Mr. Abdikadir Osman Yusuf (Baby)
HR Manager, Bay Regional Hospital
Baidoa, South-West State of Somalia
“In fact, the reputation of the University of Southern Somalia added more value to my CV and the Degree I hold. It was easy for me to apply for the good jobs in the market and be selected for the good position I applied for.”
In 2016, Mr. Abdikadir Osman Yusuf earned his Bachelor of Public Health from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Southern Somalia. With his outstanding qualification, he is currently Human Resources Manager at Bay Regional Hospital, the largest health facility in the South-West State of Somalia. The USS’s well designed and carefully developed curriculum, which fulfills all the requirements of professional knowledge and integrates it with training in leadership and modern management studies, is what gives our graduates what it takes to be at the top when it comes to employability. This is to say that our curriculum incorporates several aspects of each and every field of study which embodies professionalism as well as ethical, leadership and managerial skills that advantage our graduates in comparison with their counterparts from other institutions.
Mr. Hassan Ibrahim Mohamed (aka Hasaney Gaduudow )
Project Coordinator, SOS Children’s Village
Baidoa, Southwest State of Somalia (SWSS)
“When you are a graduate of a leading university, you become a leading professional in your workplace. That is why studying at the University of Southern Somalia is a better option than other universities.”
Mr. Hassan Ibrahim Mohamed, also known as Hassan Gaduudow, is one of the graduates of the University of Southern Somalia with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2014. Moving gradually upward the professional ladder, Mr. Hassan I. Mohamed is currently a confident Project Coordinator at SOS Children’s Village in Baidoa, where he is at the forefront of programs that assist vulnerable groups, children in particular. Exceptional interpersonal approaches, sound professional ethics, timely service delivery and commitment to a smooth coordination of the versatile activities under his project make Mr. Hassan I. Mohamed stand out and above others in the same profession.
Ms. Dahabo Adan Ahmed
District Polio Officer (DPO)
World Health Organization (WHO) Baidoa, South-West
State of Somalia (SWSS)
“…we are doing the job in big organizations and in good positions.”
Mr. Dahabo A. Ahmed is one the graduates of the University of Southern Somalia in 2016, exiting with Bachelor Degree in Public Health. Upon completion of her studies and with an earned certificate in her possession, her employer, the World Health Organization (WHO), promoted her to the well-deserved position of District Polio Officer, where she carries out her duty significantly at that leadership capacity. Polio is among the major programs in the Southwest State of Somalia (SWSS), while Ms. Dahabo A. Ahmed’s program covers the implementation of the polio project in Baidoa, the capital city of the SWSS. This indicates the quality of not only professional training Ms. Ahmed has taken but indeed the quality of leadership and ethics we instill in our students. Ms. Ahmed states, “I believe that where you study, what you study and how you study matters. The University of Southern Somalia trained us to do the job and that is exactly what we are doing—we are doing the job in big organizations and in good positions.”
Mr. Dahir Mayow Mukhtar
Head of Nutrition Project, SOS Children’s Village
Baidoa, South-West State of Somalia (SWSS)
“…at the USS they teach you to be the best in the job market. And that is what is important for the student—employability”
Leading the Nutrition Project of SOS Children’s Village in Baidoa, South-West State of Somalia (SWSS), Mr. Hassan Mayow Mukhtar completed a Diploma in Business Administration before receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health in 2016, with both awards coming from the University of Southern Somalia. “After studying at the University of Southern Somalia, you are never the same; because at the USS they teach you to be the best in the job market. And that is what is important for the student—employability” Effective professional training and mentoring, managerial skills, and leadership traits put our graduates like Mr. Mukhtar ahead in the job market—compared to their compatriots from other institutions. Such are the unique differences of the quality of education we offer, which underlies our motto of producing excellent graduates read for the market and the professions.
Mr. Ali Abdullahi Ali
Program Officer, Somali Community Action Group (SCAG)
Baidoa, South-West State of Somalia (SWSS)
“What we have learned at the USS is reflected in our potential, in what we do and how we do it.”
Mr. Ali Abdullahi Ali was promoted to Program Officer after his graduation from the University of Southern Somalia. His degree from the University of Southern Somalia and his preparedness for the implementation of the tasks assigned to him were adequate testimony to the relevance of his knowledge to the responsibility demanded by the position. He was selected for the promotion due to his potential for acquiring a USS degree and utilizing the skills and techniques appropriate for the requirements of his day-to-day duties.
Mr. Mahad Yarow Isack
Head of Finance, Golweyn Relief Rehabilitation Network (GRRN)
Baidoa, South-West State of Somalia (SWSS)
“Thanks to the University of Southern Somalia.”
Mr. Mahad Y. Isack earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health in 2017 from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Southern Somalia. Currently he is the Head of Finance at Golweyn Relief and Rehabilitation Network (GRRN), a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) which is among the most successful local institutions in the South-West State and, for that matter, in the Federal Republic of Somalia. Mr. Isack is one of the leading officials of the institution and the talent behind the fiscal budgeting, fiscal decision-making and overall managerial leadership of the institution. “It is the moment you achieve a success that you look back and say: Thanks to the University of Southern Somalia.” Such are our alumni, the ambassadors of our academic credence, testimony to the quality of our academic leadership, and the essence of our market-oriented curriculum.
