Somalia 2025 Vision? Sad Reality?

[Mohmed]

I came across this forum post while searching for something. It’s dated May 2012, where the poster, Nuune, shared their vision for Somalia in 2025. Have we achieved any of Nuune's goals? I think the idea of reviving Somali Airlines is a pretty wild “prediction” for Somalia in 2025.
Here is the link but I'll also copy their goals below: https://www.somaliaonline.com/commu...ia-2025-vision-a-must-achieve-goals/#comments

Post: (I am gonna highlight the hypothetical jobs being created)
I am not a dreamer, but very optimistic about the future of Somalia, what I am listing here is not a fancy list, it is a fact, a goal, and an achievable objective, it needs planning, vision, and hard work. When everyone has a job, when everyone feels secure in the environment they live, when fear and lack of safety for your family is no longer the issue, this is the future, this is not a dream, Somalia in 2025 is for Somalis, everywhere, everywhere!
Here is the 2025 vision for Somalia, add your own list that you think will be achievable:

Transport 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Aviation, re-establishment of Somali Airlines, going green for low emission planes, that means buying or leasing newly built planes that are ONLY within 5 years old, by doing this, you are saving HUGE amount on fuel consumption, at the end of the project, the planes used by Somalia Airlines would number 150 aircraft. The airline would be a major player in Somalia, flying to every region in the country, and internationally, adding multiple destinations in every year would bring the destinations that the airline flies to every continent around the world.
This project when completed can create up to 150 thousand jobs in airport management and general labor, cabin crew, pilots, security etc

• Construction of airports in major cities and town, this can create up to 100 thousand jobs during the construction period,

- Rail Network System, pretty much easy, is a project that can take about 5-8 years to build, maximum 10 years to connect the whole Somalia, this would be achieved before 2025 Transport Vision, if the project gets started in two years time.
This project when completed would create half a million jobs, and 100 thousand jobs during the construction period.

- Road Transport System, construction and maintenance of existing and new roads, routes and bridges, thousands of kilometers of constructed roads.
This project when completed would create half a million jobs, and 150 thousand jobs in construction and road maintenance.

I haven't added the bus network, the tram network, that will connect cities and major regions, huge area that can employ as many as 100 thousand jobs.

Healthcare 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Major hospitals in ever city and town,
- Medical clinics and facilities that will cater for primary care and secondary care
- Children's hospitals
This project would create one million jobs when completed by 2025, it is a huge project, and can even create more jobs when pharmacies, nursing, and other types of related healthcare is added.

Education 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Construction of new primary and secondary schools together with existing one's in major cities, towns and every location where there is a shortage of schools
- Construction and upgrading of higher education such as universities and Institutes of Technology
- Establishment of Research Centers that is for pure development of science

This project when completed will create 200 thousand primary and secondary teachers, as well as 50 thousand university and Institutes of Technology lectures, the labor working in these schools who will not be involved in teaching will number 100 thousand jobs, as well as 80 thousand jobs during the construction period.

Agriculture 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Farming, farming, crops, the list is too long but you got the idea, farming in regions where there the Juba and Shabelle river are located, and create man-made canals in areas where there are no rivers, these will provide for farming in the these remote areas or sub-Saharan.
- Farming, animal products, such as milk and meat, factories will be built to process bottled and canned meat,
- Other areas of agriculture will also be added into this list

This project when completed, will create half a million jobs in farming, process, production and general labor.

Factories 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Re-establishment of the sugar factories in Mareere and Jowhar: can create 20 thousand jobs
- Beverage and food processing factories and upgrading current one's: this can create up to one million jobs
- Mining and steel production, the material is available in Somalia, only equipment is needed: can create 50 thousand jobs
- The list is long, but all in all: This project when completed, will create 2 million jobs in industrial, manufacturing, and general labor.

Marine 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Fishing industry, this is huge project that will interconnect the over 3500 kilometers of ocean resources
This project when completed will create up to 200 thousand jobs in all areas of fishing routes, with factories that will process the resources.

Banking 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Major banks in major cities and towns,
- Other financial sectors such as hawala also included

This project would create 190 thousand jobs with 800 branches in the country.

