Mission
Enhance investment by promoting the region’s resource potential and opportunities, creating a conducive investment climate, and providing efficient investor services for fast and sustainable economic development.
Somali Regional State Investment and Industry Bureau
Driving Investment and Industrial Growth in Somali Region
SIIB promotes investment opportunities, facilitates investors, and supports an enabling business environment for fast, inclusive, and sustainable regional development.
H.E. Ahmed Rashid Abdile
Somali Regional State Investment and Industry Bureau Head
About SIIB
An Institution Focused on Promotion, Facilitation, and Coordination
The Somali Region Investment and Industry Bureau is a regional institution established to promote private investment, support industrial development, and coordinate investment-related activities across the region.
The bureau works to strengthen the investment climate, guide investors through key processes, and help transform regional resource potential into sustainable economic growth.
Investment Promotion
Showcasing opportunities and attracting serious investors.
Investor Facilitation
Supporting investors with coordination, guidance, and follow-up.
Industrial Support
Encouraging productive investment and regional industrial growth.
Mission and Vision
What SIIB Stands For
A clear institutional purpose focused on turning resource potential into investor confidence, service quality, and long-term regional development.
Vision
To become a strong institution that helps make Somali Region one of the leading investment destinations in Ethiopia.
Core Values
Institutional Values and Service Principles
Built around efficient service, integrity, and a practical commitment to regional development and investor confidence.
Service Excellence
Providing efficient and effective services with strong attention to investor needs.
Integrity
Maintaining trust, consistency, and professionalism across all services.
Efficiency
Reducing friction in processes and supporting timely decision-making.
Investor Focus
Creating a supportive environment for domestic and foreign investors.
Accountability
Acting responsibly in coordination, facilitation, and institutional leadership.
Sustainable Development
Linking investment growth with wider economic and social progress in the region.
Responsibilities and Mandate
How SIIB Contributes to Regional Development
These responsibility areas translate the bureau’s development role into practical institutional priorities.
Expand Production
Increase and expand productive activity and social services across the region.
Accelerate Development
Support faster economic and social development through coordinated investment activity.
Develop Resources
Help unlock and develop the region’s immense natural resource potential.
Lead Investment Matters
Serve as a nucleus for investment matters and lead, promote, coordinate, and enhance activities in the region.
Increase Quality and Exports
Promote improvements in quality, variety, production volume, exports, and revenue generation.
Support Domestic Traders
Encourage domestic enterprise to help accelerate development activities across the region.
Operational Focus
Supporting Investors at Every Stage
Beyond policy and promotion, SIIB plays a practical role in guiding investors, coordinating institutions, and maintaining momentum from inquiry to implementation.
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Promotion and information
Collecting, organizing, and sharing investment information and opportunities.
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Permit and process support
Facilitating permits, investor follow-up, and coordination across government offices.
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Monitoring and aftercare
Tracking project implementation and helping investors resolve operational challenges.
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Dialogue and coordination
Strengthening cooperation among investors, institutions, and regional stakeholders.
H.E. Ahmed rashid abdile
Welcome to Somali Regional State Investment & Industry Bureau
Welcome to the official website of the Somali Regional State Investment and Industry Bureau. The Bureau is committed to promoting investment, supporting industrial development, and creating a conducive environment for sustainable economic growth in the Somali Region.
Through this platform, we provide essential information, guidance, and services for investors, partners, and stakeholders. We invite you to explore the opportunities that position the Somali Region as an important destination for investment and development.
Publications
Annual Report
Feature your latest report, sector updates, and institutional highlights in a clean publication block that gives the page more authority and depth.
Contact Information
Visit or Contact SIIB
Address
Jigjiga City Administration, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia
P.O. Box: 120 – Jigjiga, Ethiopia
info@investinsomali.gov.et
Telephone
+251 25 775 20 26 / +251 25 775 20 30
Online
www.investinsomali.gov.et
Facebook: @InvestinSomali
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From promotion to facilitation, SIIB is positioned to support investors and strengthen confidence in Somali Region’s growth journey.