Somali Foreign Minister Inks Deals With Qatar

Somali Minister for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Issa Awad and Sheikha Moza bint Naseer, Chairperson of  Qatar based Silatech’s Board of Trustees have jointly signed two deals meant to create jobs for Somali youth.

The signing of the agreements intended to economically empower Somali youth by securing more than 75,000 jobs in Somalia took place on Monday in New York.

A collaboration between Silatech, American Refugee Committee (ARC) and the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and Somali government, the first agreement aims to provide housing and energy solutions for 1,000 families and develop local youth owned enterprises; creating around 3,000 jobs for returning refugees and IDPs in the Kismayo district.

According to The Peninsula, Qatar based newspaper,  the second agreement is to support Al Amal bank in financing youth enterprises to create 63,414 jobs around Somalia.