A Somali-rooted firm built to bridge the gap between local knowledge and international consulting standards — established 2015.
Mogadishu, Somalia
Serving all 5 Federal Member States
4 Languages · International Standards
Marco Consulting Limited is a professionally managed, Somali-based management and development consultancy headquartered in Mogadishu, Somalia. Registered under the laws of the Federal Republic of Somalia, MARCO provides integrated advisory, technical, and implementation support services to humanitarian organisations, international and local NGOs, United Nations agencies, government ministries, bilateral donors, and commercial enterprises operating across Somalia and the Horn of Africa.
The firm was established by experienced professionals to fill a persistent gap in Somalia's consulting market. High-value consulting work — evaluations, needs assessments, capacity building, proposal development — had long flowed predominantly to international firms with no genuine Somali presence, no language capability, and no authentic contextual understanding. MARCO was built precisely to bridge this gap: combining deep local knowledge, trusted relationships, and authentic contextual understanding with the technical rigour, documentation standards, and methodological depth that institutional clients require.
Context, culture, and trusted relationships — not generic templates applied from outside.
US DoS, ECHO, FCDO, and UN agency benchmarks met on every single deliverable.
Somali, English, Arabic, and Kiswahili — across the full team, at every level of engagement.
To be Somalia's most credible, trusted, and impactful professional consulting firm — raising the standard of evidence-based advisory services across the Horn of Africa and positioning Somali expertise at the centre of international development practice.
To provide rigorous, evidence-based consulting services that enable humanitarian organisations, governments, and development partners in Somalia to make better decisions, design stronger programmes, and build lasting institutional capacity that outlasts any single engagement.
Six principles that guide every engagement, every deliverable, and every client relationship.
Credentialed, field-tested professionals with deep Somalia expertise and international academic qualifications. This is the team behind MARCO's results.
Every output produced by MARCO meets the bar set by the most demanding institutional clients.
US DoS, ECHO, FCDO, UN agency benchmarks met on every deliverable without exception.
One trusted partner from project design through evaluation and institutional capacity building.
Field teams deployable across all Somali states within 48–72 hours, security-coordinated.
Safeguarding, Do No Harm, and data protection embedded in every methodology from day one.
Honest, realistic budgets — more qualified local expertise per dollar than any external competitor.
Covering the Federal Government of Somalia and all five Federal Member States — verified field access, not claimed coverage.