• Central Bank• Federal Ministry of

Trade and Industry• Ministry of Health• Ministry of

Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management

• Ministry of Posts, Telecom and Technology

• Ministry of Water Resources

• Ministry of Youth and Sports

• Somali Federal Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development

• IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development)

GOVERNMENT

Regional

Federal

• Village Development Committees

Community

FINANCE

• AFDB• DANIDA• DFAT• DFID • ECHO• FAO• B&MGF• Global Fund • Global Resilience

Partnership• IFC• IDB• King Salman

Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KS Relief)

• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA)

• OFDA• Qatar• Rockerfeller

Foundation• SDC• SHF• SIDA• TIKA• UAE• USAID• WFP • WHO• World Bank

• GSMA Innovation Fund

• HIF

• Indigo Trust• UNICEF Innovation

Fund

Innovation fund

Donor

Crowd-funding

• Fursad Fund

• Innovate Ventures• Zephyr Acorn • 88MPH VC

• Shuraako SME finance

Mobile money

• E-Dahab (Somtel)• EVC+ (Hormuud)• ZAAD (Telesom)

• Amal Bank• DahaabShil• Kaaba MFI• Kaah International

Microfinance Services

• Kaamil MFI• Salaam Somali Bank• Shuraako

Micro-finance

SUPPORT

• Innovate4Water• Mogadishu Book Fair• Nairobi Innovation Week• Startup Grind • TEDxHargeisa• TEDxMogadishu

Event

• ThinkplaceDesign

Ideation • Innovate for Somalia • Open IDEO

• C4DLab • Iftiin Foundation• Innovate Ventures• iRise• RE-INTEG• Sote Hub

Incubation• @iLab Africa • iHub• In-depth Innovation Lab• iRise• Resilience Innovation Hub • Sote Hub • Africa House

Innovation hub

• Nairobi University Fab Lab Makerspace

• Global Shapers• Techfugees

Network

• Banana Group • Better Business Solutions• Shaqodoon• Silatech• Spark Business

development

• Innovate for Somalia

Competition and award

KNOWLEDGE

• CALP• Hano Academy• LINGOS• Nairobi Design Thinking School• PM4NGOS• Sheik Technical Veterinary School

(ISTVS)• VC4A Startup AcademyTraining

Data & analysis

• Abaaraha• FSNAU• iMMAP• REACH• SWALIM

• IFIYE• Iftin Foundation • Radio Ergo

Online comm.

• Global Resilience Partnership

• ICVA• ReDSS

Policy/Advocacy

• Benadir University• Hormuud University• SDRI • SIMAD University• Strathmore University• CDC• Center for Humanitarian

Change (What Works)• CGIAR• GW/IDFR• Heritage Institute• IDS• IIED• ILRI• Joint Research Center (EU)• ODI• RAADE• Rift Valley Institute (RVI)• Samuel Hall • SomaliREN• Tana Copenhagen• The Economist Intelligence Unit• TOPS Program• TU Delft • Tufts• Tulane University• University of Coventry

Research & learning

• Agribusiness Solutions Hub • CALP• SATG• SpringField Centre• Tango International

Technical expertise

Media

• HORSED Livestock Marketing & Trading Cooperative

• Somalia Economic Forum

PRIVATE SECTOR

• Amal Bank• DahaabShil• Equity Bank• IBS - International Bank

of Somalia• Premier Bank

Banking

• Medina Chemicals Limited• Microsoft• Takaful Insurance of Africa

Corporation

• Hormuud Fountation• Zensho

CSR

• BECO

Energy

• IBM Research • Mastercard Lab

Research lab

• Aga Khan Hospital• Ari.farm• CAAFINET• FPENs• Iftin Foundation • Lush Cosmetics • SolarGEN• Som-Cheese Innovation Team• Somlite

