More and more young entrepreneurs from Tunisia’s interior regions are realizing that you don’t have to be an expert or visionary leader to consider the circular economy as an economic lever, or even a pillar of sustainable and inclusive development. Aware that the circular economy can help break away from the prevailing simplistic logic: extract…

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El Guettar is a historical town in Gafsa. Located near a green oasis and mountain, the area is known for its pistachio trees and wild plants. Gleiya Sediki holds a degree in Geography and is president of the cooperative “Gouvern’elles”. The young entrepreneur is proud of her region with its thousand-year-old past and the healing…

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Expert in modeling and design of handicrafts, Ali Khadher has developed a passion for the craft of pottery very young. At 43-year-old, he finally turned his passion into a business, hoping to see the pottery reborn and developed again from his region. In 2012, in the lack of a legal framework for collective craft companies,…

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Graduated in IT development, it is above all the love for his native land that has guided Bassem Sendi towards his entrepreneurial path. In 2015, he founded the group of farmers of the organic olive sector of Sened in the governorate of Gafsa. Bassem Sendi has several strings to his bow. He is an expert…

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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…

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Despite its phosphate mining sector, many young graduates struggle to find employment in the region of Gafsa. Aware of this challenge, Hassan Souie decided early on in his studies that he wanted to launch his own business. With support from the Mashrou3i project, the 26-year-old entrepreneur has established an electrical services company which provides electrical…

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The region of Gafsa is renowned for its phosphate-rich land and mining sector. However, a new generation of entrepreneurs, like Jamel Ounis, are diversifying the business landscape, highlighting the numerous investment opportunities the region offers. Jamel is the founder of OXANSSE Gobelets, a paper cup manufacturing business. After studying   automation and industrial maintenance he got…

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When Bilel Azaza was 30 years old he launched El Baraka, a pistachio and almond plantation in the grasslands of the Gafsa region. Bilel got the idea for his business a few years ago after speaking with a friend who had given up his job to start his own agribusiness. After doing some research and…

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Hédia Gouassmya has always loved children and dreamed that one day she would help to improve their education. Now, alongside her role as a mother, 29-year-old Hédia runs a kindergarten in Gafsa where she employs an administrative manager and 8 childcare workers. “I put all my effort into making this project a reality,” said Hédia.…

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