Insights
Notes on operating, monitoring and growing in Somalia and East Africa.
Practical notes drawn from implementation work — written for management teams and programme leadership rather than for specialists.
Business Systems
Why Somali Businesses Outgrow Excel
The point at which spreadsheets stop supporting an organisation and start constraining it — and how to recognise it before it becomes expensive.
ReadDigital Systems
Business Systems Implementation: What Goes Wrong
System projects rarely fail for technical reasons. The recurring failure patterns are organisational and visible early.
ReadAssurance
From Field Data to Executive Decisions
How field observation becomes information a programme manager or board can rely on — and where that chain most often breaks.
ReadOperations
Building Transparent Operations in Emerging Markets
Transparency as an operating characteristic rather than a reporting exercise: approval trails, documented processes and reliable records.
ReadMarket Entry
Entering the Somali Market: What to Establish First
The practical questions worth answering before committing to a Somalia entry — and the sourcing and logistics realities that follow.
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