Somali opens Mogadishu's first dry cleaners in decades
By Mary Harper
He told the BBC the city's security had improved in the last 10 months, since Islamist militants were pushed out by African Union and government forces.
Mr Sheik also noticed businessmen would take suits abroad to clean them.
"My dad, friends and people in the government were taking their clothes to be dry cleaned in Kenya," Mr Sheik said.
"They either took them themselves, or gave them to friends who were flying to Nairobi. Everyone, from the president downwards, was really suffering."
With no experience in the cleaning industry, he spent his spare time picking up skills at a dry cleaners owned by a friend.
"Setting up a laundry in Mogadishu was really difficult. The equipment is expensive, and I had to order the washer, dryer, presser and dry-cleaning machine from Dubai, the US and Italy," Mr Sheik said.
Finding a suitable premises was also a problem.
"Because the city is more peaceful now, everybody is running to find a place to open a business. Getting a building is really hard in Mogadishu these days because there is so much competition for space."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18357660Private companies are providing reliable supplies of both water and electricity, he says.
He has brought spare parts and other supplies in Dubai, and says he can easily order more, which can be shipped across the ocean in a matter of days.
Mr Sheik says he will give some of his profits to a school for the blind and deaf in Mogadishu.
"At this time in Mogadishu you can walk around anytime you want to. You feel safe. The explosions and the fighting have stopped.
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Somalia has tabkayo or what ever its called where they stuff like this.