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Museveni joins Salaam Bank to launch Uganda’s first Islamic insurance company KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday inaugurated Tamini General Insurance alongside Salaam Bank, unveiling Uganda’s first Shari’ah-compliant insurer and marking a new chapter for Islamic finance in the country. The launch at Millennium Park in Kampala coincided with an iftar dinner attended by senior government officials and leaders of the Muslim community. Tamini General Insurance, a subsidiary of Salaam Group, will operate on…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Hormuud Salaam Foundation has distributed cash grants to vulnerable women and internally displaced people in Mogadishu, marking the 14th consecutive year of its large-scale Ramadan relief program, the organization said Saturday. The charitable arm of Somalia-based companies Hormuud Telecom and Salaam Somali Bank focused support on the Gaari Dumar Women’s Development Center and the Somali Women and Youth Care Organization as part of its Ramadan Iftar and Support Project for the Needy. "Today, we…

Hormuud Salaam Foundation ramps up Ramadan food aid for families, hospital and people with disabilities MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Hormuud Salaam Foundation has launched an expanded round of Ramadan relief across Mogadishu, delivering food assistance to low-income families, mental health patients and people with disabilities as part of its 14th annual Iftar and Support Project. The foundation says this year’s campaign aims to reach more than 67,000 vulnerable people nationwide. The latest distributions spanned multiple sites…

Hormuud Salaam Foundation delivers Ramadan aid to prisoners and war veterans in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hormuud Salaam Foundation has delivered food, clothing and financial assistance to inmates at Mogadishu Central Prison and to disabled Somali National Army veterans, expanding its annual Ramadan aid drive across two of the capital’s most vulnerable communities. The foundation — the humanitarian arm of Hormuud Telecom and Salaam Somali Bank — opened the latest phase of its campaign on Sunday with a visit to the…

Hormuud Salaam Foundation backs orphan care and vulnerable families in Ramadan push MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hormuud Salaam Foundation has provided new financial support to two community organizations in the Banadir region, donating $10,000 to Maamo Ugaaso Foundation and aiding 120 vulnerable people through the Somali Women Development Center (SWDC) as part of its Ramadan outreach and 14th annual Iftar Program. The $10,000 grant to Maamo Ugaaso Foundation will bolster services at the center, which cares for orphaned girls and…

Mogadishu’s new bet on green and blue jobs aims at a generation shut out of opportunity MOGADISHU — On a warm morning in the Somali capital, officials and bankers gathered under a tented pavilion to unveil a project that reads like a roadmap for a country trying to turn deep challenges into opportunity. The United Nations Development Programme and the Hormuud Salaam Foundation announced an 18-month partnership designed to funnel training, digital tools and finance into Somalia’s “green” and “blue” economies — and,…

Somali businesses step in to turn displacement into livelihoods MOGADISHU — On a sun-baked morning in a sprawling camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, the signs of lives interrupted are unmistakable: corrugated iron shelters clustered along dusty tracks, makeshift stalls selling tea and charcoal, children weaving between tents. For many inside, the question is no longer just where to sleep tonight but how to rebuild a future when formal jobs are scarce and public services thin. Into that breach this week stepped an alliance…

Banking on Recovery: How Salaam Somali Bank is Center Stage in Somalia’s Economic Reinvention In a country where the pulse of daily life is often set by drought cycles, clan politics and the steady flow of money from abroad, a bank has quietly become a barometer of Somalia’s recovery. Salaam Somali Bank (SSB), reconstituted in 2009 after decades of state collapse, is positioning itself as more than a commercial lender: it is a public utility, a bridge to the diaspora, and a partner in climate resilience. From…

In Mogadishu, tiny hearts get a second chance — and a health system finds its stride For three intense days in late August, the corridors of Guuleed Specialist Hospital in Mogadishu pulsed with a rare kind of urgency. A volunteer team of cardiac specialists from Somalia and abroad scrubbed in, monitors beeped in careful rhythm, and anxious families clutched prayer beads as their children—some no bigger than a bag of rice—were wheeled into operating theaters. By the evening of August 27, organizers said 15 children with…

Mogadishu, Somalia – In a landmark effort to uplift displaced populations, Somalia's government has teamed up with the Hormuud Salaam Foundation to roll out a new initiative aimed at 10,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs). Announced by the Ministry of Planning, Investment, and Economic Development, this endeavor is a leap forward under the National Solutions Pathways Action Plan. The collaboration was officially introduced during the High-Level Multi-Stakeholder Forum in Geneva, an event backed by the…