By Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf, CEO and Chairman, Hormuud Telecom — The recent GSMA report puts Africa at the forefront of the mobile money revolution. In 2021, the industry processed over $1 trillion in transactions — 70% of which were in Africa alone. In Somalia, digital payments have transformed our economy. Not least because of the scale of mobile money proliferation. …

By: Abdullahi Nur Osman, CEO of the Hormuud Salaam Foundation — Healthcare provision in Somalia is a patchwork of solutions. While the situation has improved since the war, services are often expensive and, unfortunately, not entirely trusted by the public. Less than 30% of Somalis have access to health services and only 11% of children receive basic vaccinations. …

By Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf Built by Somalis, for Somalis, Hormuud Telecom’s driving force has always been to improve the lives of the people we serve. …

By: Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf, CEO of Hormuud Telecom It’s been almost two months since the first bells sounded the alarm that Somalia is on the verge of another famine, moving the UN to announce that a quarter of the Somali population is in need of $1.3 billion in urgent assistance. In response to this, the Somali National Emergency…

By: Abdullahi Nur Osman, CEO of the Hormuud Salaam Foundation Somalia is facing one its most pressing challenges in recent memory. With records showing that Somalia is facing its driest conditions in 40 years, currently 4.5 million Somalis are at risk of famine. A further 1.5 …

Ahmed Yusuf, CEO of Hormuud Telecom — 2021 has been a hard year for many, but we are proud that we were able to connect Somalis to one another throughout one of the most challenging of years. …

By: Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf, CEO, Hormuud Telecom In 2011, when we launched our digital payment platform EVC Plus, Somalia was a different place. We were just coming out of a protracted civil war, the streets in Mogadishu were dirt tracks, and not one high rise stood over the city. The…

By: Abdullahi Nur Osman, CEO of the Hormuud Salam Foundation — Last week marked an important milestone in Somalia’s history — the opening of Somalia’s first public oxygen plant. This is an important step in strengthening our public health systems which are crucial in times of crisis, as well as for improving the daily lives of all Somalis. As COVID- 19…

By: Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf, CEO, Hormuud Telecom Somalia’s financial systems have improved and securitised exponentially over the last 10 years. The country is now on the cusp of becoming the world’s first cashless society, a reality that remains far off for developed economies such as the US and UK. The…