Jan 2005 – March 2006
MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Moi University | Nairobi, Kenya
1981 – 1984
B.A IN JOURNALISM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & JOURNALISM
Somali National University | Lafoole, Somalia
1976 – 1979
HIGH SCHOOL
Moallim Jama | Mogadishu, Somalia
1968 – 1976
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Golweyn Primary School | Merka, Somalia
Political and Diplomatic Experience:
March 2020 – Present
Somali Ambassador accredited to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Nov. 2015 – Oct. 2019
Somali Ambassador accredited to the Republic of South Africa and Non-Resident Ambassador to Mozambique, Botswana, Angola, Namibia, and Zimbabwe
Feb. 2014 – June 2015
Lecturer, Faculty of Economics & Business, Atlas University of Somalia, Mogadishu
August 2014 – April 2015
Senior Advisor to the President in Parliament and Cabinet Affairs
November 25-29 2013
Participated in EXPO2020 conference held in Paris,
France, representing Somalia
Nov. 8 – 19, 2013
Head of a delegation composing of 19 officials
from different Federal Government Ministries, and Galmudug and Puntland State governments conducted a study tour in Japan
June 29 – July 5, 2013
Visited South Africa to have discussions on the insecurity faced Somali community in SA with the South African Government
March 16 – 18, 2013
Participated in Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD) ministerial meeting held in Addis Ababa representing Somalia
March 2 – 7, 2013
Head of a team of 25 diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia being trained in South Africa
Feb. 20 – 25, 2013
Participated in the Africa and South America (ASA) summit held in Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea, representing Somalia
Nov. 2012 – Dec. 2013
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation, Federal Republic of Somalia
August 2011 – March 2012
Founder & Deputy Chairman for Programs, Somali Disaster Management Agency (SODMA)
Academic Experience
August 1, 2006
Appointed as General Manager of the St. Clements University Open Learning Campus Center in Somalia
August 2006 – Nov. 2012
Campus Manager, St. Clements University – Somalia in Mogadishu
March – July 2006
Project management lecturer at Somali Institute of Management & Administration Development (SIMAD)
July – Dec 2002
OD Consultant for Somali Institute of Management & Administration Development (SIMAD)
January – July 2002
Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Somali Institute of Management & Administration Development (SIMAD)
Jan. 2002 – July 2011
Managing Director, Center for Training & Consultancy (CTC)
PEACE-BUILDING & CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES
April 10 – May 4, 2012
Conducted an evaluation on Saferworld’s support for Non-State-Actors’ involvement in policy dialogue in Somalia/Somaliland, 2008 – 2011)
Jan 3 – July 10, 2011
Organizational Development Consultant for Puntland Non-State-Actors Association (PUNSAA) funded by Saferworld
May 2011
Conducted a tracer study on Diakonia-supported literacy centers in Puntland funded by Swedish Diakonia, Somalia Office
August 15 – 19, 2010
Facilitated Monitoring and Evaluation workshop Funded by ECHO and organized by Danish Refugee Council, Mogadishu office
March 1 – 30, 2010
Assisted Somali South-Central Non-State-Actors platform to develop strategy document clarifying the roles and responsibilities of the platform and its member organizations
January 16 – 21, 2010
Facilitated a three mini-workshops on review of the five-year EC Reconstruction and Development Plan for Somalia held for the Non-State-Actors in South Central Somalia and funded by SAFERWORLD
July 2008 – July 2010
Leader of a monitoring team from the Center for Training and Consultancy contracted by Oxfam Novib to monitor an emergency response & livelihood crisis intervention for IDPs and host communities in South & Central Somalia, which is currently going on.
November 2008
Evaluated a three-year project for National Capacity Enhancement funded by Oxfam Novib and implemented Somali Organization for Community Development Activities (SOCDA)
May 20 – June 20, 08
Led a team evaluated a three-year project for women’s rights education and promoted funded by Oxfam Novib and implemented by Coalition for Grass-root Women Organization, which is a local women’s umbrella
April 1 – 25, 2008
Evaluated a project for enhancing the role of civics
and intellectuals in post-conflict reconstruction in Somalia funded by EC through Heinrich Boll Foundation and implemented the National Civic Forum, a local Somali organization
August 07 – March 08
Lead Consultant of a Monitoring team from
CTC that monitored Emergency Response to IDPs in Mogadishu program funded by Oxfam Novib,
Oxfam GB, and UNOCHA and implemented by different local partners
Nov. 06 – July 07
Member of an evaluation team evaluated the Core County Program of Oxfam Novib in Somali/land
August 24 – Oct. 4, 05
Member of a team conducting a study on the establishment of the Somali Civil Services Commission jointly funded by UNDP & World Bank
June 1- 26, 2005
Conducted a study on the Establishment a Resource Center for the Somali Civil Society Organizations funded by UNDP
February 2004
Led a team assessed the capacity building program of the Coalition for Grass-root Women Organizations (COGWO)
August 2003 – March 04
Member of a team of Somali and Foreign consultants that developed a Code of Conduct for the Somali Civil Society organizations
July 2001 – Dec 2001
Training Coordinator of Life and Peace Institute (LPI) in South & Central Zone of Somalia
Other Experience:
December 1 – 3, 2009
Participated in an emergency response to livelihood crisis in South Central Somalia project review workshop held at Mansoor Hotel in Hargeisa and organized by Oxfam Novib
December 7 – 11, 2009
Participated in the Somali Civil Society Conference held at Continental Resort Hotel in Mombasa and organized jointly organized by Inter-Peace and Center for Research
and Dialogue
March 11 – 13, 2008
Participated in the Somali Civil Society Conference held at Imperial Resort Beach Hotel in Entebbe, Uganda and jointly organized by the Center for Research and Dialogue,
Inter- Peace and SAFERWORLD
May 27 – 30, 2007
Participated in the Islamic Development Bank General Conference held in Dakar, Senegal
March 2-3, 2006
Participated in Novib Oxfam regional office vision
workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya
April 10 – 17, 2005
Seminar on federalism and forms of decentralized governments conducted by Max Plank Institute from Germany
October 24- 26, 2001
International conference towards better peace-building practices held in Soesterberg, the Netherlands
April 23 – May 4, 2001
Training of Trainers (ToT) held in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Topics delivered: basic accounting, human resource development, organizational development, strategic planning, and applied practical research
May 16 – 25, 2000
ToT training workshop held in Borama, Somaliland. Topics delivered: strategic planning, logical framework, organizational development, monitoring and evaluation, networking,
and financial management
March 15 – 30, 2000
Somali peace process technical consultative symposium held in Djibouti
Sept. 4 – 14, 1999
ToT workshop held in Growe, Puntland. Topics delivered: Participatory training methodology, PRA as a research methodology, financial management and reporting system, introduction to research methods, participatory research methodology
Feb 21 – March 6, 1998
ToT held in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Topics delivered:
bottom-up approach peace building
Feb 19 – 27, 1997
ToT held in Nairobi, Kenya. Topics delivered: conflict
transformation and peace building
March 20 – April 8, 1995
Resource person for a tailored made program for Somali governors and district commissioners sponsored by Life and Peace Institute and conducted by Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute (ESAMI)
in Arusha, Tanzania
Feb 28 – March 25, 1994
ToT (faculty skills development) program conducted ESAMI, Arusha, Tanzania
March 15 – 27, 1993
Somali National Reconciliation Conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
January 3 – 15, 1993
Somali Preparatory Meeting for Somali National Reconciliation held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Oct. 15 – Nov 16 1989
25th UNESCO General Conference held in Paris, France
