Tunisian Meher Khélifi founded Ahmini, a start-up facilitating the affiliation of rural women to the social and health insurance system. His solution, which has received recognition from the World Bank, has already offered social coverage to 15,000 female agricultural workers.
In Tunisia, a large number of rural women working in the agricultural sector do not benefit from social insurance. This is explained by the lack of information within the working class, on social security services and the means to benefit from them, according to the local body in charge of social coverage.
To raise their awareness, the entrepreneur Meher Khélifi founded Ahmini, a start-up offering a platform that facilitates their affiliation to the social and health coverage system. Ahmini also allows you to pay contributions remotely.
The platform offers, among other services, access to coverage against work accidents, medical coverage and retirement pensions. It also facilitates the procedures relating to the insurance of women in rural areas with the National Social Security Fund (CNSS).
Created with the support of the State and the operator Tunisie Telecom, Ahmini aims to reach 500,000 rural women and agricultural workers. To date, 15,000 people have benefited from this program. According to Meher Khélifi, Ahmini has drawn the attention of several other African countries, which have shown their willingness to adopt this model.
The start-up founded in 2019 has already obtained several distinctions, as well as the support of the World Bank and a bonus from Harvard University. On November 9, Ahmini won one of the international awards in the POESAM competition, organized by Orange to support innovative projects on social entrepreneurship in Africa and the Middle East.
