Concrete & Machine Rentals
Domestic ready-mix concrete (RMC) and machine rentals (PMR) in Somaliland, with an affordable-housing formwork pilot, navigating a difficult market.
Concrete & Machine Rentals.
Build the country with materials made in it.
Our ready-mix concrete business produces construction materials domestically in Somaliland, where building has long depended on imported supply. In 2025 it reached profitability and expanded into machine rentals and affordable-housing products.
An affordable-housing formwork pilot is progressing, working with local banks to finance homes.
Building on imported materials is fragile and dear.
Construction in Somaliland has relied on imported materials, which are expensive, slow and exposed to every supply disruption. But the local market is volatile and remittance-sensitive.
Our response
Produce concrete domestically, diversify into rentals and housing, and manage commercial risk honestly.
Our impact
2025 figures, reported in the annual report.
What we learnt
Import substitution can be a business.
Producing locally was both better for the economy and, in 2025, profitable.
Know when to review honestly.
A lost client and a large receivable forced an honest assessment of the venture’s future.
Concentration is risk.
Depending on one major client left the business exposed when payments stopped.
Talk to us about construction materials.
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