The horn of Africa’s self-declared state of Somaliland may get its first foreign university by mid-2013, if plans by a private university in Kenya to open a branch campus there come to fruition.   The rapidly expanding though relatively new Mount...
Dahabshiil, which is Somali for ‘the gold melter’, is a ‘rags to riches’ story of an African entrepreneur who lost everything during the Somali civil war. With nothing but a strong network of contacts, he set about rebuilding the company...
Vacancy Announcement Background: Nationlink Telecom Somaliland is the largest network operator in east Africa which also operates in all regions of Somaliland. It’s also Somaliland's oldest telecommunication network. Nationlink Telecom Somaliland requires a qualified person for the below position at it's...
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) -- Recent geological surveys indicate that Somaliland has abundant deposits of gemstones, from emerald to aquamarine, ruby and sapphire as well as vast amounts of garnet, quartz and opal as well as lesser-known minerals such as titanite...
JEDDAH (Somalilandpress) -- Mohamed T. Gino has been residing and working in the Kingdom for the past 24 years. He calls himself a Somalilander and dreams of returning to Somaliland, the country of his birth, someday. “It is...
NAIROBI,  (Somalilandpress) -- East Africa is emerging as the next oil boom following a big strike in Uganda's Lake Albert Basin. Other oil and natural gas reserves have been found in Tanzania and Mozambique and exploration is...
SOFTWARE ENGINEER / PROGRAMMER Job Title Software Programmer / Analyst Division/Department Information Technology Salary Grade/Band   Reports to Head of IT Department Location / Based in Hargeisa (Somaliland) Position IT Executive Opening Date   Closing Date   SUMMARY U-Tell FZC is looking for young, talented, analytical software engineer / programmer for their Information Technology division. Short listed...
He is the first black chief executive of a FTSE 100 company - though he hates people dwelling on that. He is only 47, but has already been a government minister in Ivory Coast as well as a top businessman. Last...
NAIROBI (Somalilandpress) -- According to local lore, Portuguese travelers as far back as the late 19th century suspected oil might lie beneath parts of East Africa after noticing a thick, greasy sediment wash up on the shores of Mozambique....
HARGEISA, (Somalilandpress) -- Telesom, one of the major telecommication carriers in Somaliland announced on Thursday the launch of the first environment-friendly and cost-effective solar-powered mobile system in the country. Mohamed Isaaq, Marketing Director, Telesom Consumer said, Telesom was translating consumer...