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Somalia set to launch first innovation hub this month
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Two refugee girls learn at a computer centre at Ifo camp, Dadaab. ( Courtesy)
NAIROBI—Somalia is set launch its first community-based tech innovation hub in the capital Mogadishu this month.
The iRise Hub founded by a group of young men will offer Somali entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, investors, techies and startups the working space to share ideas, connect and collaborate with each other.
The principal founder of iRise, Abdihakim Ainte in an interview with Quartz Africa said their vision is to catch up with the rest of the world by realizing the full potential of Somalia’s tech sector.
He also said that the innovation hub hopes to transform Somalia into a digital and tech entrepreneurship hub.
“Young people in Somalia have shown interest in technology with the increase access to smartphones and the internet,” he said.
The iRise Hub has added to the over 300 tech innovation hubs in Africa with South Africa leading with 54 hubs.
Other African countries like Egypt has 28, Kenya has 27, Morocco has 21, Ghana has 16, Tunisia has 15, Uganda has 12 and Senegal has 10 and are still expanding over the years.
The opening of the tech hub in Somalia will help young people realise new opportunities and possibilities in a country that has remained without a strong central government for over a decade.