Security 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Military for the country: 80 thousand in numbers meaning 80 thousand jobs, will be stationed in all corners of the country
- Police force: 160 thousand police, meaning 160 thousand jobs
- Coast guide (Guard?): very important sector and non existence, to guide the over 3500 kilometers of sea: 50 thousand personnel, meaning 50 thousand jobs.
- Air force: will employ 2 thousand personnel in piloting, maintenance, engineering and other areas such as general labor.

In total, when completed this project, it will create nearly half a million jobs in security and the protection of the country

Local Government and Municipalities 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Establishment of local authorities that will govern cities and town, to assess and look into major areas such as planning, cleaning, housing and other areas

When completed, this project will create 200 thousand jobs, this is the center of development, as the local authorities account everything that is taking place in its location.

Tourism 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Construction of resorts and smaller airports in areas that of interest near the coast, this creates up to 20 thousand jobs
- Construction of hotels, minor and major, this creates up to 30 thousand jobs
- Construction of parks and conservation areas, this creates up to 10 thousand jobs

Add your list please if I left out anything

It will be amazing, that unemployment will not be an issue, and that Somalia will seek foreign workers to fill out job posts.
This will not work while you sit and do nothing, this will work when you take part, participate, contribute, invest, and give advise, you are the winner in either way.

 

[Mohmed]

(in another post, they add)

I will add few more projects, it seems that most of the projects I listed can be achieved far more less than the time frame I gave, 2025, but this is to give more time in planning, design, teaching & training etc., when few thousand nursing students graduate within 5 years from now, the jobs will be ready for them, they will work for free (?) (pocket money would be given plus food) to get more practical experience on hand and to shine thine their CV, then permanent salary would be given to them when the Banking System is established together with revenue that is stable and able to collect taxation.

Somali Post (Boostada) 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Doesn't exist now, re-establishment of Somali Post, a standard postal system is major connecting player, thousands of branches would be created across the country, delivering everything, from standard to express parcels, to international.

If Irish Postal company employs 10 thousand people, it is a small country(31,521 sq miles (81,638 km²)) compare it to Somalia(246,202 sq miles (637,661 km²)), imagine having postal branches in every town and city in Somalia, even in remote areas, what jobs can be created.

This project when completed would create half a million jobs, that is a small figure, it could be more than half a million jobs.

Ports 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Upgrading existing ports in the country to a world class for easy access
- Creating new ports small and big
The labor market for this project is huge, and the demand is high,
This project when completed would create 50 thousand jobs.

Petroleum 2025, the list for this project would include:

- This project speaks for itself, it can be started before when production kicks off
- Oil and gas is a major resource for revenue

This project when completed would create up to 20 thousand jobs, through process, production, consulting, sales, delivery, and general labor.

Real Estate 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Construction of houses and apartments in major cities and town, that would be given to the public in a very cheap price, sold or rented
- The list for Real Estate can be extended to new areas, and it is a huge investment.

This project would create up to half a million jobs during the construction period, and 200 thousand permanent jobs after the construction period through maintenance, security, technicians, and overall well beings of properties

Communication 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Somalia already enjoys good communication, in telecom wise, it is doing well, but needs to be upgraded, and managed well
- Mobile and Land line system, the exist now but needs good planning and management
- Radio and TV, these exist now but also needs planning and good management, real production of programs and documentaries are needed, real news producing and and editing.

In total, the communication sector in Somalia would be huge, and would create more permanent jobs.

This project would create up to 100 thousand jobs in tv, radio jobs, in mobile and land line communication

Electricity 2025, the list for this project would include:

- Speaks for itself and no explanation is needed,
- Doesn't exist now and people rely on small expensive generators, huge project when undertaken, every household is needed to have access to electricity
- Electricity would be provided from different sources, dumps and power stations, huge generators etc

This project would create up more than 50 thousand jobs, of course salary money would come from the electricity charges, it would be very very cheap.

