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Interview with Jon Bellish
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SHURAAKO CAPITAL
For many individuals, Somalia is synonymous with warfare, insecurity and political instability, relatively than a vacation spot for enterprise. But regardless of challenges in components of the area, native business exercise continues throughout quite a lot of sectors, starting from renewable power and water bottling to residence building and poultry manufacturing.
Jon Bellish is the manager director of Shuraako Capital, a agency that gives financing to Somali firms. How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz spoke to Bellish concerning the working setting and among the area’s untapped enterprise alternatives.
Matters mentioned through the interview embody:
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Can I safely journey to Mogadishu?
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Enterprise alternatives in Somalia
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Why two website visits a day is an achievement in Mogadishu
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Corporations funded by Shuraako Capital
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How Bellish started investing in Somali companies
Watch the complete interview beneath: (solely out there on How we made it in Africa)
