
Eastleigh Business Community members attend launch of Somalia’s $3.5 billion project
Eastleigh Business Community Chairman Ahmed Abdullahi Yare led the delegation of 27 Kenyan businesspeople to the launch.

Everytime I stumble on a video in Kenya where its successful Somali businesses, there's always xasid Kenyans sayin "Why dont they invest in their country instead"
Since Finance minister Bihi introduced the Public private partnership bill in august 2024, three big PPP projects have surfaced last year, this is the first one the New Mogadishu Development Corporation (NMDC) which is the company that is working on the new airport 35kms outside Mogadishu in warsheikh, a big road will be built connecting the city to the airport but in between they plan on building a special economic zone (SEZ) with a new sea-port, the port and the airport will be bigger than the turkish run aden cade airport and port in mogadishu today
Apparently the Ministry of civil aviation was receiving numerous requests from major airlines that wished to start flying into Mogadishu but couldn't because the current airport is too small and congested
The new airport will have 5 times more capacity than the current one at aden cadde, also notice how they're investing into modern cargo terminals, maybe if they stick to their promise and relaunch somali airlines, they could have a somali cargo branch of the airline just like ethiopian airlines, convieniently the port and Sez are right next to the airport
They also plan on investing in a big solar farm to power the SEZ and its going to be operational by 2027
On the inauguration of the project the top 100 somali companies in the whole region were attending, including the ones from Kenya
If this goes well, it wouldnt be crazy to assume this new Somali construction company could work on other mega projects

Somalia Launches Construction of New Mogadishu International Airport in Warsheekh - Somali Magazine
Facebook Twitter (X) Instagram Somali Magazine - People's Magazine On Sunday, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud pressed a ceremonial button that marked the official start of construction. He told the crowd that the project is a “big step forward” for a country that is rebuilding after decades of...

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