Places like Iraq, Syria have oil and other resources that dwarf what Somalia has. It is a poor comparison. If Somalia were to discover the same wealth we'd get to this level as well quite easily.
Somalia's future is pretty bleak because it has no proven resources of any significance. Wind/Solar energy is probably the only thing we can look forward to
Somalia has more resources combined than Iraq and Syria. So do most African nations. An Example is Congo which is rich in resources and getting exploited. Because the racial hierarchy don’t allow blacks to develop further because they restricted in the west and back home. Also, everyone knows the more cadaan you look the more opportunity there will be .The reason why everyone is obsessed to look as close as possible to cadaans.
But what we need is:
1)Unity and Safety and give every one free TV for helping the government. Each family would need a TV.
2) Somali Propaganda media channels that promotes Nationalism and all of the good stuff
3) Somaliwood like Somali Bollywood which we can create new modern Somali culture which we lost during civil war.
4)Banned Twitter andFacebook and instagram To reduce western and indian influence. Create our own social media.
5) Now that we control the youth and young adults which are 75% of the country. We can now focus on creating cheap electricity so we can build industries and diasporas can help the economy by building factories and improve the irrigation system and create schools and jobs for the youth. .
Of course this costs $$$$ which the cadaans or anyone else wouldn’t help us do this.