 

[Mohmed]

Here is another list by another user:

2025 Vision​

• Road-network - The entire current network of 22000 km of roads should be completely paved, and dual-carriage highways should be established to deal with the increase of motorists, which will number around 8 million by that time.
• Enrollment rate - 100% - Compulsory education for all children, special attention to our daughters.
• Electrification rate - 100%. The whole country must have a steady supply of electricity, no country can economically grow without reliable source of energy, we can do this through dams, solar power, wind-energy, etc.
• Port infrastructure - It is vital that Somalia attracts billions in investment and transforms the existing deep-sea-ports into the largest in East Africa.
• Affirmative action for women & minorities - This program should be maintained for at least 20 years to make sure there is a healthy balance in politics, military, education, healthcare, entertainment and other sectors in Somalia.
• Female President - In 2020, a female only election should be initiated to usher in the country's first female president.
• Oil-Industry - Somalia by that time should be the largest exporter of crude in Africa, 2 million barrels of Oil at a minimum.
• Mining Industry - Somalia should have the largest mining projects for its Uranium, Gold and other valuable resources.
• Fishing Industry - This economic sector has to be well-developed with trawlers and cooling-ships that will enable Somalia to have an annual profit of at least $3 billion USD.
• Agriculture-Industry - The country has to be completely self-sufficient, and its crops should be once again the largest employers in East Africa.
• Tourism Industry - At least 5 million tourists should be attracted to Somalia annually through world-wide branding, and advertisement campaigns worth $1 billion. The sector should generate at least five times that amount each year.
• Tree-planting - 1 billion new trees planted across the country, and the most affected areas.
• Technology sector - It should be regulated, but the government touch has to be invisible. The current companies such as Dahabshiil, Hormuud, etc, have to be billion dollar companies by then.
• Aviation sector - Somali Airlines should be one of the most successful national carriers in Africa, only doing international flights. The domestic network should be covered by the other airlines.
• Rail-network - A 500km rail-network connecting the major agricultural and grazing regions with the major ports.

Some talk about the importance of accountability, saying that if Somalia manages to “establish proper systems of government . . . if it can maintain peace . . . if it can begin a semblance of (a) rebuilding process,” then achieving what Nuune suggested could be possible for the developing nation. Others simply say, “... lower your goals to UN millennium dev. Goals, and I shall take you seriously.”
Another poster adds that we should be “focusing on anti-corruption, nationalising strategic industries such as telecoms and taxation will provide ample revenues to focus then on what really matters and will require much attention. Preventing inequalities and unnecessary suffering while building the human capital should be the aim, not creating millionaires or artificial opportunities for diaspora, foreigners, etc.”
There are a few more points in the discussion that I’m too lazy to copy here, so give it a read yourself. (Plenty of optimism and pessimism in there.)

 

[Neptune]

They came back 13 years later to their post and it seems all their optimism is gone. This country will disappoint you at times.

 

[peterpeter]

They came back 13 years later to their post and it seems all their optimism is gone. This country will disappoint you at times.

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at times loool it only disappoints and im not even saying this as if its funny i could say some things but people here will chimp

 

[Neptune]

at times loool it only disappoints and im not even saying this as if its funny i could say some things but people here will chimp

I say at times because there are moments where good progress happens. I don't want to be too negative. But yes, considering where Somalia could be, it's pathetic.

 

[Midas]

He posted this before hsm was sworn in as president. I have said this before and I'll say it again hsm is truly one of the worst people to ever hold office. He created an utterly insane culture of corruption at a time when everything was up in the air and any direction was possible.

 

[Mohmed]

at times loool it only disappoints and im not even saying this as if its funny i could say some things but people here will chimp

I say at times because there are moments where good progress happens. I don't want to be too negative. But yes, considering where Somalia could be, it's pathetic.

I’m at a point in my life where I can’t afford to be defeatist about the future of our country. I know there’s a long road ahead, but we should celebrate the small wins we achieve. There will be setbacks, crises, and challenges that test our loyalty to a Somali state—but we must persist regardless.

 

[Nur_]

They came back 13 years later to their post and it seems all their optimism is gone. This country will disappoint you at times.

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2065 is optimistic

 

[Yusufdthegreat]

I’m at a point in my life where I can’t afford to be defeatist about the future of our country. I know there’s a long road ahead, but we should celebrate the small wins we achieve. There will be setbacks, crises, and challenges that test our loyalty to a Somali state—but we must persist regardless.

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