Yeah so many issues standing Infront of getting these things. Sometimes its even a loss to even try and start the business 0 profit, which is why they just use the brazillian chickens which is old disgusting and probably bad for health.
Missed opportunities here. Why are we importing Western snacks?
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I loved the egg chips they have in bari. Like the nafaqo flavored chips. 8 for a dollar.
Interesting. Their company is based in Bosaso but their factory is located in Mogadishu
@Shimbiris pretty cool huh?
They are also producing other products like soap, shampoo, detergents, kettle, bottles
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It really does help show how much of a push is being made cross regionally to get more locally made products onto domestic markets in recent years.
It's going to be pretty cool to stroll through local supermarkets in a few years and see the growing collection.
Interesting. Their company is based in Bosaso but their factory is located in Mogadishu
@Shimbiris pretty cool huh?
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They are also producing other products like soap, shampoo, detergents, kettle, bottles
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It really does help show how much of a push is being made cross regionally to get more locally made products onto domestic markets in recent years.
It's going to be pretty cool to stroll through local supermarkets in a few years and see the growing collection.
A lot of the meat in Dubai from Ethiopia or Kenya is actually from Somalia and my mother even knew some of the Somali suppliers. We also had boxes of tuna cans in our house quite frequently. Tuna from the northeast coast stored in olive oil or water.
And sometimes she’d bring home “Sheep Ghee” which was actually the hind fat/tallow of Somali Sheep. It was nice looking at labels that said “Made in Somalia” or eating meat I knew was from the mother land. Perks of growing up in the Khaleej.
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Economies of scale, Brazil is just really good at natural commodities, also producing isn’t always important it can be more profitable to just trade, unless it’s strategic
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Also I don’t think Somalis should focus on production anymore than the minimum, Africa is right there a potential super producer that similar to Brazil that needs to gets its products to the market
marketing and exporting food products and commodities from countries like Uganda Kenya Tanzania Rwanda Ethiopia etc is much more efficient
marketing and exporting food products and commodities from countries like Uganda Kenya Tanzania Rwanda Ethiopia etc is much more efficient
Yeah you're right about Bosaso's energy problems. The electricity price is one of the highest in the region and is affecting businesses. The entire country needs access to cheap power.
High Electricity Costs in Bosaso: Socioeconomic Impact, Challenges, and Solutions - SPA
Bosaso’s electricity price of USD 0.79 per kilowatt has severely impacted household affordability, business viability, and local government revenue. The extreme costs, especially during the hot season, trigger seasonal migration, reduce tax collection, and hinder urban economic activity.
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Bossaso needs a coal power plant , lng is too expensive and diesel which most the country uses is too expensiveYeah you're right about Bosaso's energy problems. The electricity price is one of the highest in the region and is affecting businesses. The entire country needs access to cheap power.
High Electricity Costs in Bosaso: Socioeconomic Impact, Challenges, and Solutions - SPA
Bosaso’s electricity price of USD 0.79 per kilowatt has severely impacted household affordability, business viability, and local government revenue. The extreme costs, especially during the hot season, trigger seasonal migration, reduce tax collection, and hinder urban economic activity.
Yeah you're right about Bosaso's energy problems. The electricity price is one of the highest in the region and is affecting businesses. The entire country needs access to cheap power.
High Electricity Costs in Bosaso: Socioeconomic Impact, Challenges, and Solutions - SPA
Bosaso’s electricity price of USD 0.79 per kilowatt has severely impacted household affordability, business viability, and local government revenue. The extreme costs, especially during the hot season, trigger seasonal migration, reduce tax collection, and hinder urban economic activity.
I have no idea why i was under the assumption that one of Bosaso's Electricity provider was also NECSOM , since they are also the major provide in Garowe and installed renewable hybrid system and storage.
I also thought SECCO had a hand in the city since they have installed everything from streetlights and cold storage power, solar powered irrigation pipelines throughout Garowe and other parts of Somaliland and Puntland. But it doesn't seem like they are operational in Bosaso from their projects.
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These types of solar projects has significantly lowered electricity costs , they brought it down in many parts of Somalia to 0.20 for businesses and 0.30 for households per KW with this.
But it is instead (PEPCO) which is a merger between the government and Golis who was the main provider.
Puntland Electric Power Company -PEPCO
www.pepco.so
It follows the opposite trend.
I agree with the recommendations the local government should open up the market for more providers, you can't have only 1 provider, it's private sector competition that brings pricing down in other regions and in sectors like Telecom.
Mogadishu for example has 5 different providers Kube, Mogadishu Power, Blue Sky, Goodlight Energy, Tamarso aside from BECO.
Puntland has many others as well, providing electricity to other parts like NEPCO, Badhan etc so there is plenty of options to let new players in.
I believe unlike the water supply(Which is mostly PPP), they should not enter into Public-Private mergers in electricity. If there is 1 single entity that controls the energy market in a single region there is a risk that they will just jack up the prices and not have the fear of their costumers leaving to more cheaper alternative options and it will make them less driven to improve services as well.
I've said in another thread the reason why energy expansion and telecom has been so efficient in many parts of Somalia unlike Kenya/Ethiopia is because of decentralization and competition.
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There is a reason why the government handed it over to the private sector to begin with. Because the private sector was more innovative, efficient and reliable
I know there is an trend to boost Public-Private partnerships all over Somalia, but we should lead with the understanding around what each do well and the government should in some cases just play more of a regulatory , oversight role.
