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Indonesian and Egyptian youths are encouraged to become entrepreneurial drivers who are needed in efforts to recover the economy post Covid-19 pandemic and strengthen Small Business and Medium Businesses (MSMEs). In the youth business forum with the theme "Entrepreneurship in Civil Society”, Indonesian Ambassador to Egypt, Lutfi Rauf underlined the major role of young entrepreneurs in Indonesia who have gained a lot of success, even when they are still relatively young, that is under 40 years old. In a written statement at the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo, Saturday (13/11), Ambassador Lutfi Rauf said that the youths are able to provide space and job opportunities in various sectors by taking advantage of various opportunities, including e-commerce business platforms and other technologies that can adapt, innovate and create with the current situation.

Furthermore, it was explained that the Indonesian diasporas which also consist of students in Egypt play an important role in supporting efforts to promote and penetrate small business products in the Egyptian market. Most of the Indonesian diasporas in Egypt are youths. They not only carry out the mission of completing their studies at various educational institutions in Egypt, but also have the opportunity to expand their business skills, social entrepreneurship and strengthen networks to become successful and helpful entrepreneurs in the future.

Meanwhile, the Trade Attache of the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo, Irman Adi Purwanto said that the representatives of the Indonesian government in Egypt always encourage the youths to contribute to the national economic recovery amid the Covid-19 pandemic era, to enhance competence, productivity and competitiveness and to develop entrepreneurship. The business forum was held in Cairo on November 11, 2021; it’s a part of the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Egyptian Youth Council in which Indonesia was invited as a guest of honor. During the event, Ambassdor Lutfi expressed his hope that the existence of an increasingly active Egyptian Youth Council could always  develop, move, channel the participation of the younger generation, as well as become a forum for fostering and developing the younger generation.