# Displaced by war, young Sudanese turn to entrepreneurship to survive

https://mins.news/en/item/80938

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-30 19:43 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/9/30/displaced-by-war-young-sudanese-turn-to-entrepeneurship-to-survive?traffic_source=rss

> War and exclusion from formal employment are pushing young Sudanese toward art, small businesses and entrepreneurship to rebuild their livelihoods. After fleeing Nyala and then Sennar, Yousra Hussein supported her family through home-based nail services and revived her women’s empowerment initiative in Kassala, but funding, training, bank guarantees, registration and taxes remain major barriers.