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All that we hear and see in the press about Somalia is very depressing. However, Somalians enjoy one thing most people around the world don't have to deal with, bureaucracy. Somalia officially has no government, so one doesn't have to deal with the bureaucracy that comes with a government. When Somalia had a government there were many state owned enterprises that were monopolies, today you have many competitors in several industries.

There is no functioning national grid so entrepreneurs provide electricity on a local basis using generators bought from overseas. Wireless providers don't need to worry about buying a license to operate a Mobile network, because there is no government! In late 80's the national air carrier operated just one airplane and only a few routes. Today the airline sector has 15 firms, many aircraft, and more routes than before.

Many reading this would ask, "How is the law operated"? Disputes are settled at the clan/tribe level, by traditional systems run by elders. Security is handled by each local city itself, and it is paid by its citizens.

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Nii Simmonds
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Nii Simmonds is founder of NAFRICOM, a non-profit trade association for IT Software and Technology Services industry for Africa and a blogger on African development. Mr. Simmonds is also a Co-founder of EmergingictGroup, a global ICT research, training, and advisory/consultancy. Under Mr. Simmonds leadership, his organization NAFRICOM organized the 1st annual 2003 Ghana Outsourcing Conference. Through his experience working with many African oriented organizations in the field of Information Technology, development, and globalization, Mr. Simmonds has become a leading speaker and presenter on African development, ICT policies, outsourcing/BPO market in Africa and other emerging markets, social entrepreneurship, technology education, and Globalization. Professionally Mr. Simmonds is a consultant specializing in corporate finance, globalization, business strategy, and outsourcing. Mr. Simmonds has been acknowledged for his research in globalization and offshore market by Mckinsey, IBM Global Services, AT Kearney, Keane, Wharton School, Harvard, Government of Ghana, Ghana embassy, Smeal College of Business, Harvard Business School NeoIT, ITESA, Summit Circuit, Bloomberg News, Wall Street Journal, Avaya, Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), Data Management International and many others. Mr. Simmonds got his B.S. in Management/Finance from Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University and a minor in Information Systems and Statistical Analysis. Mr. Simmonds holds a Business Process Outsourcing Master Certificate from the Wharton School.
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