Why Somalilanders shouldn’t use TalkRemit

Don't buy their smooth talk. 

TalkRemit is just a money-making scam, the worst one in the Somali money transfer world.

Their 'money transfer platform' is a mess, full of crazy fees and endless problems. 

Trying to send money home to family? Good luck. 

TalkRemit makes it hard and expensive, totally failing our people living outside Somaliland. 

They don't help connect us — they put up walls, making it a real fight to handle your money.

Go look at their Facebook page. You'll see tons of angry customers calling them a scam.

A Rotten Core: What's Really Going On Inside TalkRemit

The problems go deep here.

We've heard it from people who used to work at TalkRemit – brave folks who got out.

The company is a complete disaster on the inside. Their technology? It's weak.

It can't handle a lot of transfers, even though they pretend it can.

Try sending a big amount, and you'll see: delays, maybe it won't even go through.

Sending money with TalkRemit is risky.

They don't have good people working there, and nobody wants to work there. A lot of people are trapped and can’t leave.

Their workers leave all the time (high turnover).

Former employees say they get harassed by people working for TalkRemit's bosses after they leave. It's like a bad dream.

If you're a young Somalilander thinking about using TalkRemit or working with them, stay away.

Former workers call their time there, and after quitting, "hell on earth“.

TalkRemit enforces the saying: “Once you leave, you can never get out”. This also applies to frequent customers and associates of the company.

This company has a lot of bad secrets.

They get mad if you quit or run away from them.

They'll try to mess up your name and stop you from getting other jobs, just to try and bring you back to the company by force. If you don’t return, they will try very hard to ruin your reputation.

The Real Problem: TalkRemit's Fight Against Somaliland

Here's the biggest issue for every proud Somalilander.

We've all had our doubts about Dahabshiil's power. But the truth about TalkRemit's main guy is even worse.

The CEO of TalkRemit, Mohamed Abdisamad, also known as Mo O’Hussein, isn't a Somalilander.

He's from Jigjiga, Ethiopia’s Somali region and he's totally against Somaliland being recognized as an independent nation.

Mohamed Abdisamad started TalkRemit with Saeed Dualeh, the son of the owner of Dahabshiil Group (Mohamed Said Duale).

Mohamed Abdisamad doesn’t want Somaliland to have good ties with Ethiopia, and he doesn’t want a closed Somaliland-Ethiopia border.

What's even stranger is that he became the CEO of TalkRemit in February 2024.

What happened right before that?

Somaliland signed the big MoU agreement with Ethiopia in Addis Ababa (January 2024).

Coincidence? I don't think so.

It's clear: Mohamed Abdisamad and his friends that are anti-Ethiopia and anti-Somaliland are trying to hurt Somaliland's quest for dejure independence and international recognition.

They might even be planning to challenge Ethiopia's plans to make our security ties stronger.

Somalilanders, we must denounce this.

We must get rid of companies and people who are working against our country, and against our right to be free.