Mashrou3i

Category: Enterpreneurship

Diversification: CREATEX turns a crisis into an opportunity

January 28, 2021

In 2011, Said Rouached took early retirement from his role as manager of Tunisia’s state-owned phosphates producer, Compagnie des Phosphates de Gafsa, to establish a family-run business located in Gafsa in south-west Tunisia. “We launched Createx just after the Revolution, a critical and very unstable period. However, we managed to negotiate a contract with a…

Local tourism, an opportunity to seize during the pandemic

August 3, 2020

Serial entrepreneur, Samira Ali has always been driven by the love of her island and its ancestral background. In July 2019, she launched in Dar El Makhzen, a neighbourhood famous for its troglodyte dwellings, “Houch Yamma”, a leisure centre for local and foreign family tourism. After obtaining a degree in international trade, she started her…

Hayfa Khalfaoui launches the first smart farm in Jendouba

June 24, 2020

After graduating  in computer engineer and working several years as a software developer and IT manager, Hayfa Khalfaoui decided to take an unusual turn in her career. While working for a dairy company client she discovered a passion for cattle breeding. The seed of her entrepreneurial project was sown and in 2017, the 28-year-old decided…

USAID Mashrou3i project launches remote training programme for entrepreneurs

June 11, 2020

Mashrou3i begins a series of 5-day online entrepreneurial training workshops targeting 400 aspiring entrepreneurs in fourteen interior regions of the country.  USAID’s Mashrou3i project promotes entrepreneurship and enterprise development in 14 interior regions of Tunisia. Through entrepreneurial training, business coaching and technical assistance the project aims to create 6,000 jobs by 2021. In order to…

Bringing excellence to education in Kairouan

March 5, 2020

In a brand new three-story building near the center of Kairouan, in one of the most populated areas of the city, Ihsen Sghaier launched Pythagore, a private high school for children in the region. “My school is a bit special. I created it just as I imagined, drawing on all the pros and removing the…