# Amina Moghe Hersi (Aamina Mooge Xirsi)

> Amina Moghe Hersi (born 1964): Somali businesswoman behind Kampala's Oasis Mall and the Atiak sugar factory.

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## Who is she?

Amina Moghe Hersi is a Somali entrepreneur born in 1964 in Bungoma, western Kenya ([Wikipedia, Amina Moghe Hersi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Moghe_Hersi)). Her mother was a businesswoman, and as a girl she joined the family's cross-border trade between Kenya and Uganda (same source). She and her sister went to accounting school (same source). See [Somalis in Kenya](/en/diaspora/kenya/).

## Business in Uganda

She closed her hardware store in Bungoma and opened one in Kampala after 1996 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Moghe_Hersi)). She moved into property and built the Oasis Centre shopping mall and the Laburnam Courts apartments in central Kampala (same source). She also became one of Uganda's largest distributors of cement and hardware (same source). In 2008 she received the Woman Investor of the Year award (same source). See [Somalis in Uganda](/en/diaspora/uganda/).

As of 2018 her holdings were organised under [Horyal Investments](/en/economy/somali-business-in-uganda/) Holding Company, including Oasis Mall, Nakumatt Mall, Laburnam Apartments and the Atiak sugar factory (same source).

## Atiak sugar factory

In 2016 her company began building the Atiak sugar factory in Amuru District, northern Uganda, a project of about 120 million US dollars ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Moghe_Hersi)). It was described as the first large industrial project in northern Uganda, with more than 6,000 local women expected to benefit as cane growers and distributors (same source).

## In short

A Kenyan-born Somali businesswoman who built shopping centres in Kampala and a sugar factory in northern Uganda.

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