What works in Somalia
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Evidence snapshot for Somalia
Somalia's mobile-money infrastructure has become the de facto banking system, with 73% of Somali adults using mobile money monthly and roughly $2.7 billion moving through the system monthly—equivalent to about a third of GDP. The government's Baxnaano cash-transfer programme has reached over 4 million Somalis, with digital-literacy training delivered to over 300,000 women to help manage mobile-money accounts. AI-assisted early warning systems have helped identify deteriorating hunger conditions before malnutrition peaks, triggering food assistance for 48,000 people in targeted districts. The evidence also shows significant literacy challenges, with an AI-powered literacy app having reached 350,000+ learners across the Horn of Africa, though these practices do not measure broader educational or literacy outcomes nationally.
Drawn from: Baxnaano Digital & Financial Literacy for Women · EVC Plus: Mobile Money as De Facto Banking Infrastructure in Somalia · HungerMap Live's AI Forecasting Helps Guide Somalia's Emergency Food Response · Daariz — AI Voice-Recognition Literacy App for Somali-Speakers in the Horn of Africa · Somalia's 30% Women's Quota in the Federal Parliament — Gains and a Persistent Shortfall · MIDA — Migration for Development in Africa: Somalia's Diaspora Skills-Return Programme · Balaanbal Rangeland Enclosure — A Community-Managed Drought Reserve in Somaliland · SAADAAL — Somalia's AI-Enhanced Early Warning Platform for Drought and Flood, Run With SODMA and Southwest State
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +30 pts 83 here · 54 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Curator validation +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evaluated outcomes +15 pts 100 here · 85 average
Equity & inclusion +14 pts 67 here · 52 average
Innovation level +13 pts 76 here · 63 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Inclusiveness / equity -9 pts 33 here · 42 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Sustainability (ongoing) -12 pts 67 here · 78 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -17 pts 33 here · 50 average
Scalability -19 pts 44 here · 64 average
Evidence of impact / measured results -26 pts 33 here · 59 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -26 pts 11 here · 37 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -31 pts 0 here · 31 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -36 pts 11 here · 48 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -91 pts 0 here · 91 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Somalia. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Baxnaano Digital & Financial Literacy for Women · 96
EVC Plus: Mobile Money as De Facto Banking Infrastructure in Somalia · 96
HungerMap Live's AI Forecasting Helps Guide Somalia's Emergency Food Response · 93
Daariz — AI Voice-Recognition Literacy App for Somali-Speakers in the Horn of Africa · 67
Somalia's 30% Women's Quota in the Federal Parliament — Gains and a Persistent Shortfall · 63
MIDA — Migration for Development in Africa: Somalia's Diaspora Skills-Return Programme · 52
Balaanbal Rangeland Enclosure — A Community-Managed Drought Reserve in Somaliland · 33
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Somalia concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Stadtidee Aarau — Switzerland's First City-Wide Participatory Budget Using the Method of Equal Shares · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more