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NETWORK CASABLANCA CASABLANCA: FLICKR USER INK OMEGA · DUBAI: FLICKR USER ROBERTPAULYOUNG MOROCCO With support from a local board of business leaders chaired by Moulay Hafid Elalamy, President of SAHAM Group, as well as grants from the USAID-MEC program and the Citi Foundation, Endeavor launched its 6th MENA affiliate, and first in the Maghreb region, in Casablanca, Morocco. Although there is a growing sense of excitement around entrepreneurship in Morocco and no shortage of talent, aspiring entrepreneurs have relatively few homegrown role models to emulate and also face limited access to mentoring opportunities and smart capital. Furthermore, with 49% of Morocco's youth population neither in school nor in the workforce, the country is in dire need of more and more valuable jobs. By capitalizing on Endeavor's strong regional network and 15+ years of proven success, Endeavor Morocco can unleash the power of entrepreneurship in Morocco. 45 DUBAI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES In June 2013, the United Arab Emirates became the location of Endeavor's 7th affiliate in the Middle East. As a leading regional business hub with a diverse population, the UAE offers an outstanding platform for high-impact entrepreneurs to achieve regional and global scale across a range of industries. Endeavor UAE also represents a deepening of the organization's presence across the Middle East and North Africa to address the challenge nd opportunity —a — of creating the tens of millions of jobs needed to realize the potential of young people who face limited prospects. Endeavor now has affiliates stretching across the region from Morocco to Turkey, providing a network as extensive as that of Endeavor in Latin America and offering unrivaled support for high-impact entrepreneurs.