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Landmark Memorandum of Understanding Signed in Somaliland

The MOU was signed in Hargeisa by the Minister of Investment and Industrial Development, HE. Abdirasak Ibrahim Mohamed, and Abdirahman Hashi, the Somaliland Director of Shuraako. This initiative aims to boost investments in Somaliland’s production sector, fostering economic opportunities and job creation.

July 27,2024

Somaliland is Open for Business

One Earth Future's Shuraako Senior Field Manager is on the ground, giving us a behind-the-scenes look at this incredible event and some of the entrepreneurs we have invested in. The exhibition is buzzing with energy as it showcases the diverse investment opportunities Somaliland has to offer.

August 21,2024

Transforming Waste Management in Somaliland

Waste management has long been a pressing challenge in Somaliland. Recent studies paint a stark picture: in Hargeisa, Somaliland's capital, only 65% of daily waste is collected due to inefficient equipment. This gap in sanitation services not only affects public health but also hampers economic growth and quality of life.

September 20,2024

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May 30, 2020

Assessing the Impact of Peacebuilding Efforts in Colombia and Beyond

OEF’s PASO Colombia program partners with the University of Notre Dame, facilitating the greater impact of peacebuilding efforts in Colombia.

Colleen Devlin

Micaela Iveson

Eric Keels

May 26, 2020

Co-Managing Peace: Natural Resources, Agreement Design, and the Promotion of Peace After War

This report examines how co-management approaches to natural resource management affect the strength and durability of peace agreements following civil wars.

Marcel Arsenault

May 21, 2020

Op-ed: Philanthropy’s Role in the Missing Global Architecture

OEF Founder and CEO, Marcel Arsenault discusses the promise of the United Nations over the last 75 years and how philanthropy has a role to play in building a global system for designing, implementing and updating a multitude of plans to tackle the world's most complex and interconnected challenges....

May 18, 2020

Women Seeding Peace, Life After Coca Crops

Fernando Pieschacón, Communications Officer of PASO Colombia, and Director of the series “Women Seeding Peace” was invited to make a video column in the web portal Razón Pública.

May 15, 2020

What Can the United States Do to Ensure an Inclusive Response to COVID-19?

Policymakers can look to the Women, Peace and Security agenda (WPS) for guidance and urgently-needed solutions. A new policy brief offers WPS-grounded analysis and recommendations.

May 15, 2020

The NPT: Preserving the Legacy

One Earth Future’s Open Nuclear Network Director Laura Rockwood and Analyst Veronika Bedenko will be presenting as lecturers as part of the II Online Science Diplomacy School "The NPT: Preserving the Legacy," via Zoom on May 15th and 16th.

May 12, 2020

Women Seeding Peace: The Peasant Women Who Left Coca Crops

The national newspaper El Tiempo published an article on "Women Seeding Peace," a video series that brings together the stories of peasant women who voluntarily substituted crops for illicit use.

May 12, 2020

Women Seeding Peace: The Campesino (Rural Farming) Women Who Left Coca Crops

The national newspaper El Tiempo published an article on "Women Seeding Peace", a series that brings together the stories of peasant women who voluntarily substituted crops for illicit use.

May 11, 2020

From Suppliers to Scapegoats: Yemeni Fishers In Somali Waters At The Height Of Piracy

Fisheries conflict in Somali waters has impacted people from dozens of countries, but no foreigner has been as involved and affected as the Yemeni fisher. From 2006 to 2010, the spiraling consequences of overfished and unmanaged Somali fisheries resources spread into Yemen’s waters, putting its dome...

May 08, 2020

Reincorporating Ex-combatants and Stopping the Spread of COVID-19 in Colombia

One Earth Future’s PASO Colombia program is helping cooperatives of ex-combatants to support reintegration and to face the emergency generated by COVID-19.

Corona Virus help in Cali Colombia - Masks

May 07, 2020

Secure Fisheries, Shuraako, and Future of Fish Partner to Unlock Value in Somali Fisheries

This partnership leverages these three programs’ expertise in fisheries science and community engagement, creative financial models, capacity-building, and systems approaches to solve complex challenges facing small-scale fisheries and coastal communities in the Somali region

May 05, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Could Aid in Unlocking Access to Capital for Somali Businesses

New research by One Earth Future identifies the potential for artificial intelligence to improve lending practices in fragile and conflict-affected states.

May 05, 2020

How Artificial Intelligence Could Improve Business Lending in Fragile States

Artificial intelligence could improve the process of enterprise lending in fragile and conflict-affected states like Somalia.

May 05, 2020

Could AI Untangle the Puzzle of Enterprise Lending in Fragile States?

A new fact sheet on leveraging artificial intelligence to enable enterprise lending in fragile and conflict-affected states like Somalia.

May 01, 2020

AADCO Paper Factory: Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Somali Business Sector

Employing over 50 staff members, one third of which are female, AADCO manufactures a range of paper products, but in an innovative push into environment-friendly entrepreneurship, the company also recently started the first recycling initiative of its kind in Somaliland.

Somali company manufactures egg cartons from waste paper

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