Day: July 29, 2019

Hend Sabry to Become First Arab Woman to Judge at Venice Film Festival

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Tunisian actress Hend Sabry will join the jury panel of the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film at the 76th Venice Film Festival, which is due to take place in Rome from August 28 to September 7. This makes the award-winning actress the first female Arab filmmaker fill this post at the Venice Film Festival, the world’s oldest film festival. “I am proud to be one of the jury members of Venice Film Festival and I also feel proud that veteran directors Emir Kusurica and Antoinette Liowill be…

Kaoun startup boosts financial inclusion by helping Tunisians create free bank accounts

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Tunisian startup Kaoun is aiming to increase financial inclusion in Tunisia via its first product, a mobile and web app that allows users to create free bank accounts remotely. Formed in January 2018 when co-founders Nebras Jemel, Anis Kallel, and Rostom Bouazizi put their studies in the United States – at Harvard University, University of Rochester, and Columbia University respectively – on hold to come back to Tunisia and build a fin-tech startup, Kaoun is building a pipeline for financial inclusion, Disrupt Africa reports. The company’s first product is Flouci, an application that…