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Startups in Somalia

Startups in Somalia

Do you have the ambition and drive to start a business in Somalia? And do you want comprehensive knowledge on all aspects of starting and growing your business? Look no further as the Academy of VC4A provides all necessary insights.



In our short and accessible online courses, you will receive theoretical frameworks tailored for the Somali startup-ecosystem. Moreover, you will get expert advice with practical tips. The useful downloads like documents and templates, make starting your own business a lot easier.

Free business courses for startup founders

start a business online course

Start your business

The ‘Start your business’ course is aimed at founders who are in the phase of developing ideas and testing … More

  1. Build a great team
    • Finding a co-founder
    • Investor expectations around co-founders
    • Structuring relations with your co-founder
    • Beyond salary: Remuneration options
    • Building a complementary team
  3. Know the target market
    • Get to know your customer
    • Define your target market in ten steps
    • Measure the value of your target market
  5. Product development
    • Lean Startup methodology
    • Product development cycle explained
    • Design thinking
  7. Understand the external environment
    • Assessing the competitive landscape
    • Managing political and regulatory risk
    • Understanding market risk
Growing a business online course

Grow your business

The course on ‘Grow your business’ is for startup founders who are looking to scale their operations when t… More

  1. Marketing and business development
    • How to make sound business development decisions
    • How to expand to other geographic markets
    • How to expand to other industries
  3. Deconstruct the business model
    • The Business Model Canvas
    • An overview of different business models
    • Reasons startups fail and the pivot
  5. Strategic partnerships
    • Building successful corporate partnerships
    • How to do B2B sales
    • The importance of mentors and advisors
  7. Build traction
    • Structuring growth and traction
    • Tips for building traction
    • Growth hacking your way to success
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Finance your business

The ‘Finance your business’ course is aimed at entrepreneurs who are looking to raise external capita… More

  1. Prepare financials, contracts and legal
    • The investment process
    • Valuations
    • Financial projections
    • Financial projections - Eight tips
  3. Fundraise for the business
    • Into the mind of the equity investor
    • Debt versus equity
    • Types of capital providers
  5. Pitch your business
    • De-risking your startup
    • How to prepare investor pitch deck
    • Tips on presenting in public
    • Questions to expect from investors
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Somalia startups: get inspired by the businesses that already got started

In recent years we supported hundreds of startups in Somalia. Take a look at the ventures in Somalia for the diverse and innovative nature of these initiatives.

The importance of Business Education

We believe business education is key for the economic development of Somalia and helps young Somalis on track when setting up a business. This belief is also strongly supported by research as it is shown that following entrepreneurship training significantly increases the success of Somalian startups (Mohammed & Ali, 2017).

The buildup of our courses for startups in Somalia

You can follow our course online, which means you can determine your own pace. You can follow a course as a whole or just follow the parts you like. By completing one of the course, you will get a certificate of completion, which will be of added value to your resume. The build-up of our courses for startups in Somalia is as follows:

  1. Start your business
  2. Grow your business
  3. Finance your business
  4. Your legal business