Salmine Sassi

Tunisia

Salmine is a young African entrepreneur who aims to grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Tunisia and strives to create a change and an impact her society. She believes that life is a learning journey, so she is determined on making everyday counts; through making the slightest act of kindness, spreading positive energy and helping whenever she can. She fights for everything she believes in and she never stops until she achieves her goals. She is planning to become both an entrepreneur and an activist and excel in doing both.

“Option A is not available. So let’s kick the shit out of option B.” - Sheryl Sandberg

34

of the unemployed are young university graduates

100

is Tunisia's rank out of 189 countries in “Starting Business” and 160 in “Getting Credit”

92

of private sector jobs are created by microstartups

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She Starts acts as many things. It is an incubator which helps female entrepreneurs to build and launch their ventures, and a safe space to empower them to become the leaders they aspire to be. Our mission is to bring women with great ideas, help them build a network, provide them with the training, resources and opportunities needed and challenge them to think outside the cultural box. Our long-term goal is to remove the barriers to success that women-owned businesses face, thus transforming the global economy and driving economic success around the world.