Inauguration of UNIDO-backed Enterprise Development Unit in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, February 5th 2020 — Somalia’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), the Somali Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and UNIDO inaugurated the first Enterprise Development Unit in Mogadishu. The Unit will be hosted by the SCCI and is a key milestone initiative supported by the ‘Agro-technology development for economic growth in South and Central Somalia’ project, implemented by UNIDO, in coordination with the MoCI, and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation. The Unit is the first of three network of agro-technology and enterprise development units set to provide business development services to Somali businesses required for starting, rehabilitating and upgrading agro-industrial operations, particularly by accessing new technologies, markets, market-based skilled labour and financing facilities.