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Fatma Rekik (فاطمة الرقيق), is a young Tunisian entrepreneur, managing a group of companies, selected as one of the 100 Young Leaders in Africa in 2019,2020 and 2021.

Biography
Fatma Rekik is born on 24 September 1981, in Tunis, and raised in a family committed to entrepreneurship and public affairs.

Her mother, Salma Elloumi Rekik, is a businesswoman and a politician, who held high official positions at the Presidency of the Republic and within the Tunisian Government.

Her father, Raouf Rekik, is a Professor of Ophthalmology, world-renowned retina specialist, holding 5 patents recognised in the United States, Europe, China, Japan and South Africa for pharmaceutical products for the treatment of ocular diseases.

Fatma Rekik successfully completed her university studies at Université Paris 9 Dauphine, obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in Entrepreneurship, followed by a Research Masters in General Organisation Policies.

Career
In 2005, she joined the family business, Group Elloumi, 1st industrial and exporter group in Tunisia, founded in 1946 by her grand-father, Taoufik Elloumi.

In 2005, Fatma Rekik joined the group and held several management positions within the cable and agri-food activity. She climbed the ladder over the following years thanks to her engagement in product and market development. In 2018, she took the lead of the agri-food activity of the Group of Stifen companies and was appointed Chief Executive Officer, becoming the youngest manager in the Group.

Under her leadership, Stifen witnessed considerable positive developments and a strong recognition for the quality of its products. The company made tremendous investments in the implementation and maintenance of food safety and health standards, Food Safety Standards. Product quality is the Number 1 priority, and consumers in fact recognise this as they awarded the La Fruitière jams the international label "Product of the Year" 2018.

Fatma Rekik is also engaged in supporting sustainable development and social economy with the implementation, in the community around the Group Stifen, of a solidarity initiative with a network of farmers who receive training, technical assistance and support to develop their activities and their products.