More and more French people of Algerian origin are leaving for the country of their elders to establish a business there and, sometimes, find a less “Islamophobic” climate.
We saw him enter a reception at the Élysée to question Emmanuel Macron. Or bring breakfast to Yacine Oualid, the Algerian Minister of Start-ups. Scrolling through his LinkedIn feed, we understand that Raibed Tahri is what we call a «influencer-entrepreneur». In other words, he documents his daily life as a business manager in the smallest detail like an Instagram influencer films her morning beauty routine.
At 39, after having succeeded in France in “foodtech” – he created with Fatiha, his wife, Pap and Pille, a company manufacturing miniaturized biscuits in the form of balls – this Frenchman born in Pontarlier (Doubs) chose to emigrate to Algeria to launch new projects. “One day, I asked my father, an 88-year-old Algerian, who sacrificed a lot for his children: how can I make you proud of me? He replied that he would have liked to create something in Algeria. While he had always gone to his home country as a tourist, in December 2023, he went there to meet entrepreneurs. Since then, the marketing strategy consultant has launched Creator Studio there, which offers recording studios in a building for content creators. He is working on a concept for a show – a Star Academy for entrepreneurs – and, in 48 hours, he raised more than 45 million dinars (around 300,000 euros).
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