Tunisia – Tunisian engineer begins Coffee Bike project to address unemployment

Location: Tunis – Tunisia

Language: Arabic

Voice: Natural

Duration: 00:04:52

Source: A24

Restriction: A24 Clients

Dateline: 13-02-2022

Storyline

Ahmed, a young Tunisian, inspired a new project of mobile café on a bicycle by European countries after facing unemployment due to the pandemic.  

He said that the Coffee Bike project is a good way to earn a living and at the same time contribute to protecting the environment.

Ahmed, who used to work as an engineer in aircraft spare parts, is looking forward to expanding his project, opening several branches throughout Tunisia.

Shotlist

• (SOUNDBITE) Ahmed Saghiri – Engineer and owner of the mobile café:

“It is the first mobile café in Tunisia. I inspired it by European countries, and started it here in Tunisia.”

• (SOUNDBITE) Ahmed Saghiri – Engineer and owner of the mobile café:

“The idea of the mobile café is environmentally friendly. We preserve the environment and avoid more expenses. The coffee machine is manual and uses gas and it serves high-quality coffee that beats the machine and this is what impressed the customers.”

• (SOUNDBITE) Ahmed Saghiri – Engineer and owner of the mobile café:

“I worked for 6 years in industrial engineering for the aviation sector, but Covid created a crisis, of unemployment for about a year and a half. The idea of the project came to address unemployment. I looked for jobs in other companies but it was in vain, so I launched my own project. I don’t think of returning to jobs whether in the private or public sector, but I am thinking of developing my project so that it will become a series of Coffee Bike in all Tunisia.”

• (SOUNDBITE) Lubna Harifa – Customer:

“There are many cafes here, but I prefer this one. It is far from closed spaces.”

• (SOUNDBITE) Ali Harifa – Customer:

“I found this guy selling coffee, so I wanted to taste it, and I did not regret it. This is the first time I buy from him.”