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There is an urgent need to create new jobs and opportunities for employment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, especially for young people. In order to respond to the scale of the challenge we must offer a unique and compelling vision – an irresistible proposition – that will catalyze interest, investment and action on behalf of the region’s young people .
The MENA region, where Silatech will begin its work, has the highest rates of youth unemployment and under-employment of any region in the world—even higher than sub-Saharan Africa. And even with this current challenge, at least 100 million new jobs need to be created in the region over the coming 20 years—more than has been created in the last 50 years.