Speakers

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  Ahmed Jama

  The Village Hotel

  See Bio
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  Nasro Wehliye

  Nationlink Telcom

  See Bio
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  Mohamoud

  Dahir Adani

  See Bio
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  hassan ali gesey

  Dalsan

  mr

  See Bio
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  Zahra Abdikarim

  SOSTEC Inc

  See Bio
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  Mohamed Midnimo

  Daauus Agency

  See Bio
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  Asha Shacuur

  Somali Female Leader

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  Zahra Sheikh Hussein

  Somali Female Leader

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  Zeinab Siraad

  Somali Female Leader

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  H.E Khadra Dualeh

  Somali Female Leader

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Ahmed Jama

The Village Hotel

Ahmed Village as he is known in Somalia is a British chef who owned and ran a prominent restaurant called the “The village” before returning to his roots. He established The village in Mogadishu at a time when the security situation in this city was unstable and he raised stakes for all other restaurants by offering food and catering at a class of its own. Both local and diaspora know about the Village. He has been the target of terrorist attacks on his restaurants on numerous occasions but has refused to turn his back and return to the UK instead staying resilient and showing other business owners that this country deserves a chance.

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Nasro Wehliye

Nationlink Telcom

Nasro Wehelie is a name on everyone’s mouth solely for the reason she is among the elite in the business circles in Somalia. A woman who not only fought to be taken seriously but also established one of the largest telecommunication firms in the country. Everyone in Somalia has a nationlink simcard simply because of its reliability but also its consistency offering both great communication but also at competitive prices. She makes young women in the country believe that that they can truly achieve whatever goal they may have in this almost always-male dominated country.

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Mohamoud

Dahir Adani

Dahir Adani is the Owner of Mr. Fruto Business which he started in February 2014 while working as Senior Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Information Posts and Telecommunications also served as technical expert and helped develop Communication Act (2012) and Media Law (2013). Before returning from US where he lived and worked as ICT expert to many companies in Washington DC metropolitan area and as consultant to organizations like Fannie Mae (2006-2007) and American Red Cross (2002-2004). Mr. Adani is a graduate from McGill University with Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (1995-1999) and holds Post-Graduate Diploma in ICT from DeVry Institute of Technology (1999-2000). 

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hassan ali gesey

Dalsan

Hassan Ali Gesey is a co-founder and Director of Radio Dalsan FM, a station with 45 young members of staff with a target audience of over 2 million listeners both inside Somalia and the diaspora.Hassan is also the founder of Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA).Radio Dalsan has contributed a lot in supporting the Somali Youth voicing their plight,, eliminating poverty, speaking against discrimination and violent against women, empowering of the youth. Radio Dalsan achieved this through the radio broadcasting promoting peace, democracy and development through balanced reporting and engaging in free speech with Radio Dalsan.

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Zahra Abdikarim

SOSTEC Inc

Zahra is the managing director of SOSTEC INC Somalia an IT company based in Mogadishu Somalia. She has 10 years of experience in the industry with background in software development, app development and also a lecturer at the local Universities.

She worked with various Ministries, Companies and International in Somalia to provide direct project management support and technical assistance and provides ICT Strategic Planning and Information Systems Development, she is also a lecturer at SIMAD university and Hamar University. 

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Mohamed Midnimo

Daauus Agency

Mohamed Bashir Osman better known as Mohamed Midnimo is a young Somali-Dutch Entrepreneur, Graphic Designer and Photographer based in Mogadishu, Somalia. Back in 2013, Midnimo went for vacation to Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia. He discovered the market opportunity to start up an advertising agency in Somalia, while he was still a student.  which is a dream came true. He is now the Executive Director of Daauus Advertising Agency, which is the first creative agency in Somalia.