Bahrain is taking the lead in promoting entrepreneurship as a means to achieve global peace, prosperity and economic empowerment.

That’s according to an official with the UN Investment Development Organization (UNIDO) based in the country, which is this week hosting a forum on achieving sustainable development through entrepreneurship and innovation.

Hashim Hussein, head of UNIDO’s Investment, Technology and Promotion Office in Bahrain was speaking to reporters in the capital, Manama, during a press conference on Monday.

May Yaacoub was there and filed this report.

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