Category: HP LIFE
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Baking the best traditional pastries in Zaghouan
At 36 years old, Faiza Riahi has just launched her business for making ‘kaak warka’, a traditional pastry well known in Tunisian, particularly in Zaghouan where it is flavored with floral water from the region’s rose hips, also known as ‘Nesri’. “When I was 20, I had the chance to learn this profession, which over […]
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Sewing Success in Siliana
The region of Siliana is renowned for its natural and agricultural resources. Yet starting a business in this region, is not without its challenges. Ali Laabidi, a 27 year old graduate in Computer Sciences, is proving stereotypes wrong with the launch of his textile business, A.Lee. Located in Krib, a small town at the foot […]
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Success story: Bochra launches packaging business to supply Sidi Bouzid’s olive oil producers
It’s early in the morning and Bochra Nciri is busy operating the machines in her workshop. She carefully adjusts the settings on the machines, making sure the plastic bottles fulfil the customers’ needs. In March 2018, after analyzing the local business environment, Bochra decided to launch a plastic manufacturing company in her hometown of Sidi […]
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Success story: Mohamed turns his passion for furniture design into a business
Located in the city centre of Sidi Bouzid, Design El Mahdi offers a wide range of engraving services for carpenters and retailers from the region. Mohamed Naceur Gharbi, the business founder is busy working on his numerical control machine (CNC), finetuning the latest details for the design of a wooden front door, before overseeing its […]
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Success story: This educator is igniting the spirit of entrepreneurship with HP LIFE
Since 2012, Yazid Missaoui has been teaching in the IT department of the Higher Institute of Technological Studies (ISET) in Beja. Specialized in e-commerce, mobile development and information systems, he also works as a consultant in web development and information systems. Passionate about IT and entrepreneurship, the 33-year-old is very popular among the ISET’s students […]
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Success story: This self-confessed geek is spreading his passion for new technologies among youth
Houssem Eddin Benjemaa, a young entrepreneur from Gabes, recently founded Think-Tech, a training school focused on new technologies and electronics. A self-confessed geek, Houssem Eddin has been passionate about technology since he was a little boy. With a degree in Industrial IT from the University of Sciences in Gabes and a Master’s degree in Mechatronics, […]
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Success story: Zeineb launches the first digital agency in Gabes and already has already won clients from the Middle East
As we enter Zeineb Hadj Ali’s digital agency, we are warmly welcomed by a dynamic all-female team into a large, colorful office. Located in downtown Gabes, Barsha Technology is in a happening neighborhood and an attractive spot for advertisers looking for experts in digital communication. Zeineb, a young woman in her 30s, founded Barsha Technology […]
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Success story: Jamel is carving his share in Tataouine’s booming aluminium carpentry sector
In the center of Tataouine, in a well organized and spacious workshop, Jamel Echaybi is doing a final check on an order for aluminium windows and doors, before delivering and installing them at the customer’s home. “A few years ago, I didn’t image that I would be working in aluminium carpentry and would be leading […]