List of Somali Business Tycoons in East Africa (OUR PLAYGROUND)

AMINA HERSI MOGHE
She has launched several multimillion-dollar projects in Kampala, Uganda. Her investments include Oasis Shopping Mall in Kampala's central business district and the Laburnam Courts Apartments.
In 2017, she opened a sugar factor in Northern Uganda for 120 million dollars US

AHMED OMER MANDELA (CHAIRMAN OF THE MANDELA GROUP OF COMPANIES)
Hajji Omar Mandela is the founder of the Mandela Group of Companies which deals in the retail, hospitality, manufacturing and automotive sectors.

THE ADHI CORPORATE GROUP
The ADHI Corporate Group is a Gabonese company that was established in 2011 and is dedicated to innovation, sustainability, and empowerment 1. The company specializes in developing affordable and sustainable housing through its patented technology, locally manufactured building materials, and capacity-building training center 2. ADHI has branches in Gabon and Rwanda, and it is set to deliver 28,000 affordable homes within the next 10 years in partnership with the Government of Rwanda 2
 
SHAMO INDUSTRIES
Founded my the late Mr. Abuca Amin Mohammed Shamo, They are into:

1700033853087.png
 

Skyward Express

Mohamed Abdi and Issack Somow
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
The two own Skyward Express, a premier charter company in the East African aviation industry.
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
The company began operations with a Fokker 50 (which accommodates 110 passengers) and had destinations in neighbouring countries such as Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan and Somalia.
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
According to the airline’s website, it aspires to connect East Africa to the rest of the world.
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
Skyward Express was founded two pilots; Captain Mohamed Abdi, who is the company chairman and Issack Somow, who is its former Managing Director.
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
Yusuf Abdi Adan, Hussein Farah, Mohammed Abdikadir
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
Yusuf Abdi Adan entered the miraa transport business in the 1960s and by the 1980s he was commanding the Meru-Chuka trade routes.
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
Adan decided to start lifting miraa from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport where he leased aircraft from various companies. He became the first person in the miraa business to have transformed from camel transport to vehicles to aircraft.
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
In 1992, Adan invited two former officers from Kenya Air Force, Col Hussein Farah and Major Hussein Mohammed to form the Blue Bird Aviation Company.
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
A third party, Mohammed Abdikadir, also joined them as a pilot, bringing the ownership to 25 per cent each.
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
Bluebird Aviation Kenya opened its doors in 1992 and set out to become the most reliable provider of customized aviation solutions.
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
Today, Bluebird Aviation has grown into one of the leading air charter companies in the region, catering for not only the humanitarian sector but private and government institutions as well.
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
“One of our major strengths is the hands-on experience of each senior executive at Bluebird Aviation, from maintenance to airline management, from engineering to aircraft financing. As such, we are able to offer a vast array of solutions to the often complex and challenging aviation industry,” the company states on its website.
https://www.skywardexpress.co.ke/en
From an airline that started with a Cessna 402, registration 5Y-LAM, Bluebird is now the second biggest airline after Kenya Airways, with a fleet of 19 aircraft and a valuation of Ksh12 billion.
 

Aseer

A man without a 🐫 won't be praised in afterlife
VIP
Why don't they do this in Somalia? We are becoming the Jews of Africa at this point.
 
Why don't they do this in Somalia? We are becoming the Jews of Africa at this point.
Security is one of the top issues Somalia has to address in order to attract foreign investments. Plus in some of this places we are politically represented. i.e In Tanzania we have a Somali Cabinet Minister Hussein Mohamed Bashe
 
Good to see success. Inshallah they'll set up HQs in the homeland and begin business there as well.
Inshallah my brother, just seeing how successful we are is tantamount to our ingenuity and business acuemen. Im sure Somalia will be the powerhouse of East Africa with peace
 

Aseer

A man without a 🐫 won't be praised in afterlife
VIP
Security is one of the top issues Somalia has to address in order to attract foreign investments. Plus in some of this places we are politically represented. i.e In Tanzania we have a Somali Cabinet Minister Hussein Mohamed Bashe
True if someone tries making something back home it would just be blown up.
 

Bazed

Tired.
VIP
Inshallah my brother, just seeing how successful we are is tantamount to our ingenuity and business acuemen. Im sure Somalia will be the powerhouse of East Africa with peace
Thank you for posting this. We get so clouded by the doomed rhetoric that we miss moments of great success. We need these investors to enrich our homeland and take advantage of our natural resources. All in due to though, first safety must be established.
 

Aseer

A man without a 🐫 won't be praised in afterlife
VIP
It is safer than you think back home. Things are changing for the positive thank Allah.
Inshallah it's just the south that needs to be cleaned up and the Daesh in the mountains of Bari to be cleared out and it will become safe inshallah.
 
Top