When Ameni Mansouri, a Tunisian fashion enthusiast started a women-only Facebook Group for buying and selling clothes and accessories, two years ago, she had no idea that it would go on to become Dabchy, a web-based fashion marketplace used by 220,000 women across three countries in North Africa.
Co-founded by Ameni Mansouri, Oussama Mahjoub, and Ghazi Ketata, Dabchy is a Tunis-based fashion marketplace that connects buyers and sellers. The women-only marketplace helps sellers make money by selling new, self-made, pre-owned or unused clothes and accessories. So they can basically make money by selling something that’s probably just lying in their wardrobe and they don’t use it anymore for whatever reason. Buyers, on the other hand, get to buy these products at discounted rates. So it’s a win-win for both parties.
The startup has recently joined Flat6Labs Tunis’ first cycle and has received an equity investment of $44,700 from the accelerator. Since launching the platform in January 2016, Dabchy has expanded into Morocco & Algeria as well.
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