STORY: Somali Entrepreneurs

Receive Training On Doing Business

With The United Nations
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DATELINE: 21/MAY/2016, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
1. Wide shot, business men and women present during
the business seminar
2. Med shot, business men and women present during
the business seminar
3. Close up, business men and women present during
the business seminar
4. Med shot, Mohamed Abdi Ali, Chairperson of the
Chamber of Commerce and Engineer Abdirashid
Mohamed Ahmed, Minister of Commerce and Industry
5. Close up, a businessman who was present during the
business seminar
6. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) ENGINEER ABDIRASHID
MOHAMED AHMED, MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY.
I would like to encourage the UN to continue
supporting local companies; and call on local
companies to respect the processes and procedures in
place and to register with the Ministry of Commerce.
From our side (Government), we will facilitate.
7. Wide shot, Fouzia Abass, Chief, UN Mombasa Support
Base, makes a presentation during the business
seminar

8. Med shot, Fouzia Abass, Chief, UN Mombasa Support

Base, makes a presentation during the business
seminar
9. Close up, Fouzia Abass, Chief, UN Mombasa Support
Base, makes a presentation during the business
seminar
10.Wide shot, business men and women deliberate during
the business seminar
11.Med shot, business men and women deliberate during
the business seminar
12.SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) MOHAMUD ABDI ALI,
CHAIRMAN, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
If we Somalis succeed in getting the UN contracts, we
will employ fresh graduates, whom the International
Labour Organisation is helping to train.
13.Wide shot, business men and women deliberate during
the business seminar
14.Med shot, business men and women deliberate during
the business seminar
15.Close up, business men and women deliberate during
the business seminar
16.SOUNDBITE: HASHIM DUALE (MBE),
BUSINESSMAN.
I thank the UN for the much-needed seminar for our
business people. Our business people have been
frustrated because of lack of know-how on how to
register with UN agencies. And there was a myth about
UN not wanting business people to take part. Today, I
think they have solved that issue and I thank the
Government, which put in a lot of effort; from the
President to the Ministers. I thank them. From there, UN
and our Chamber of Commerce can work together.
17.Wide shot, business men and women deliberate during
the business seminar
18.Med shot, a businessman takes notes during the
business seminar
19.Close up, a businessman takes notes during the
business seminar
20.SOUNDBITE: AMADU KAMARA, DIRECTOR OF
UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT OFFICE IN SOMALIA.
(UNSOS)

Part of our objective as well is to engage as many

Somali companies as possible in this initiative because
it creates employment as part of the capacity building
that is integral to the recovery of the country. And as
observed by our SRSG, one of the most vibrant aspects
of Somali society is the commercial industry. There are
challenges with the security sector. There are political
complications, but by and large, the private sector has
been very successful, operating across clan lines,
geographical locations.
21.Wide shot, Fouzia Abass, Chief, Mombasa Base, makes
a presentation during the business seminar
22.Med shot, business men and women deliberate during
the business seminar
23.Close up, a business woman present during the
business seminar
Somali Entrepreneurs Receive Training On Doing
Business With The UN
Mogadishu, 21 May 2016 The United Nations
unveiled a training programme on business opportunities
for Somali entrepreneurs at a seminar in Mogadishu.
The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) inconjunction with the United Nations Assistance Mission in
Somalia on Saturday briefed at least 30 business owners
on available business opportunities within the United
Nations.
The half-day seminar held in Mogadishu also provided the
business owners with tips on how to do business with the
UN.
I thank the UN for the much-needed seminar for our
business people. Our business people have been
frustrated because of lack of know-how on how to register
with UN agencies. And there was a myth about UN not
wanting business people to take part. Today, I think they
have solved that issue. From there, UN and our Chamber

of Commerce can work together, said business owner Mr.

Hashim Duale.
The Director of UNSOS Amadu Kamara reassured the
private sector in Somalia of the UNs readiness to do
business with local companies.
Part of our objective as well is to engage as many Somali
companies as possible in this initiative because it creates
employment as part of the capacity building that is
integral to the recovery of the country. One of the most
vibrant aspects of Somali society is the commercial
industry. By and large, the private sector has been very
successful, operating across clan lines, geographical
locations, noted Mr. Kamara in an interview on the
sidelines of the seminar.
The Federal Minister of Commerce and Industry, Eng.
Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed represented the Federal
Government of Somalia. The minister said, I would like to
encourage the UN to continue supporting local companies;
and call on local companies to respect the processes and
procedures in place and to register with the Ministry of
Commerce. From our side (Government), we will
facilitate.
The Chairman of the Somali National Chamber of
Commerce Mohamud Abdi Ali echoed the ministers
sentiments. If we Somalis succeed in getting the UN
contracts, we will employ fresh graduates, whom the
International Labour Organisation is helping to train, he
said.
Ms. Fouzia Abass, the Chief of the UN Support Base in
Mombasa, noted that Somali-registered companies had
done business worth US$18 million with the United
Nations since 2014. She singled out a lack of knowledge
on how to do business with the UN as the biggest
challenge facing many Somali business owners. Ms. Abass
encouraged local companies to register with the UN Global
Marketplace database to stay abreast of procurement
opportunities.

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