Who We Are

About Sharcikaab

Somalia’s leading legal, policy, and justice consultancy — strengthening institutions, empowering communities, and innovating justice.

Our Story

Strengthening Institutions. Empowering Communities.

Sharcikaab is a Somali-led consultancy providing strategic advisory, institutional strengthening, and access-to-justice solutions across Somalia. The name combines Sharci (Law) and Kaab (Support/Bridge).

We operate at the intersection of law, public policy, human rights, and responsible technology, navigating Somalia’s complex landscape of secular, Sharia, and Xeer customary legal systems.

🎯 Our Vision

A Somalia where robust, coordinated, and accountable justice institutions ensure that every individual — regardless of gender, displacement status, or geographic location — possesses the legal agency to understand and exercise their rights.

🚀 Our Mission

To catalyze justice reform by strengthening Ministries of Justice, fostering inter-governmental coordination, innovating through responsible AI, and advancing human rights through evidence-based research and legal aid for marginalized communities.

How We Work

The Sharcikaab Hybrid Model

We integrate human expertise with evidence-based digital innovation for maximum impact.

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A. National Legal Empowerment Network

Our network of licensed lawyers and community-based paralegals bridge communities and legal institutions, embedded in IDP settlements and providing trauma-informed GBV support.

Context-sensitive paralegals in IDP settlements addressing the distance barrier to justice
Survivor-centered trauma-informed support for GBV survivors
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B. Digital & AI-Enabled Justice Innovation

We leverage technology as augmented intelligence — a tool to inform and expedite human decision-making, never to replace it. All AI-supported processes are subject to mandatory human review.

Digital legal triage matching cases to the right legal pathway
Somalia’s first digital law repository improving public legal literacy
What Drives Us

Our Core Values

Justice First

Every decision guided by equal access to justice for all Somalis.

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Integrity

The highest standards of professional ethics and transparency.

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Innovation

Responsible technology and evidence-based approaches to justice.

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Community

Centring the voices and needs of communities we serve.

Partner With Sharcikaab

Government ministries, international organizations, and NGOs — let’s work together to strengthen justice in Somalia.

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Partnership Enquiry

Explore opportunities to collaborate with Sharcikaab

We respond to all partnership enquiries within 48 hours