After a regional tour for nearly a year with young start-ups, the organizing team of Unleash Tunisia Venture Bus crowned the most innovative and promising entrepreneurs on Friday October, 6th. Among them was Abbess Ksiksi, founder of 3DPROTOSKI, one of the first 3D printers in Tunisia, and a beneficiary of the Mashrou3i program. After graduating…

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Despite not having the chance to finish high school, Ibticem Boujezza is a very ambitious 32-year-old woman who has been active in civil society for many years. Through her involvement in women’s rights associations, she learned to assert herself and developed skills in handicraft, marketing, hairdressing and beauty. Today, Ibticem is proud to have launched…

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Yamina Ferchichi’s love for art and decoration began very early in life. But it was not until later, at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis, that she specialized in weaving, and truly discovered her passion. In 2011, with revolution affecting Tunisia, Ferchichi decided to leave her master’s degree program and to return to Kef, her hometown. There, she began planning…

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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Italian Development Cooperation and the HP Foundation today launched the second phase of UNIDO’s youth employment project branded “Mashrou3i” (“My project” in Arabic), which aims to create more than 6,000 jobs for young people in Tunisia in the next five…

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