Saliha is from Tajerouine, a city in the region of Kef with a population of 20,000. At only 29 years old, her strong personality and her passion for agribusiness led her to the promotion of prickly pears. “The idea came to me during my second year in agricultural engineering at ESAK (Ecole Supérieure d’Agriculture du…

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Dates are an important typical product of Tunisia, popular across the globe for their health benefits and delicious caramel flavor. For 27-year-old Nada, they are also the main ingredient of her innovative business NADA DATTES, which already provides employment to 34 people in her community. Nada fondly remembers her childhood, helping her uncle, a subcontractor…

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Entering professional life for Slim Essid has not been easy. After graduating from high school in Economics and Management in 2003, he started studying at the Rades Institute for Higher Technological Studies (ISET) which he gave up to become a seller of handicrafts in the city of Medenine. In 2007, he embarked on other professional…

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The story of Asma Gharbi and her business ECOBOIS in Kairouan, Tunisia, begins with a challenge. “Despite a master’s degree in Banking and Financial Economics acquired in 2005, as well as a professional master in Business Creation in 2009, I could not find a job in Kairouan that suited my professional qualifications and my status…

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