UNDP’s Accelerator Lab ayaa qabanaya tartan ku saabsan in lala yimaado hindiseyayaal lagu xalin karo dhibaatada biyo-yaraanta ee Soomaaliya haysata ha noqoto magaalooyinka waawayn ama dhulka miyiga ah. Hinidiyaashu waa in ay yihiin qaar ka jawaabaya baahida sii kordhaysa ee loo qabo biyaha ee ay keentay tirada dadka ee sii…

UNDP’s Accelerator Lab is launching a new innovation challenge for Somali people to come up with innovative and feasible solutions for problems related to water scarcity in Somalia. The water challenge invites low-tech and ‘no-tech’ solutions to the most pressing water-related issues facing urban and rural communities in Somalia. These…

With 70% of its population aged under 30 and with high levels of youth unemployment, Somalia’s hopes for a better future depend on equipping these young people for the changing world of work in the digital economy. While the country’s tech and innovation hub ecosystem is steadily growing, and while…

With a health infrastructure devastated by decades of war, Somalia faces incalculable damage to its people and institutions if it cannot stop COVID-19 in its tracks. Rapid and innovative responses are urgently needed on the ground to prevent a humanitarian disaster. UNDP Somalia’s Accelerator Lab has joined forces with the…

Diyaar ma u tahay in aad kobciso xirfadaada farshaxanimo ee gudbinta sheekooyinka? Hadii ay jawaabtaadu tahay haa oo aad rabto in aad gudbiso sheekooyin wanaag u horseedda Soomaaliya, soo dalbo fursadan ay kuu wado UNDP. Dhiirigalinta wanaagu waxay horseedaa in uu isbadal yimaado. In lagu guulaysto arrimaha ay ka midka…

Growing up with his grandmother in Somalia, Abdulpataah Shirwa’s favourite part of the day was listening to the radio each evening before bedtime. “I’ve been a media-addict all my life,” he says. “Not just news but all kinds of stories from all over the world.” He remembers the time his…

“When I came home to Somalia from Canada six years ago, I was expecting to find a hopeless, war-torn country,” says Zahra. “That’s all you see in the media. But reality’s much more complicated. There are so many stories of hope — communities coming together to help each other get…

With a health infrastructure devastated by decades of war and with dangerously low levels of public awareness about how to avoid infection, Somalia faces incalculable damage to its people and institutions if it cannot stop COVID-19 in its tracks. Rapid and innovative responses are needed on the ground now to…

It was mid-March and COVID-19 had not yet reached Somalia, but Hafsa and Mathieu were already talking about the inevitable outbreak to come, as well as the many cases of infection in Somali communities around the world. “One point we kept going back to was the lack of information on…