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M-Dalag is the first mobile and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) based system that allows farmers that were previously disconnected from markets to become connected.

Our platform serves as a vital bridge, empowering farmers with access to crucial market information and resources right at their fingertips.

Pioneering Change, Empowering Futures. Dive into our dynamic programs fostering education, entrepreneurship, and community development.

Recognizing the unique challenges faced by young women entrepreneurs, Shaqodoon launched a peer-to-peer mentoring program specifically targeting women between the ages of 18 and 35. This initiative paired experienced female entrepreneurs with aspiring ones, providing invaluable guidance, support, and access to networks.

The TNE Gender Challenge further exemplifies the power of peer mentoring, creating a supportive space for women entrepreneurs to learn from each other and build strong professional networks.

The document is a final report on the TVET private sector orientation by Shaqodoon Organization and GIZ, detailing the process of mapping enterprises, promoting TVET cooperation, and evaluating applicants in Somaliland and Somalia. It discusses the challenges faced, such as COVID-19, and provides recommendations for future actions.

Explore Shaqodoon's impactful journey over the past 12 years through our comprehensive project list. From empowering communities to fostering innovation, this curated document encapsulates the breadth of our work.

Download the complete list here and witness the transformative initiatives that have shaped our commitment to positive change.

This labor market demand assessment report on digital and multimedia skills, highlights that the establishment of two digital design training centers in Hargeisa and Garowe has enabled less privileged youth between the ages of 17-28 to access specialized ICT, entrepreneurship, and life skills training, opening up meaningful work opportunities. The growing use of digital technologies, along with planned investments in sectors such as ICT, energy, ports, education, and health, can support economic growth and job creation in the regions.

An important resource for anyone looking to provide mentorship to aspiring entrepreneurs in Somalia/Somaliland, this handbook provides the understanding, techniques and tools necessary to effectively mentor youth-owned businesses and help them achieve success. Drawing from Shaqodoon's experience of working with local businesses and entrepreneurs, this handbook is an invaluable guide to understanding the Somali context and the trends reshaping its socioeconomics. It is an essential tool for anyone looking to make a difference in the professional world of commerce and career development in Somalia/Somaliland.

This two-part Market Assessment Toolkit provides a comprehensive guide to conducting market assessments for youth entrepreneurship programs. It is intended to provide practitioners and financial institutions with the information they need to design and develop effective programs, while also providing youth participants with the information they need to make informed decisions and identify viable business ideas. It serves as a roadmap that will help programs implement a demand-driven approach and match youth’s interests, skills and resources to market opportunities for self-employment.

Harhub was founded in 2018 by Shaqodoon Organisation to address the 67% unemployment rate of youth in Somaliland. Harhub identified ways in which they could offer dedicated specialised opportunities and support to young entrepreneurs. Harhub provided a space to allow young innovators and entrepreneurs to create, build, scale, and sustain social ventures that tackle the communities' most pressing issues, such as unemployment.

This market assessment survey was conducted to provide a comprehensive understanding of potential business opportunities that exist in local Somali markets and to decide on the economic/business sectors in which youth enterprises could have high potential for growth and sustainability, profit maximization and return on investment. The data collected from this assessment was utilized in the design of a Youth Business Handbook, providing guidance to youth on high potential business ideas in the local Somali markets. This project aimed at empowering Somali youth by providing them with the information and resources necessary to enter the informal sector and become self-employed.

Mircro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) play a significant role in fueling economic growth and job creation in Somalia and Somaliland, but the enterprises require owners and managers with the skills and competencies to meet both current and future challenges. Successful entrepreneurial development initiatives aimed at MSMEs, specifically those from previously disadvantaged communities, can contribute to the alleviation of poverty through job creation in these communities.

Youth make up approximately 70% of Somaliland’s population; according to Somaliland's National Development Programme, unemployment among youth is 75%. The inability to access skills, capital, and education are core barriers to employment or starting a business. Hargabits, a youth-based social enterprise established in 2016, offers specialized ICT, entrepreneurship, and life skills training to less privileged youth aged 17 and 28 to help them to access meaningful work.

The innovative crowdfunding approach to community projects was received positively by villagers, building trust in the partnership model with stakeholders. In Qoyta, the installation of a 970m water supply pipeline is complete. The newly installed pipe runs through the village, where the community can connect clean running water to their homes. The blended funding approach has led to community ownership of planning, implementation, monitoring, outcome, and impact of projects.

As a selected enterprise to receive technical or access to financial support from Shaqodoon and its partners under the LEAD project, this form will help us assess and evaluate your existing business needs. Your responses help us understand your current business operations and provide you with the best services and solutions.

This research project aimed to update the HargaBits curriculum to meet the training and support needs of the target youth while providing in-demand skills by the digital market. It explored innovative solutions for equal access to education and skills development, analyzed relevant policies, and mapped future work opportunities.

This research project aimed to update the GaroBits curriculum to meet the training and needs of the target youth while providing in-demand skills by the digital market. It explored innovative solutions for equal access to education and skills development, analyzed relevant policies, and mapped future work opportunities.

This report focuses on identifying potential donors for crowdfunding in Baidoa and Afgooye, Somalia. Conducted by Shaqodoon and AfRACS, it mapped community resources, income sources, and diaspora impacts. The study involved 4,379 respondents and highlighted the community's willingness to support projects, despite financial constraints.

The report suggests integrating diaspora and local businesses in crowdfunding initiatives for enhanced community support.

Commisioned by Shaqodoon and SOMREP, this mapping exercise was conducted in Somaliland and Puntland to understand and map existing resources in target districts and develop strategies to foster economic stability. The backdrop of the study is Somalia's ongoing economic challenges, with high poverty rates and a young population facing employment difficulties.

The study, employed a mixed methods approach including interviews, focus groups, and quantitative data collection.