21 bisha March 2018 waxaa si rasmi loo daahfuray dufcaddii 3-aad ee dhalinyarada ka qeybgalaysaa program-ka Next Economy ee dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed loogu sameeyo horumarinta xirfadaha shaqo, sahlidda shaqo helista iyo koru qaadista hal abuurka ganacsiga iyo shaqa abuurka, taas oo si lagu daahfuray xaflad wayn oo ka dhacday Hotel-ka Ramada ee Magaalada Muqdisho.

Xafladda waxaa ka soo qeybgalay 100-kii dhalinyarada ahaa ee loo qaatay dufcadda 3-aad, madax ka socota hay’adaha caalamiga iyo kuwa maxalliga ah ee fadhigoodu yahay magaalada Muqdisho, madax ka socotay Bank-yada dalka sida Premier, Salaam bank, Dahabshil, IBS iyo Amal, sidoo kale waxaa ka soo qaybgalay madax ka socotay shirkadaha ganacsida sida Hormuud, Sometel, BECO, Sostech iyo kuwa kaloo badan.

Sidoo kale waxaa xafladda ka soo qeybgalay labada hay’adood ee Muqdisho sida wadajirka ah uga fuliya barnaamijka Next Economy ee Iftin Foudation iyo SOS Children’s Village Somalia. Waxaa xafladda laga soo jeediyey hadallo iyo qudbooyin aad u xiisa badan oo la xariiray muhiimadda Programka iyo dardaaranka loo jeedinayey dhalinyarada nasiibkoodu noqday inay ku guuleystaan dufcadda -3-aad.

On 19th March 2018, Iftin Foundation organized event known as crazy hour crowdfunding and best idea voting competition among the Next Economy 2nd batch entrepreneurs which used to award $500 the campaigner who collects the highest amount of money during the first hour and the one his/her idea find the most votes . On 9:00am the campaigns got live in front of campaigners at the Next Economy website. 14 campaigners attended the competition but eleven campaigners succeed to make crowdfunding and they made 5,580 USD as total crowdfunding within the first hour competition.

Finally Mr. Ali Abdullahi Ahmed with idea of ALI-BABA Video Production and Advertising became the one who made greatest amount of money within first hour while the second was Shafi’e Abdi Osman, the Documents and Resume Writing Consultancy and there were other nine people presented amounts of money. Mr. Ali Abdullahi Ahmed became crazy hour crowdfunding winner and awarded Card written $500 extra of matching.

Then we have processed the best awesome idea holder through secret voting including campaigners as well as organized team. We have engaged two rounds of voting and the last round of voting the Midwifery Birth Center owned by Hafsa Omar Abdi got maximum votes while the second idea was Sea Food Delivery owned by Fahim Abdullahi Jim’ale.
Midwifery Birth Center recognized best idea according to the campaigner’s ideas and voting result and Ms. Hafsa Omar Abdi was awarded card written $500 extra of matching fund.

6th March 2018 IFTIN FOUNDATION has organized boot-camp event that invited with external successful business entrepreneurs which supposed to meet and interact with Next Economy young entrepreneurs in order to listen guests’ advises and get chance to ask questions with external business scholars. This event was the last day of gathering.

Validation Meeting Day

Saturday, 09 December: Validation Day for the 2nd Batch of Life Skills Training of Next Economy was held in Mogadishu.

Attended by around 100 trainees, the objective of the meeting was to divide the trainees into two groups: a group who will undertake entrepreneurship skills training and another group who will seek internship opportunities.

18th September 2017 was the day in which the 2nd Batch of Next Economy Training was officially launched by IFTIN FOUNDATION. The launching occasion were participated hundred newly  enrolled participants and different stakeholder of the program including government representatives, business groups, civil society leaders, international and local organisations based in Mogadishu. Speakers on the session discussed the importance TNE program and how its fit for Somali young graduates while they encouraged a newly participants to keep the benefits of the program in order to realize proud spectrum among the Somali elite people for national aspirations.

20 July 2017 was the day that IFTIN FOUNDATION organized first entrepreneurship group BOOTCAMP event. The event attended and participated first batch entrepreneurship participants and external successful business scholars, while the objective of the event was to inspire new business initiative holders to relevant hints from the opportunities in the market in order to create their own business.