About
The center for research and development of SIMAD University
CRD leads research at SIMAD University in Mogadishu — funding and training researchers, running the university’s conferences, and building partnerships for evidence that serves Somalia.
Who we are
One center for the whole university
CRD is SIMAD University’s central research office. It grows the university’s research output, raises its quality and makes sure partners can find and use it.
- 2008Somali Business Review launches — the oldest magazine of its kind in Somalia
- 4Annual academic conferences organized with SIMAD faculties
- 29Early-career staff trained in the 2022 Research Fellowship
Director’s message
Research that serves Somalia
At CRD, our job is simple: make research at SIMAD University easier to do, stronger in quality and easier for others to use.
We fund and train researchers, bring people together through our conferences, and keep the university’s work open in the SIMAD Research Repository, so policymakers, partners and communities can build on it.
If you are a researcher, a funder or an institution that shares these goals, we would be glad to work with you.
Dr. Maryan Abdullahi Mohamed BarrowDirector, Center for Research and Development
Our team
The people behind CRD
Dr. Maryan Abdullahi Mohamed Barrow
Director, Center for Research and Development
Bile Yusuf Abukar
Head of Research Training and Conferences
Eng. Mohamed Mohamud Ali
Secretary of Research Publication and Repository
Vision
To assist the university’s efforts to become a Global Standard Research University that excels in research and publication at national, regional, and international levels.
Mission
To provide research funding, resources, training programs, and other important facilities to conduct research that generates new knowledge for the development of local society and science.
Mandate
What we do
Four responsibilities across the university.
Evidence
SIMAD research, in numbers
Live from the SIMAD Research Repository.
1,069Research outputsFrom 11 in 2019 to 283 in 2025
Timeline
Milestones
- 2008SIMAD launches the Somali Business Review.
- 2015First Conference on Entrepreneurship and Business Development.
- 20214th CMHS and 5th CEST, both with Jamhuriya University.
- 202229 early-career staff join the Research Fellowship.
- 2023Visiting Researchers Fellowship opens to partner institutions.
- 2024Mentorship Program launches; CRD begins leading the Erasmus+ CIDRA network.