Youth & Sports Ministry in cooperation with the Arab Voluntary Union received delegations of 23 African and Arab countries to participate in the Arab and African Forum for Young Volunteers and Entrepreneurs held from 19th to 26th of April 2019 in Cairo.

The delegations are from: Mauritania, South Sudan, Malawi, Sudan, Uganda, Djibouti, Nigeria, Gabon, Ghana, Benin, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Republic of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Algeria, Oman, Palestine, Comoros, Jordan, Iraq, Somalia as well as Egypt.

The activities of the forum's first day included receiving the delegations, organizing a meeting for the participants to get to know each other and reviewing the program of the Forum and the sustainable instructions of its events.

The Forum aims to exchange experiences between the African and Arab youths in the field of volunteerism and entrepreneurship, provide Arab and African platform to launch new voluntary initiatives and make solid friendships between the African and Arab young people.