Tag: Success Stories
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Success story: Abdelmagid found a profitable niche with his plastic pipeline manufacturing company
Abdelmagid Rakkaz has just moved his plastic pipe business, Plasta, into a workshop outside the city of Tataouine. He proudly unrolls the new stock of plastic piping and carefully prepares the winding of the pipes, the centering and finally the labelling before delivering the order to one of his first customers. Abdelmagid enthusiastically reflects on […]
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Success story: Abdelbaki’s Tunisian sun-dried tomatoes are taking the world by storm
In a rural village in Oued Meliz, in the region of Jendouba, there are tomato fields as far as the eye can see. Around a hundred women have been busy since dawn, delicately removing the tomatoes from their plants and will continue working hard until the sun reaches its zenith. At the factory on the […]
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Success Story: Olfa is winning customers in Qatar with her natural cosmetics
On the outskirts of Kairouan, where cattle farms and olive groves pepper the landscape, Olfa is busy addressing a box filled with her soap and cosmetic products to be shipped to Qatar. A few years ago, the world of cosmetics was only a dream for her. So, when she got the chance to export her […]
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Success story: Atef’s furniture fuses Kairouan tradition with innovation
As he shelters from the blazing sun in his workshop, Atef Sameur is absorbed in the design of his latest commission: decorative wooden furniture for a living room. Meanwhile, across the city of Kairouan, two of the young designer’s three employees are busy installing a new kitchen in a client’s apartment. While speaking with Atef, […]
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Success story: Ezzedine turned his welding skills into a business that meets the needs of Tunisia’s agripreneurs
It’s early in the morning and the sound of metal banging and clunking can be heard coming from Ezzeddine Guellaoui’s workshop in El Mansoura, an industrial area near the city center of Kairouan. Ezzeddine is busy welding the final parts of a wrought iron door and his two employees are making the finishing touches to […]
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Success story: Yathreb designs ambitious buildings in a region known more for agriculture than architecture
Exciting new buildings are being designed at One Line Architecture Studio in Jendouba. The architecture office, founded by Yathreb Fardhi, is currently working on a broad range of projects for the Tunisian government and a local property developer. Before confidently launching her own business, Yathreb did a two-year apprenticeship in an architecture office in Tunis […]
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Mashrou3i Project helps create 123 Jobs in Kef Region
Last weekend, the Mashrou3i project helped to create 123 jobs in the region of Kef through the launch of two companies: – “Prestige Haute Couture”, a textile manufacturing company based in Tajerouine (Menzel Salem) in the governorate of Kef. The company was inaugurated on Saturday, June 23 in the presence of several official representatives such as […]
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Success story: Houssem launches Pro Kwizine, a firm that manufactures modular kitchens and furniture
In 2017, Houssem Bahrini launched PRO KWIZINE, a flat-pack furniture manufacturing company, that has created 3 permanent jobs in his native village of Slouguya. After graduating as a senior technician in industrial maintenance, Houssem did not imagine that one day he would become an entrepreneur. However, while working as a trainer in a training center, […]
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Success Story: Rym is inspiring the community of Sidi Bouzid with her digital billboard
Rym’s digital billboard and advertising agency is inspiring the community of Sidi Bouzid and has already made her a business success story in the region. However, it hasn’t been all plain sailing for the 33-year-old. After obtaining a degree in physical sciences in 2009 in Monastir, Rym didn’t want to return to Sidi Bouzid and […]
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Success Story: Lotfi’s company, Top Cuisine, gains Italian Credit Line financing thanks to Mashrou3i
With nearly 30 years’ experience, Lotfi Memni is the proud founder of Top Cuisine, a kitchen and storage manufacturer that employs 18 people in the region of Kairouan. Today, like many successful entrepreneurs in Tunisia, Lotfi benefits from the support of Mashrou3i, which has already helped him access finance and expand the business. “Since my […]