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Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It has maintained a healthy informal economy , based mainly on livestock , remittance / money transfer companies and telecommunications . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Due to a dearth of formal government statistics and the recent civil war , it is difficult to gauge the size or growth of the economy.
Dahabshiil ( Somali: Dahabshiil, Arabic: دهب شيل) is a Somali funds transfer company, and is the largest money-transfer business in Africa. [1] It's headquartered in Burao, Somalia. [2] Formed in 2004, the firm operates from over 24,000 outlets and employs more than 2,000 people across 126 countries. [3]
Kismayo ( Somali: Kismaayo, Arabic: كيسمايو, Kīsmāyū; Italian: Chisimaio) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The city is situated 528 kilometres (328 miles) southwest of Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jubba River, where the ...
Somali architecture is the engineering and designing of multiple different construction types such as stone cities, castles, citadels, fortresses, mosques, temples, aqueducts, lighthouses, towers and tombs during the ancient, medieval and early modern periods in Somalia and other regions inhabited by Somalis, as well as the fusion of Somalo-Islamic architecture with Western designs in ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. Buildings and structures in Somaliland (11 C, 1 P) Buildings and structures in Somalia by city (2 C) Buildings and structures in Somalia by type (12 C)
Somalia is classified by the United Nations as a least developed country, with the majority of its population being dependent on agriculture and livestock for their livelihood. [ 8][ 9][ 10] The economy of Somalia is $4.918 billion by gross domestic product as of 2020. For 1994, the CIA estimated it at purchasing power parity to be ...
The local Somali Energy Company specializes in the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power to residents and businesses within its service area in Banaadir. [165] Villa and Mansion Architects, an international architectural firm founded by the Somali-British architect Alexander Yusuf has its regional offices in Mogadishu. [166]
Communications in Somalia encompasses the communications services and capacity of Somalia. Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal services in the nation are largely concentrated in the private sector. Several of the telecom firms have begun expanding their activities abroad. The federal government operates two ...