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Wided Bouchamaoui

Tunisian businesswoman

Wided Bouchamaoui

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Born (age&#;63&#;64)
NationalityTunisian
OccupationBusinesswoman
ParentHédi Bouchamaoui
RelativesTarek Bouchamaoui (brother)

Wided Bouchamaoui, also transcribed Ouided Bouchamaoui, (Arabic: وداد بوشماوي; born ) is a Tunisian businesswoman who since has been leader of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA).

As leader of the organization she took from part in Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet which led the latter organization to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.[1] The French news magazine Jeune Afrique has identified her as one of the Top 25 Business Women in Africa.[2] In she won the Oslo Business for Peace Award for her work in UTICA.

Oral history interview with Wided Bouchamaoui, 2016

Career

Bouchamaoui was born into a wealthy business family. Her grandfather, Ahmed, started a civil engineering company. Her father took over part of the firm and made i