Multiply Tunisia

Tunisia is the second most visited country in Africa, recording close to 9,000,000 entries in 2019.  Creating over 92,000 jobs, its tourism industry made up almost 10% of its GDP in 2022.  That number is expected to raise above 15% by 2025.  This is largely due to the wide offering of unique destinations.  Golden Mediterranean beaches meet the dunes of the Sahara dessert. Cultural excursions include everything from ancient roman sites to iconic Star Wars filming sets. Plenty of youtubers have trekked across Tunisia’s jagged countryside, tasted its food, and posted their stunning images.  With so much to see and do, it hard to believe that Tunisia  remains a largely ‘unknown’ destination for Americans.

There are projects that are addressing this issue.  The US alone is investing $50,000,000 into its Visit Tunisiacampaign.  This project is designed to bolster Tunisia’s tourism sector with a special interest in sustainable/eco and local operations.  Others are lending their hand as well.   The next few episodes of Multiply Tunisia will focus in on those who are contributing to, and being impacted by the ebbs and flows of tourism in Tunisia. As we tour around, we will keep our focus on English, its importance to the sector, and how Tunisians are using it to keep up with all those tourists. 

Tunisia gets 9 million visitors each year. Our new Season explores how vendors in Sidibou Said are using English to engage with all those tourists.

Just a few conversations with our friend Ahmad Farhat.

Ahmad Farhat brings a quiet, subtle presence to his songs. He masters both simple and complex at the same time. It was great to welcome Ahmad to The Station and see what kind of flavor he could bring to The Salt.

Adrian shares with us his vision for The Salt. We are working on our first few interviews and music sessions so stay tuned for our content to drop!

We’ve had so much fun creating content for ourI Speak Englishseries. We hope that you have enjoyed hearing perspectives about Tunisia, from unique Tunisian voices.As we bring this season to a close, we thought it would be cool to hear a bit more from one of the contributors who madeI Speak Englishpossible.Fladwel Rawinji was with us every step of the way, collecting videos,taking pictures and helping ensure that the content we produced was reflective of the creative environment of Tunisia.We invited Fladwel to The Station to get his observations on some of the topics that were addressed inI speak English.

Rawinji Studio

Pan Africa Voice

Multiply Tunisia‘s goal is to capture the entrepreneurial spirit of Tunisia by highlighting the influencers in its startup, social innovation and artistic communities.We are also interested in tracking the growing impact of English on these sectors and the effect this will have on Tunisian Culture.

Tunisia is seen as leader of tech development in North Africa.Spearheading this tech movement Elyes Manai, who was introduced to me as ‘the face of AI in Tunisia’.I invited him to The Station to hear his thoughts on the role that English would play in the digital development of Tunisia.

Elyes Manai

Building Communities

Multiply Tunisia‘s goal is to capture the entrepreneurial spirit of Tunisia by highlighting the influencers in its startup, social innovation and artistic communities.We are also interested in tracking the growing impact of English on these sectors the effects this will have on Tunisian Culture.

Multiply Tunisia is created, written and produced by XITALNTS in collaboration with….

This podcast was created with contributions by our good friends at Rawinji Studio. Have a story worth telling? Let Rawinji Studio help you share your story in a compelling way.

The startup scene in Tunisia is full of committed and talented individuals focused on making a positive impact in their country.With his help in creating El Space, Tunisia’s first social innovation Hub, Adnen Ben Haj Yahia positioned himself in the center of the startup community.I welcomed him to The Station to hear his thoughts on how social enterprise will affect Tunisia and the role that English will play as it continues to emerge.

Adnen Ben Haj Yahia

Social Innovation and Societal Equity

Multiply Tunisia‘s goal is to capture the entrepreneurial spirit of Tunisia by highlighting the influencers in its startup, social innovation and artistic communities.We are also interested in tracking the growing impact of English on these sectors the effects this will have on Tunisian Culture.

Multiply Tunisia is created, written and produced by XITALNTS in collaboration with….

This podcast was created with contributions by our good friends at Rawinji Studio. Have a story worth telling? Let Rawinji Studio help you share your story in a compelling way.

As I meet and interact with Tunisians I often feel a bit intimidated by their seemingly endless talent. Their ability leads them to engage with different layers of society in multiple languages at once.Mahmoud Ibrahim is a great example of a talented young Tunisia who uses English to engage with the colorful tapestry that is Tunisia.I met up with Mahmoud at the Station in Centerville, Tunis to talk with him about how English effects his work.

Mahmoud Ibrahim

Multi-Talented Public Figure

Multiply Tunisia‘s goal is to capture the entrepreneurial spirit of Tunisia by highlighting the influencers in its startup, social innovation and artistic communities.We are also interested in tracking the growing impact of English on these sectors the effects this will have on Tunisian Culture.

Multiply Tunisia is created, written and produced by XITALNTS in collaboration with….

This podcast was created with contributions by our good friends at Rawinji Studio. Have a story worth telling? Let Rawinji Studio help you share your story in a compelling way.