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Africa encourages its youth to become entrepreneurs

The UN Development Program, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa organized the African Economic Conference, shedding light on jobs and entrepreneurship for a better future in the continent.
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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.

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