, 2021

Shuraako’s Low Collateral Murabaha Program investments creating opportunity

Shuraako hosted the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), our partner in a low collateral Murabaha program, in Somaliland to meet with participating banks and see the on-the-ground impacts.

February 20, 2021

Shuraako Partners With the EU to Boost the Somali Private Sector Through Access to Finance

On February 2, 2021, the European Union launched 3 new projects in support of Somalia’s private sector.

May 01, 2020

AADCO Paper Factory: Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Somali Business Sector

Employing over 50 staff members, one third of which are female, AADCO manufactures a range of paper products, but in an innovative push into environment-friendly entrepreneurship, the company also recently started the first recycling initiative of its kind in Somaliland.

Somali company manufactures egg cartons from waste paper

Eric Keels

August 01, 2019

Risky Business: Assessing the Success of Investments in Somalia

Drawing on data from One Earth Future’s Shuraako program, this report assesses the relationship between direct funding, proximity to violence, and proximity to international funding on the income of businesses in Somalia.

Jay Benson

Victor Odundo Owuor

February 11, 2019

Diaspora’s Investment in Fragile and Conflict Impacted Economies

February 11, 2019

Diaspora Investment: Filling the Financing Gap in FCS Economies

Private sector development and economic growth are critical to the peacebuilding process in fragile and conflict-impacted states (FCS). In order to realize the potential of the private sector in these contexts, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need access to capital.