Youth ministry to introduce YDF data-base

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The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture is introducing an electronic data-base to keep track of beneficiaries of the Youth Development Fund (YDF).

The YDF started in 2008 but the ministry does not have proper records of the number of clients or failed projects.

The scheme aims at empowering youth to own businesses and create sustainable employment opportunities for young people. It caters for out of school youth, the unemployed and underemployed.

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