Tag: Textile
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A creative storytelling to launch her textile brand
“Never underestimate the power of a woman with a sewing machine.” This is the motto of Hajer Hammami, a young entrepreneur from the region of Siliana, who founded Tomatem Confection – a textile manufacturing business that employs 30 women. “In every story there is a beginning and, above all, a challenge,” says Hajer. “Mine was […]
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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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Rawdha turned hardship into opportunities with the launch of her textile company in March 2020
Right in the middle of a pandemic, Rawdha Toumi was deep into the launch of her new export-oriented clothing company in the industrial zone of Menzel Bouzaiane, an underdeveloped town in Sidi Bouzid. A young entrepreneur from the region, Rawdha is also a woman with a strong personality who braved five years of various administrative […]
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Success story: Fatma turns a hobby into a thriving textile business
There is a steady hum of sewing machines at Fatma Hassine’s textile company in Makthar, in the region of Siliana. School starts in two weeks and her 13 employees are busy adding the finishing touches to an order. Fatma is closely inspecting the hems on some school wear, making sure the clothes are perfect right […]
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Success story: Baya creates “Haute Couture Lella Baya” in Zaghouan
Baya’s childhood was filled with dreams of fairy tales and princess dresses, that soon evolved into a passion for fashion design. Now she has launched “Haute Couture Lella Baya”, a shop for clothing and accessories in El Fahs in the governorate of Zaghouan. Bays’s story starts far from Zaghouan though. Born in 1988 in France, […]
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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 […]