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Landmark Memorandum of Understanding Signed in Somaliland

The MOU was signed in Hargeisa by the Minister of Investment and Industrial Development, HE. Abdirasak Ibrahim Mohamed, and Abdirahman Hashi, the Somaliland Director of Shuraako. This initiative aims to boost investments in Somaliland’s production sector, fostering economic opportunities and job creation.

July 27,2024

Transforming Waste Management in Somaliland

Waste management has long been a pressing challenge in Somaliland. Recent studies paint a stark picture: in Hargeisa, Somaliland's capital, only 65% of daily waste is collected due to inefficient equipment. This gap in sanitation services not only affects public health but also hampers economic growth and quality of life.

September 20,2024

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May 15, 2020

What Can the United States Do to Ensure an Inclusive Response to COVID-19?

Policymakers can look to the Women, Peace and Security agenda (WPS) for guidance and urgently-needed solutions. A new policy brief offers WPS-grounded analysis and recommendations.

May 12, 2020

Women Seeding Peace: the peasant women who left the coca crops

The newspaper El Tiempo published an article on “Women Seeding Peace”, a series that brings together the stories of peasant women who voluntarily substituted crops for illicit use.

May 12, 2020

Sowers of peace: the rural women who left the coca crops

May 12, 2020

Women Seeding Peace: The Campesino (Rural Farming) Women Who Left Coca Crops

The national newspaper El Tiempo published an article on "Women Seeding Peace", a series that brings together the stories of peasant women who voluntarily substituted crops for illicit use.

May 12, 2020

Women Seeding Peace: The Peasant Women Who Left Coca Crops

The national newspaper El Tiempo published an article on "Women Seeding Peace," a video series that brings together the stories of peasant women who voluntarily substituted crops for illicit use.

May 11, 2020

From Suppliers to Scapegoats: Yemeni Fishers In Somali Waters At The Height Of Piracy

Fisheries conflict in Somali waters has impacted people from dozens of countries, but no foreigner has been as involved and affected as the Yemeni fisher. From 2006 to 2010, the spiraling consequences of overfished and unmanaged Somali fisheries resources spread into Yemen’s waters, putting its dome...

May 08, 2020

New ERA of Cali supports the COVID-19 emergency in the city

The Alternative Rural School of Cali is established. A bet for the reincorporation in an urban key and under the business association for services.

May 08, 2020

Reincorporating Ex-combatants and Stopping the Spread of COVID-19 in Colombia

One Earth Future’s PASO Colombia program is helping cooperatives of ex-combatants to support reintegration and to face the emergency generated by COVID-19.

Corona Virus help in Cali Colombia - Masks

May 07, 2020

Secure Fisheries, Shuraako, and Future of Fish Partner to Unlock Value in Somali Fisheries

This partnership leverages these three programs’ expertise in fisheries science and community engagement, creative financial models, capacity-building, and systems approaches to solve complex challenges facing small-scale fisheries and coastal communities in the Somali region

May 05, 2020

Could AI Untangle the Puzzle of Enterprise Lending in Fragile States?

A new fact sheet on leveraging artificial intelligence to enable enterprise lending in fragile and conflict-affected states like Somalia.

May 05, 2020

How Artificial Intelligence Could Improve Business Lending in Fragile States

Artificial intelligence could improve the process of enterprise lending in fragile and conflict-affected states like Somalia.

May 05, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Could Aid in Unlocking Access to Capital for Somali Businesses

New research by One Earth Future identifies the potential for artificial intelligence to improve lending practices in fragile and conflict-affected states.

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

April 24, 2020

Pandemic could fuel demand for 'diaspora bonds', says World Bank

In a recent article in Reuters, OEF Senior Researcher, Jay Benson spoke about the potential for increased demand for diaspora bonds, listing potential issuers with large diasporan populations as Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

April 20, 2020

New Video Series Presents Stories of Women Seeding Peace in Colombia

In a new eight week video series, “Women Seeding Peace: Life After Coca Crops,” One Earth Future Foundation’s PASO Colombia program presents the compelling stories of women who have courageously transformed their own lives and livelihoods to help put their communities on a path toward a more peacefu...

Women stop growing coca crops in Colombia

April 16, 2020

New Research Examines Opportunities for Improving Maritime Security in West Africa

A new report by One Earth Future Foundation’s Stable Seas program explores the connections between crime and insecurity in the maritime domain and instability onshore in the Gulf of Guinea, one of the world’s more complex maritime security environments.

stable seas examines maritime insecurity and violence in the gulf of guinea

April 13, 2020

What Do Americans Think About a US Feminist Foreign Policy Agenda?

In a recent poll by One Earth Future Foundation’s Women, Peace and Security initiative, less than 50% of respondents thought women are sufficiently represented in the U.S. government among foreign policy and national security decision makers.

59% of respondents did not think that the people making U.S. foreign policy decisions shared their beliefs and interests

April 06, 2020

Supporting Sustainable Substitution of Coca Crops

With a strategy that combines local knowledge and skills, with productive innovations and access to markets, 1,967 people who substituted coca crops have become engines of peace and sustainable development in their territories.

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