Mr. Isack Mohamed Mursal
Director General, Ministry of Planning
South-West State of Somalia (SWSS)
“We really feel proud of our study at the University of Southern Somalia… reflections of learning with a difference”
University of Southern Somalia graduate of Batch 2014, Mr. Isack Mohamed Mursal is among the high profile professionals currently contributing to the development of the South-West State of Somalia. Mr. Isack is highly reputed for his operational restructuring of the Ministry of Health of the South-State of Somalia. There, he introduced and carried out an innovative initiative that ameliorated the services the Ministry was providing to the public. With such a remarkable achievement in his portfolio; he was appointed to enhance the operational scheme of the Ministry of Planning, where he is currently the Director General of the Ministry of Planning of the South-West State of Somalia (SWSS) and indeed the center-pole of the operational system of the Ministry. To be promoted to the key post of Director General (DG) of the SWSS Ministry of Planning, Mr. Mursal has demonstrated his unmatched academic training at the USS, not to mention the quality of professional ethics and leadership traits the University had installed in him as part of his study program. “When we see how we perform far ahead of others, we really feel proud of our study at the University of Southern Somalia,” the DG admits. In fact, analytically based reasoning in decision-making, skillful approaches in strategic planning, and, as Mr. Muesal puts it, “reflections of learning with a difference” inform the superior quality of the programs we offer at the University of Southern Somalia. Thus, at the USS, we create opportunities of employment for our graduates before the call for interviews and job applications.
Mr. Abdullahi Abdimutalib Ibrahim
Finance Specialist, South-West State Ministry of Planning
World Bank Biyooleey Project
“Of course I worked hard to study, but the USS made me a happy professional—a proud citizen.”
Mr. Abdullahi A. Ibrahim represents the numerous high profile professionals in the private sector who graduated from the University of Southern Somalia. He obtained his Bachelor of Public Health degree in 2016. By any professional standard, the title Mr. Ibrahim has (Finance Specialist), and the organization he works for (Ministry of Planning, SWSS) on a project sponsored by the World Bank, responds to the unequalled quality of academic, ethical, professional and leadership training the University of Southern Somalia inculcates in its students. With such an outstanding prominence in the market, both in the public and private sectors, the University of Southern Somalia is committed to maintain its academic (and recently research) leadership and fulfillment of its responsibility to the society. The evidence is in Mr. Ibrahim’s admission when he says: “Of course I worked hard to study, but the USS made me a happy professional—a proud citizen.”
Ms. Hawa Ali Ibrahim
HR Manager, Bayahawa General Hospital
Baidoa, Southwest State of Somalia
“I’d studied at the University of Southern Somalia, so I was educated enough to qualify for the post.”
At the top of the Human Resources (HR) Department of Baya-Hawa General Hospital, the second largest health facility in the South-West State of Somalia, Ms. Hawa A. Ibrahim is a proud USS graduate of 2018. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree with concentration in Nursing Sciences. Talking about how not many females occupy top managerial positions in the public institutions, Ms. Hawa Ibrahim said: “I’d studied at the University of Southern Somalia, so I was educated enough to qualify for the post. Most of all, I am delivering perfectly to everyone’s satisfaction and I enjoy every part of my work.”
Ms. Ambiyo Mohamed Dahir,
Principal, Dr. Ayub Primary & Secondary School
Baidoa, South-West State of Somalia (SWSS)
“…to maintain the leadership by balancing between leadership traits and managerial skills, which is what we learned at the University of Southern Somalia.”
Ms. Ambiyo Mohamed Dahir was awarded her Bachelor of Education from the University of Southern Somalia’s Faculty of Education in 2017. She is the Manager of Dr. Ayub Primary & Sechool, which is one of the most popular and most successful schools in Baidoa, the capital of the Southwest State of Somalia (SWSS). She is a very confident female intellectual at the leadership of the management of a co-school that educates both boys and girls at primary and secondary levels of education. The role Ms. Ambiyo Dahir is playing in child education, especially at such a top leadership position, portrays the academic leadership of the University of Southern Somalia and the relevance of the curriculum it has designed for each area of study. That is why USS graduates are creative individuals who dominate the job market and their diverse professions. According to Ms. Ambiyo M. Dahir, the challenge is not reaching a good position or a top post, but how “to maintain the leadership by balancing between leadership traits and managerial skills, which is what we learned at the University of Southern Somalia.”
Ms. Fadumo Abukar Abdirahman
Nutrition Supervisor
SOS Children’s Village, Baidoa, Somalia
“… the excellence of the USS must be reflected in the excellence of how we execute our professional duties. The University is at the top, so we have to respond in kind”
A credible member of the USS graduates of 2017, Ms. Fadumo A. Abdirahman received her Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health with a remarkable performance. Ever since here graduation, she kept progressively moving up the professional ladder. Currently, she is the Supervisor of the Nutrition Program of SOS Children’s Village in Baidoa, the capital of the South-West State of Somalia (SWSS). With her education at the university of southern Somalia, Ms. Fadumo A. Abdirahman represents the proud graduates of the USS who executes their duties professionally and with diligence and devotion that is next to none. “We’ve been given excellent education; therefore, the excellence of the USS must be reflected in the excellence of how we execute our professional duties. The University is at the top, so we have to respond in kind”
Muslumey
New Ways, local NGO
HoD, Midwifery