— About / The Museum of Made in Somalia
A nation that builds.
A record that proves it.
Made in Somalia is the institutional B2B directory of Somali production — a single, verified home for the farms, herders, fishers, artisans, cooperatives and factories building the Somali economy.
Agriculture to crafts. One taxonomy, nationwide.
From Awdal to Jubbada Hoose. Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Bosaso, Kismayo.
Every entry, eventually, in both languages.
v1 is denominated in USD. No FX layer. No ambiguity.
— Manifesto
The country is making things. The world should know what.
Somalia is one of the most entrepreneurial nations on earth. Frankincense from Bari. Sesame and bananas from the Shabelle. Camels and goats from Mudug. Textiles from Hargeisa. Fish from the longest coastline in mainland Africa. Cement, steel, plastics, packaging, soap — produced, every day, in cities the international buyer cannot find on a procurement portal.
That gap is not because the production isn't there. It is because the record isn't there. There is no single, trusted place a buyer in Dubai, Nairobi or London can land to see what is made here — by whom, at what scale, with what certifications, at what price.
We are building that place. The record. The catalogue. The directory. The museum.
— The Wings
Four wings, one building.
Each wing is a different way of looking at the same country: by producer, by product, by opportunity, by standard.
Exhibit I
The Producer Record
Each producer page is a public, structured record: legal name, ownership, year founded, sector, region, employees, capacity, certifications, contact. The same fields, applied to every entry. Compare apples to apples — across Hargeisa and Kismayo, across a 4-person workshop and a 400-person factory.
Exhibit II
The Product Catalogue
Every product is tied to a producer, priced in USD, with MOQ, unit, and certifications surfaced. No stock photos. No phantom inventory. The catalogue is the floor of the building — walk it.
Exhibit III
Opportunities & Investment
Industrial opportunities — packaged, priced, sourced. Public thesis on top, paid investor pack underneath. Capex bands, import-substitution math, national-plan alignment. Built so a serious buyer or operator can decide in a single sitting.
Exhibit IV
The Standards Wing
Made in Somalia certification. Rules of Origin (ROO) verification. Export readiness. We surface what each producer has actually been awarded — not aspirational logos.
— Taxonomy
Eight sectors. One country.
The taxonomy is locked. Every producer slots into exactly one primary sector — so buyers can compare like-for-like across the country, and policy makers can read the data without translating it twice.
Every industry,
one register.
Eight verified sectors covering the breadth of Somali production — from pastoral livestock and coastal fisheries to modern factories, energy and logistics.
Agriculture
Bananas, sesame, sorghum, citrus
Agri-processing
Milling, dairy, oils, packaging
Livestock & fisheries
Camels, goats, tuna, lobster
Manufacturing
Food, beverage, light industry
Construction materials
Cement, steel, aggregates
Energy & utilities
Solar, gas, water, telecom
Logistics & trade
Ports, freight, distribution
Crafts & creative
Weaving, silverwork, design
— Editorial Code
The rules we keep, even when nobody is watching.
A directory is only as honest as the people maintaining it. These are the five rules our editors apply to every entry, every claim, every cell.
- 01
We will publish what is true, in the language a buyer reads.
- 02
We will not invent producers, products, prices, or capacity.
- 03
We will not let advertising decide who appears first.
- 04
We will name the editor, the source, and the date on every claim.
- 05
We will share the public record freely; we will charge only for the work behind it.
Verified, not advertised
Every producer is reviewed by our editorial team before being published. Ownership, region, sector, capacity, certifications — checked, then listed.
Real goods, real makers
No paid placement. No fabricated catalogues. What you see is what is produced — by people we have spoken to, at addresses we have on file.
Direct contact
Buyers reach producers through verified channels. No brokers in the middle, no opaque chains, no manufactured scarcity.
Bilingual by design
Published in English first; Somali (af-Soomaali) added by human translators. Never machine translation. The Somali column is a promise, not a fallback.
— The Curators
Who builds the record.
A small editorial team in Mogadishu and Hargeisa, with field reviewers in Bosaso, Kismayo and Garowe. Producers submit; reviewers verify; editors publish.
We work alongside Somali chambers of commerce, the diaspora, and a growing bench of researchers writing the national industrial record — much of which has, until now, only lived in private spreadsheets.
— Add to the record
Are you a Somali producer?
List your business, your products and your story. Free, verified, bilingual. Every producer that joins makes the record more complete.