Ahmed Osman Guelleh’s empire faces a changing Horn

Ahmed Osman Guelleh’s empire faces a changing Horn

Ahmed Osman Guelleh spent two decades building one of the Horn of Africa’s most consequential private business networks. From shipping and freight services in Djibouti to a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Hargeisa, his portfolio grew alongside the region’s trade corridors and the consumer economy that followed them. The through-line was proximity to infrastructure that mattered: ports, trucking lanes, warehouses, and, through beverages, retail shelv…