Somali youth
and sports minister, deputy Mogadishu Mayor, representatives from the UN, Pan African Youth
Union and Somali Young entrepreneurs attended the conference today in
Mogadishu.
Conference
agenda includes addressing challenges as well as the opportunities that loom
for Somali Young Social entrepreneurs today.
Somali Youth vision- an organization that advocates youth development
has organized the conference.
Somali youth minister Mohammed Abdullahi Nouh and deputy mayor of Mogadishu Jellani Nour Ikar gave opening speech at conference . Both officials encouraged youth to boost
entrepreneurial spirit in agriculture, fishing and small factories sectors.
“Somali Government is delighted to see Somali youth
organizing such conferences and let me emphasis here that the only way we can
end poverty is to be a productive society “said Somali youth and sports
minister Nouh.
Key thematic
issues of the conference includes:
·
Key
challenges for investing in young people innovations
·
Building
relationship between young entrepreneurs and big corporation in the country.
·
Barriers
and obstacles of creating young business Union associations and networks.
·
Developing
national polices that encourages young entrepreneurs.
The conference is the first in its kind to be held in Somalia since the collapse
of Somali central government in early 1990s.
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