CEO

On behalf of Somali Bankers Association Management, I am honored and delighted to welcome you to the 1st Somali Banking and Finance Conference focusing The Future of Finance – Transforming Somalia’s Financial Landscape. at Jazeera Hotel, Mogadishu, Somalia.

The conference will be an important platform for discussions on diverse finance themes such as banking and insurance, capital markets and Islamic banking, corporate governance and corporate finance, econometrics and financial modeling, SME finance and economics.

SBA organizes trainings, seminars, events, meetings, forums and conferences to increase the awareness of the banking sector and research-based industry solutions to promote banking products and services in Somalia as well as connecting our banks into the financial systems of the World.

We are grateful to our colleagues and consultants at Waayeel Consulting who helped us to organize this conference with such high standards and professionalism.

We also would like to thank all of the sponsoring organizations for providing their generous financial support. Lastly, we would like to thank all of the conference participants for their contributions which are the foundation of this conference.




Mr. Yasin M. Ibar

SBA CEO