Livestock markets · Galkacyo
Solar cooling helps women milk traders protect their daily income
Sixty women milk traders in Galkacyo received solar-powered refrigerators and food-grade containers in the first phase of a wider rollout.
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HoA DRIVE Somalia
Photo: HoA DRIVE SomaliaProtecting pastoral livelihoods.Strengthening standards.Expanding trade.
DRIVE expands financial protection for pastoralists and supports financing for livestock businesses. It strengthens quality and trade systems so Somalia’s livestock economy can grow and reach wider markets.
Resilience, from people to systems
Investing in the connections that matter.
Pastoral livelihoods depend on more than the next rainy season. They depend on access to finance, reliable markets, and systems that make trade work.
HoA DRIVE brings these priorities together through the Somalia component of a regional, World Bank-financed project.
Get to know DRIVEWhat we do
Explore our work Six priorities. One connected economy.
From financial protection for pastoralists to the institutions that make markets work.
01
Pastoral resilience
Financial protection to help pastoral households manage climate shocks.
02
Financial services
Connecting pastoralists and producer groups to finance and opportunity.
03
Livestock markets
Better information, safer products and stronger connections to buyers.
04
Trade facilitation
Simpler procedures and more predictable routes to regional markets.
05
Quality and standards
Building trust through standards, testing and certification.
06
Policy and institutions
Clearer rules and capable institutions for a stronger livestock economy.
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From across the project
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From paper to digital: Somalia’s standards services move online
With support from HoA DRIVE Somalia, SOBS is building a unified digital platform for businesses to access standards, apply for certification and verify certificates.
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Protecting the value of Somali ideas and products
Somalia’s draft intellectual property framework addresses brands, copyright, product origin and the use of traditional knowledge.
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Somalia takes on the barriers between producers and regional markets
At a DRIVE-supported workshop in Mogadishu, businesses and officials examined why goods get held up and what needs to change for Somali products to reach more buyers.
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Drought Takaful insurance delivers US$3.43 million to 17,373 Somali pastoralists
The latest HoA DRIVE payout follows poor rains during April–June 2026, bringing financial protection directly to pastoral families through mobile wallets.
Read newsDRIVE brings Horn of Africa experience to UNGA food security discussions
Somali representatives shared how drought insurance and livestock investment can help protect pastoral livelihoods and improve market access.
Read newsResource spotlightSomalia Trade
Data & trade information
Somalia Trade
Information Portal
Data & trade informationA clearer view of tradeInformation that helps
Information that helps
businesses move forward.
Explore Somalia’s trade data, laws, procedures and cross-border requirements, including the 2025 livestock export data announced by the project.
Conversations into action
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Somalia validates national trade policy to lower trading costs and expand exports
Government and business representatives review Somalia’s National Trade Policy 2027–2031 to address trading costs and expand export opportunities.
View eventHorn of Africa Trade Ministers’ Meeting
Ministers endorsed a regional roadmap and agreed to establish a committee for follow-up on trade facilitation reforms.
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