Social enterprise

• FarmDrive• FundiBots• iCow• Kytabu • Muraadso

• SafariMeals• SafeMoto• SomSite• Suuqyare• Totohealth

• VSee• WeFarm• World Remit Startup

• BRCK• Dalkom • Frontline SMS • Golis• Hormuud• Somtel • Telesom

Telecomm-unications

AdvocacyCooperative

IMPLEMENTER

• FAO• IOM• UNDP• UNFPA

• UNHabitat• UNHCR• UNICEF• WFP

• Somalia NGO Consortium• BRCiS• Somali Cash Consortium• SomReP• STREAM

• DOCC• OCHA

• ACF• ACTED• Adeso• ARC• CARE• CRS• DRC

• IRC• Islamic Relief • Mercy Corps• MSF Displacement

Unit• NRC• Oxfam

• Pact• Practical Action • PSI• Save the Children • World Vision

• ICRC

• Aamin Ambulance • ELMAN Peace • Gurmad Qaran • Hijra• Mama Asha • May Day /White Helmets• REDSEA Foundation / Hargeisa

Cultural Center• SATG• Shaqodoon • SIDO• Somali Emergency Corps• Wabeeri community policing• Zamzam Foundation• Habeb Mental Health Foundation Local

NGO

• Living Well Somalia

Social enterprise

UN

Consortium

Coord-ination

Internat.org.

iNGO

Innovation Ecosystem of

SomaliaThe Innovation Ecosystem Map of Somalia is designed for actors working on innovative solutions

to humanitarian challenges in Somalia to identify and connect with relevant actors. The map was created by the Somalia Response Innovation Lab, an inter-agency mechanism supporting

humanitarian innovation in Somalia which is hosted by SomReP, with support from the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and partners. For further details, connections, or suggestions for updates contact the Somalia Response Innovation Lab at somalia@responseinnovationlab.com. This Innovation Ecosystem Map of Somalia was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Response Innovation for Somalia Emergencies (RISE) program and do not

necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. March 2018

List of abbreviationsACF Action Against Hunger

ACTED Aid Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

ADRA Adventist Development & Relief Agency

AfDB African Development Bank

ARC American Refugee Committee

B&MGF Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

BRCiS Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (NGO Consortium)

CaLP Cash Learning Partnership

CARE Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research

C4DLab Center for Excellence in Computing for Development

CRS Catholic Relief Services

CSR Corporate Social Responsibility

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale

DANIDA Danish International Development Agency

DFAT Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

DFID U.K. Department for International Development

DOCC Drought Operations Coordination Centre

DRC Danish Refugee Council

ECHO European Community Humanitarian Aid Office

EU European Union

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FEWS NET Famine Early Warning Systems Network

FSNAU Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit

GW The George Washington University

GW/IDFR The George Washington University Institute for Disaster & Fragility Resilience

HED Horn of Africa Education Development Fund (HED)

HIF Humanitarian Innovation Fund

IBM Research International Business Machines

IBS International Bank of Somalia

ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross

ICVA International Council of Voluntary Agencies

IDS Institute of Development Studies

IFC International Finance Corporation

IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development

ILRI International Livestock Research Institute

INGO International Non-Governmental Organization

IOM International Organization for Migration

IRC International Rescue Committee

IDB Islamic Development Bank

ISTVS IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School and Reference Centre

MOIFA Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs

MOPIED Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development

MSF Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders)

NRC

OCHA

OECD

OFDA

ODI

PM4NGOsPSI

Norwegian Refugee Council

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance

Overseas Development Institute

Program Management for Non-Governmental Organizations

Population Services International

REACH REACH

ReDSS Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat

RIL Response Innovation Lab

RISE Response Innovation for Somalia Emergencies

RM-TWG Resilience Measurement Technical Working Group

RVI Rift Valley Institute

SATG Somalia Agricultural Technical Group

SDC Swiss Development Cooperation

SDRI Somali Disaster Resilience Institute

SIDA Swedish Development Agency

SIDO Somali Innovation and Development Organization

SomReP Somalia Resilience Programme

SomaliREN Somali Research and Education Network

SWALIM Somalia Water and Land Information Management

STREAM Somalia Resilience Action Consortium

TOPS Program Technical Operations Program Strategy

TU Delft Delft University of Technology

UN United Nations

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UN Habitat United Nations Human Settlements Programme

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

USAID United States Agency for International Development

VC Venture Capital

VC4A Venture Capital for Africa

WFP World Food Programme

WV World Vision