Somaliland & Northern Somalia in General:

[Nation]

[quote="The-Screw"]has anyone been there recently? how secure is it there? if for example i were an employer looking to expand and wanted to open an office and create atleast 100 jobs there, A: how does the state tax services work? B: will i be able to find qualified, educated people for hire? or if i were to import workers and assume all resposibllities will the local officials allow it? are they corrupt?

my mind is working overtime these past couple of months, idea after idea after idea keeps popping in my head, i refuse to work a 9-5 job and become part of the herd, somethngs gotta give...give me some info people.[/quote]

Dude as long as you got the cash and the will, no one will get in your way. Cities such as Gaalkacyo, Garoowe, Bosaso, Qardho, Galdogob, Hargeisa, Burco, Berbera are among the fastest growing cities in the north and are also among the most peaceful.

The only cities I would invest in would be Bosaso. I say Bosaso because that city is the most diversed city in North Somalia, or all of Somalia for that matter while cities like Gaalkacyo and Hargeisa and Berbera, Garoowe are mostly of one qabil. You will be amazed with Bosaso. To me it seemed like the Somali Capital walahi no joke. From eelay to midgaan to hawiye, darood, issaq ethiopians and oromo everyone is there doing business and minding their own business.

Bosaso is booming like crazy and any business would work there because you got the diverse people you are working with.

The Local Government will have you pay a business tax as well as a state tax which will probably add up to maybe U.S $100 a mouth but it all demands on how big your business is. People pay $5 $15 and some pay $1000s because they make so much money.

[The-Screw]

excellent tip. i shall release your other username from the ban list at once!

[1_londoner]

[quote="The-Screw"]excellent tip. i shall release your other username from the ban list at once![/quote]

Great, thanx screwy i missed this username

[LiQaaye_TDH]

Screw the best place for your business today in somaliland or somaia is Hargeisa no where else!.. Hargeisa has become the capital for all somalis, and specially the Business, you have all sorts of Business people in Hargeisa they come from as far as Kenya and Tanzania doing Businesses.. You can find any clan in Hargeisa doing, Business for example There is enough factories, Hotels and Restaurants owned by Hawiye Darood and Reer Jabutti in Hargeisa, even the warlords have their Businesses in Hargeisa( From Cismaan caato, Yalaxow, Abdi qaasim and many more.. the Biggest factory was built in Burco 2 years ago by 10 men, 4 of them were hawiye and 2 Dhullos the rest isaaq, they choose Burco because it was the safest and it was a bit cheaper then Hargeisa landwise...

Ive got few Business plans my self i wanna do very soon insha allah.... Anyway Good luck

[galia]

[quote="The-Screw"]has anyone been there recently? how secure is it there? if for example i were an employer looking to expand and wanted to open an office and create atleast 100 jobs there, A: how does the state tax services work? B: will i be able to find qualified, educated people for hire? or if i were to import workers and assume all resposibllities will the local officials allow it? are they corrupt?

my mind is working overtime these past couple of months, idea after idea after idea keeps popping in my head, i refuse to work a 9-5 job and become part of the herd, somethngs gotta give...give me some info people.[/quote]

Waryaa screw, come to Galmugdud state, we can really do with people like u.
What we are looking for is someone like u that could create jobs around GM state, You can open an office in Galkayo with a massive population of 230 000 people, plus u have access to the 395 000 people in GM state.

[LiQaaye_TDH]

His looking for some where safe for his Business, and where there is a Goverment

somaliland tops the List:

Somaliland 20 years peace

Puntland 10 years

the rest not safe.......

[Sanaagian]

Screw aim for Ceerigaabo !

its cool up there , like the Aspen of Somaliland

[galia]

LiQaaye_TDH why u putting GM state down like that, have u seen me attack somaliland?

Yes, somaliland is ahead of us but we are willing to catch up and thats where people like screw come along.

LiQaaye_TDH i just heard that the EU is willing to give somaliland 500 million dollars to spend over the next five years.

If that happens, then we all need to say, well done somaliland

Inshallah GM state will do the same, but we will ask fellow arab countries to invest in us.

[LiQaaye_TDH]

Galia well said, good luck with Gal-Mudug state insha allah khayr iyaan u rajeynaya...

[Cali_Gaab]

@ ask carab states to invest in you...... carabta waxeey kuu siin lahaayeen sharaabka la dhaho Shaani, lacag ha ka suugin

[Aliyah99]

Go for it, I am planning to be the first to take a well known brand to Hargeisa. (Franchise that you see everywhere in the world) then inshallah Burco after 18 months or so then Berbera, Erigavo and other cities with more than 50,000 population in Somaliland /Somalia

[Aerosmith]

Mate the best solution is for you to go there and spend a good 2 weeks to have a tentative idea and a research on the way forward. From there you can decide on what you intend to invest in. Do not buy into what somalis might tell you that you'll need a substantial initial start capital for Somalia. I'd recommend staying away from services sector as the demand for such services is far and few unless of course you're willing to work with the few non-governmental organizations based there. Mind you for most of these UN-Agencies and NGO's s you would need a connection to land that lucrative contract and most of these contracts are often tendered in Nairobi, Kenya. If you do know someone working for UNDP-Somalia, Sudan, UNON, UNHCR, WHO, UNEP, UNOPS, ILO, OCHA etc it would help.

There are plenty of opportunities in virgin Somalia. Go for it and good luck.

[FAH1223]

[quote="Voltage"]there is not point in opening business anywhere your clan does not live in.[/quote]

not true

if you have money, no one will get in your way

if you have skills such as in the medical field, no one will stop you

I have family in Hargeysa who have their own business and they been at it for 5 years running now and they are Xawaadle...

[Somalistan]

Okay, am pretty sure I saw a majeerteen dude who is a member of this board and is currently working in Hargeysa.

You shouldn't be listening to voltage a teenager of all people who knows nothing beyond his Harry Porter books and nintendo game.

- Instead of noting the 40,000 plus who have fled Muqdisho and have found home in Hargeysa, he is ever too quick to bring up few jounalists who were turned back.
- Aside from those who fled from Xamar, there are all sorts of Somalis. There is even suuq for Ogadens called 'suuqa doqon mawaaye'. There are Hawiyes, there are Bantus, Raxawayne, there are Majeerteen and offcourse there are daroods who lived there for years such Dhulbahante, Warsangeli.

Hargeysa in 2001 had a pop. of about 700,000. It grew to 1.2 million today. The bussiness is good, the people are Muslim. And NO one will give a shit if you are mariixaan or whatever just as long as you behave and don't rant Somaliwayne shit. If you are in America, you don't go around and say Alqeada do you, you keep your mouth shut and go about your 5-9 job, the same applies in SL.



mr. Voltage,

Maxaa beenta kuugu wacan. Ilahay kayaab inan yar baad tahee. Kismayo goormay 1 million people kunoolaayeen.

[Somalistan]

[quote="FAH1223"][quote="Voltage"]there is not point in opening business anywhere your clan does not live in.[/quote]

not true

if you have money, no one will get in your way

if you have skills such as in the medical field, no one will stop you

I have family in Hargeysa who have their own business and they been at it for 5 years running now and they are Xawaadle...[/quote]

Nice looking out. Which neighborhood do you they live in?

There is xaafad called 'xawaadle' do you know that. That is where Emperior's clan live.