Transcript Recommending a Strategy

Telesom Group of Companies
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Driving Somaliland Economy
Telesom Head Quarter
Hargeisa, Somaliland
Telesom in Summary
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Established in 2001
Over 1500 Shareholders
A big employer over 1500 employees
Covers 90% of the country
First GSM Operator
First Internet Service Provider
First Mobile Financial Service Provider (ZAAD)
First Green Energy Provider (SOMGAS)
The fourth operator to invent the Mobile Money, “Zaad”
Services, just after Smart (Philiphine), which stared in 2000 and
Safaricom, M-Pesa (Kenya) in 2007. MTN and Zain started
their MMT services in 2009, the same year.
Covering Somaliland with service and assistance
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Services provided in all major cities and towns as
well as 84 villages throughout Somaliland,
Over thousand kilometers of microwave links.
Road Coverage
State of the art Data Centers in all major cities
Mobile Technology milestones and achievements
GSM
GPRS
3G
(UMTS)
4G (LTE)
Microwave Infrastructure FibeAir IP
Short Haul
Access
Aggregation
Long Haul
Trunk
Network Management
 CapitalSystem
intensive
Fiber
 Limited availability
 Sourced from competitors
Wireless
 Highly cost effective
 Rapidly deployed
 No leasing conflict
The Largest GSM/3G Network Infrastructure in Somaliland
ZAAD in a nutshell
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Deposits and Withdrawals
Bill Payments
Send Money (B2B, P2B, P2P)
Recharge (Family/friends or self top up services)
Integration with Bank (Kaafi Service)
International Money Transfer (Hawala)
Key benefits
Economic Growth: Mobile Money encouraged business
transactions.
Security: By converting cash carried by people to electronic
money protected by password  Theft is more difficult and
money movement is made easier and securer.
Compliant KYC systems.
Lowest transfer charges in the world.
Dara Salaam Bank
Dara Salaam Bank
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The Bank was established in Somaliland by the year of 2010,
as Financial Institution Services.
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Account Services
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Personal (current and saving accounts)
Business banking (current accounts and bank guarantees and letter of credit)
Investment Services
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Musharaka
Murabaha
mudaraba
Other services including:
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KAAFI Services (Integration between DSB & ZAAD)
E-Deposit (Depositing DSB Accounts through ZAAD)
E-Banking (Checking your account activity online)
First ATM machines ever
Jawan & Soram with Kaafi
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Environmentally responsible alternative
Established in 2009 to introduce an alternative energy.
Providing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known
Propane gas in Somaliland.
Preserving the environment by minimizing the use of charcoal
and firewood.
Investing heavily on GAS terminal infrastructure in Berbera.
Securing a sustainable Supply Chain for a cheap GAS.
charcoal distraction to the environment
Lying pipes in Berbera GAS Terminal
SOMGAS Terminal Tanks (Berbera)
GAS Terminal Construction Team
Thank You