YAOUNDE, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- YouthConnekt, a platform intended to boost youth entrepreneurship, job creation and social cohesion was launched in Cameroon on Monday.

Cameroon's Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education, Mounouna Foutso, said the initiative will connect and empower Cameroonian youth with skills to fully take part in the development of the country.

"We have realized that many Cameroonian youths are not connected. We are now offering them this platform to connect to opportunities wherever they are found," Foutso told reporters.

Over 5,000 youths including football star, Samuel Eto'o, attended Monday's launch ceremony in the capital Yaounde.

YouthConnekt is a joint UN-Government initiative that seeks to connect young people to diverse socio-economic and political opportunities in order to optimize their empowerment and facilitate their full participation in development.

The initiative launched in 2012 in Rwanda is present in 12 African Countries.

"I encourage every young Cameroonian to seize the opportunities offered by YouthConnekt following the launching of the initiative in Cameroon. Our dear and beautiful country will be built in peace with the youth," Cameroonian President Paul Biya tweeted immediately after the launch ceremony. Enditem

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