Development finance & advisory · Mogadishu
Capital, expertise and accountable delivery for Somalia's institutions.
Isnaad is a Somali development finance and advisory firm, licensed for Development Finance by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. We work with donors, the United Nations, government and investors, and every disbursement is designed to run on a digital rail that records it.
Licence
Held
Development Finance
Ministry of Commerce & Industry · Somalia
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Where Your Cash Is
Online · Somalia · Registration closes 9 October 2026
What we do
From structuring capital to proving results. Finance and expertise delivered so that every step can be followed and every claim checked.
All capabilities
Blended, SME and project finance, structured and deployed for Somalia.
Managing donor and partner funds end to end, disbursement, fiduciary oversight, and reporting.
Programme design and delivery, institutional strengthening, and public financial management.
Evidence that programmes work, baselines, verification, evaluation, and learning.
Traceable disbursement and financial inclusion, powered by Zeekash, so every payment is accountable.
Landscape assessments, feasibility, and due diligence to de-risk decisions.
Sectors
Six development sectors, from SME finance and financial inclusion to public financial management, resilience, human development and climate.
Where we work
Financing the enterprises and value chains that create jobs and formalise the economy.
Bringing the unbanked into a formal, accountable financial system.
Helping public institutions plan, spend, and account for resources transparently.
Getting finance and services to communities recovering from conflict and climate shocks.
Investment in the health, education, and livelihoods that underpin a functioning society.
Financing the resilient infrastructure and climate adaptation Somalia's future depends on.
Built for
Isnaad works with the organisations that fund, deliver and invest in Somalia's development, as the licensed partner on the ground.
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Fund and grant management, technical assistance and verification, with disbursement designed to be traced to a result.
A licensed Somali partner for delivery, monitoring and third-party verification under your mandate.
Advisory, public financial management and research, delivered on the ground in Mogadishu.
Ethical, interest-free instruments that connect Gulf capital to Somali enterprises and priority projects.
Programmes
The facilities and programmes in preparation, and the one a reader can join today.
A free three hour online session for Somali SME owners and managers on working capital. Find four figures from your own business and leave knowing your cash cycle, in days, and what your business needs to hold in cash.
Channelling Gulf and regional capital into Somali SMEs and priority projects.
Extending accountable, ethical, interest-free payment rails across the Gulf–East Africa corridor.
Partners
Isnaad delivers alongside firms that bring capability it does not hold itself, and names the agreement each relationship rests on.
Accounting, tax, audit, business advisory and Islamic finance, from Nairobi.
Advisory, Training & Development Partnership MOU, executed 6 September 2026
Supports Isnaad's digital and technology development, from the Zeekash payments rail to secure systems and software delivery.
Why Isnaad · Why now
For partnership, financing or programme enquiries, from donors, the UN, government and investors, we would be glad to speak with you.