Tunisia – Smart handbag designed to remind women of forgotten items.

Location: Tunis, Tunisia

Language: Arabic

Duration: 00:04:49

Voice: Natural

Source: A24 Tunisia

Restriction: A24 subscribers

Date: 10/06/2022

Storyline:

A woman’s smart handbag designed by a talented Tunisian young man reminds women of forgotten items at the bottom of the bag.

Mahdi Soussi, a student at a sectoral training center in the leather and footwear sector, ranked second in the Euro-Mediterranean competition for his innovation that combined ancient leather craft and modern technology.

The new wallet includes a small screen that displays the name of the missing items and indicates when all items have been completed.

Mahdi told A24 News Agency’s reporter that he quit his job as a company manager and joined vocational training to become a designer.

Director of the Training Center in the Leather and Footwear Sector Fathi Al-Boghanmi said the leather sector should keep pace with development and the market.

Shot list:

Soundbite (Mahdi Soussi – designer of leather products):

“I quit my job as a company manager to join vocational training. I know the leather sector is a good opportunity to invest and make money. I developed my talent, learned a lot (from training) and became a designer. My innovative design ranked second in the competition.”

Soundbite (Mahdi Soussi – designer of leather products):

“Since we are in the age of technology, we tried to keep our products up with the modern technology.”

Soundbite (Fathi Al-Boghanmi – Director of the Training Center in the Leather and Footwear Sector):

“Modern technology is very common nowadays. Everybody uses smartphones and is computer literate. The leather sector should keep pace with development and the market.”

Soundbite (Fathi Al-Boghanmi – Director of the Training Center in the Leather and Footwear):

“We worked on the idea of a smart handbag that would help women not forget to bring important things. We reached out to the students of the Higher Institute of Technological Studies in Rades, and we worked together to develop the product and  make this bag.”

Soundbite (Fathi Al-Boghanmi – Director of the Training Center in the Leather and Footwear):

“Mahdi worked on a project to develop a handbag that would tell a woman if she forgot her keys, her phone, or other things. It combines technology and leather products.”

Soundbite (Mahdi Soussi – designer of leather products):

“The new idea has been well received by my friends and exhibition visitors because it helps people in their daily lives.”

Soundbite (Mahdi Soussi – designer of leather products):

“I aspire to have a global brand in the leather sector and I will work on it.”