Abdi Awad Ali

Haji Abdi Awad Ali (, ), more commonly known as Indhadeero was a Somali entrepreneur and the founder and former CEO of Indhadeero Group of Companies. He was known as the wealthiest businessperson in Burao and one of the most notorious Somali entrepreneurs.

Biography Haji Abdi Awad Ali was born in 1943 in Ainabo, then British Somaliland, to a family of pastoral nomads consisting of two girls and three boys. Haji Abdi belonged to the Rer Yunis sub-division of the Habr Je'lo clan, part of the wider Isaaq clan-family. At the ages of 7 and 8 Haji Abdi was orphaned as both his parents died, which later on prompted Haji Abdi to move to Burao at the age of 12 to make a living.

By 1983 Haji Abdi's company expanded, exporting livestock and importing foodstuff, clothes, building materials, auto spare parts, among other essential goods. Haji Abdi was arrested and sentenced to death in December 1984, along with 44 other victims standing accused of association with the SNM. At the last minute, however, Haji Abdi and another businessman from Burao were spared due to the size of the loans they owed the banks. By 2004, Haji Abdi was among a handful of Isaaq businessmen who held a monopoly over the import-export business in Somaliland, with Haji Abdi being the largest importer of building material, fueling Somaliland's reconstruction after the war, as well as being the largest exporter of mutton to Saudi Arabia, By 2005–2006, his company was estimated to be worth over $280 million. His company, Indhadeero Group of Companies, is currently managed by his sons. The company owns Deero Mall, one of the largest malls in Hargeisa, Somaliland's capital.