# SomCable: the fibre internet company of Somaliland

> SomCable in facts: founding by Mohamed Said Guedi in 2010, the Djibouti to Berbera fibre, LTE and fibre-to-the-home firsts, size and links to Djibouti.

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## The short version

Somaliland Cable, known as **SomCable**, is a private internet service provider based in **Hargeisa** ([SomCable, Company profile](https://somcable.com/page-about-3.html)). It was founded in **2010** by the local businessman Mohamed Aw Said ([Wajaale News](http://www.wajaalenews.net/?p=48576)), who is also known as **Mohamed Said Guedi**, its founder and chief executive ([AllAfrica, 29 October 2019](https://allafrica.com/stories/201910290034.html)). His trading group is MSG ([MSG Trading Est., listed in Clingendael 2019](https://kpsrl.org/sites/kpsrl/files/2020-03/transnational-capital-in-somalia%20updated%20report.pdf)).

## The fibre line

In 2010 SomCable said it had a contract to bring a cable from Djibouti port to Berbera. The company says it invested **more than $100 million** and that the work employed more than **10,000 local workers**. The project was completed in **September 2014** ([AllAfrica, 29 October 2019](https://allafrica.com/stories/201910290034.html); [Wikipedia, SomCable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SomCable)). In 2015 SomCable became the first company to offer a fibre-optic network in [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/), and the network covers more than **1,700 km** ([Togdheer News, 2016](http://togdheernews.com/articles/07/10/2016/maqaalo-ku-saabsan-shirkada-somcable/)).

In October 2014 SomCable launched the first 4G LTE service and the first fibre-to-the-premises (GEPON/FTTP) service in Somaliland. It also links to the **Africa-1** undersea cable, built by Alcatel Submarine Networks, which lands at Berbera ([Wikipedia, SomCable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SomCable)).

## Links to Djibouti and the business community

The Clingendael Institute's 2019 study of Somali business notes that several large Somali firms depend on Djibouti Telecom for their connection to the global network, and quotes a member of parliament describing Mohamed aw Said of SomCable, "from Djibouti", and [Abdirashid Duale](/en/people/abdirashid-duale/) of [Dahabshiil](/en/economy/hawala-and-money-transfer-companies/) as sharing land around the National Bank in Hargeisa ([Clingendael, Transnational capital in Somalia, June 2019](https://kpsrl.org/sites/kpsrl/files/2020-03/transnational-capital-in-somalia%20updated%20report.pdf)).

## Sources disagree

- **Philanthropy.** In 2019 the website *Somaliland Chronicle* published an article disputing SomCable's chairman's public account of his charitable work; SomCable and other outlets describe the chairman's donations and awards ([Somaliland Chronicle, 8 November 2019](https://somalilandchronicle.com/2019/11/08/false-advertising-somcable-chairman-lies-about-his-philanthropic-activities-in-somaliland/); [Wajaale News](http://www.wajaalenews.net/?p=48576)).
- **Size of the investment.** The $100 million and 10,000 workers figures come from the company and press interviews; the company does not publish audited accounts ([AllAfrica](https://allafrica.com/stories/201910290034.html)).

See also [Telecoms and internet in Somalia](/en/economy/telecoms/) and [Who connects Somalia](/en/economy/who-connects-somalia/).

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