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Essma Ben Hamida
Essma Ben Hamida (born 1951) is a Tunisian schoolteacher, journalist and entrepreneur. After opening and operating a branch of the Tunisian news agency Tunis Afrique Presse, TAP at the Headquarters of the United Nations, UN Headquarters in New York City, New York, she returned to Tunisia and together with her British husband, Michael Cracknell, founded Enda inter-arabe in 1990 on the basis of Enda Third World. As Enda Tamweel, it has since become a highly successful microfinance, microfinance institution for women, admitting men providing their wives act as guarantors. In 2010, Ben Hamida was honoured as "Outstanding Social Entrepreneur in the Middle East and North Africa" by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Schwab Foundation and the World Economic Forum. Biography Born in 1951 in Kairouan, Essma Ben Hamida studied history and geography at the University of Tunis. After graduating, she spent a year as a post-graduate at Paris-Est Créteil University where she studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essma Ben Hamida
Essma Ben Hamida (born 1951) is a Tunisian schoolteacher, journalist and entrepreneur. After opening and operating a branch of the Tunisian news agency Tunis Afrique Presse, TAP at the Headquarters of the United Nations, UN Headquarters in New York City, New York, she returned to Tunisia and together with her British husband, Michael Cracknell, founded Enda inter-arabe in 1990 on the basis of Enda Third World. As Enda Tamweel, it has since become a highly successful microfinance, microfinance institution for women, admitting men providing their wives act as guarantors. In 2010, Ben Hamida was honoured as "Outstanding Social Entrepreneur in the Middle East and North Africa" by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Schwab Foundation and the World Economic Forum. Biography Born in 1951 in Kairouan, Essma Ben Hamida studied history and geography at the University of Tunis. After graduating, she spent a year as a post-graduate at Paris-Est Créteil University where she studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
