Boosting access to finance is the main obstacle facing Egyptian and African youth to become entrepreneurs, participants unanimously agreed during the three-day conference titled “Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Capacity Development for African Youth.”
African and Egyptian entrepreneurs shared experiences in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the sidelines of a conference Dec. 2-4, organized by the UN Development Program (UNDP), the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.