Commitments by the Government of Ghana

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250 micro, small & medium enterprises in the development of 4 value chains

The project will last for 6 years and its implementation will allow us to:

Create 9,700 direct/indirect jobs through the development of 4 value chains

Improve the employability of 10,000 young people, and enhance their connection to the job market whether in salaried jobs or independent self-employment, through the creation of 2,200 microenterprises and strengthen the capacities of the public and associated actors involved in the implementation of the project.

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HON. OLFA SOUKRI CHERIF

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, TUNISIA VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY NETWORK ON THE WORLD BANK AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

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A Tri ute to I o ati e Tu isia Youth E trepre eurs

In the battle of the ideas, Tunisia is climbing up the top-50 of the 2017 Bloomberg Innovation Index, which scores the economies and measures the impact of innovation by multiple factors such as research and development spending and the concentration of hightech public companies.

Innovation is a multi-dimensional phenomenon that constitutes a creative synthesis between the world of knowledge and technology and the vast expectations of society. The design phase is a magical moment where the vision of the project materializes into a concrete proposal - the fruit of the entrepreneur's sensitivity, imagination, and inspiration.

I would like to offer a tribute to young Tunisian entrepreneurs in the following areas: car manufactured, the internet of things, agriculture and energy.

An excellent example of this is Wallyscar, created in 2016 by two brothers Omar and Zied Guiga. It is the first car manufactured in Africa, and the first in the Arab world to be exported around the world. They draw on a regional ecosystem of automotive suppliers, and are now developing new models including an electric vehicle will be launched at the end of 2018.

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THE WALLYSCAR & ITS INVENTORS ZIED GUIGA & OMAR GUIGA

In 2017, EMNA BEN ALI 25 years, became the youngest winner of the Women Entrepreneurs Trophy of Tunisia for a project related to the internet of things. It involves industrial automation, the production of electronic cards and the centralization of public lighting via the internet. Her idea to apply the internet of things to public lighting is an innovation that reduces energy consumption, lowers the public lighting budget, and makes the task of maintenance workers considerably easier.