Category: Enterpreneurship
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Preserving the ancestral olive culture of the Amazigh village of Sened
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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Mashrou3i Business Challenge crowns 3 students entrepreneurs from Tunisia’s ISETs
The 2nd edition of the virtual Business Challenge of Mashrou3i was held on November 10, 2021 crowning 3 students with the best project ideas from the ISETs of Siliana, Jendouba, and Kairouan. Organized by the project Mashrou3i, the Business Challenge rewards the best projects from among nearly 300 students who participated in the HP LIFE […]
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Diversification: CREATEX turns a crisis into an opportunity
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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Local tourism, an opportunity to seize during the pandemic
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 […]
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Hayfa Khalfaoui launches the first smart farm in Jendouba
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 […]
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USAID Mashrou3i project launches remote training programme for entrepreneurs
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 […]
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Fadi Zaghden develops technological solution to solve challenges at Medenine market place
Fadi Zaghden is currently in his second year at ISET Medenine, studying Business Administration. When the COVID-19 crisis hit Tunisia in March 2020, the government introduced a curfew and general lockdown. Courses at the university ground to a halt. When Fadi’s university professor, Ms. Amel Chaieb, asked if he would like to take part in […]
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TechnoSOLAIRE’s innovations help Kebili tackle the health crisis
The governorate of Kebili is one of Tunisia’s regions most affected by the coronavirus pandemic, registering 96 confirmed cases so far. The region has only only 20,600 inhabitants but 10% of the country’s cases. As a result, the Kebili Hospital has come under a lot of pressure to respond to the crisis and to provide […]
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Offering youth new opportunities with Nefta’s first vocational training sector
Safa Hachani is a young woman entrepreneur who is inspiring and motivating others in her region. In Nefta, she proves that the potential of southern Tunisia is also found elsewhere than in the promotion of natural products, by opening a vocational training school in Nefta. Safa’s journey over the past 10 years is strongly marked […]
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Bringing excellence to education in Kairouan
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 […]