Struggle for youth employment opportunities in Egypt

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With nearly 90 million people, Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East region.

It also has one of the region's highest youth unemployment rates, and key to Egypt's economic success is getting these millions of young people into jobs.

But for that to happen, businesses have to feel confident about the future and start hiring - and that is proving a challenge in uncertain times.

Katy Watson reports.

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