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Walid Sultan Midani

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Walid Sultan Midani
Walid at the 2014
Born (1983-04-22) April 22, 1983 (age 42)
Alma materESPRIT
Occupation(s)CEO of Bravvo.io, and former CEO of DigitalMania and Yourun Ltd

Walid Sultan Midani (born April 22, 1983) is the co-founder and Co-CEO of Bravvo.io and the former CEO of DigitalMania Studio, the first video game development studio in Tunisia.[1]

Career

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Walid earned his computer engineering degree from the Private College of Engineering and Technology of Tunis (ESPRIT) in July 2008.[2] He began his career in the field of video games.

In 2004, he co-founded the startup Tunisia Games,[2] which organized the Electronic Sports Tunisian Cup from 2005 to 2009. He was on the organizational board of the Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) in Paris from 2005 to 2007 and in California in 2008.

In 2011, he launched Tunisia's first video game studio, DigitalMania,[3] where he serves as the CEO.

Walid co-founded the Tunisian accelerator Boost,[4][failed verification] and is co-director and co-founder of the Tunisian branch of the Founder Institute, the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Petre, Christine (16 February 2015). "Game developer determined to put Tunisia on the map". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b Bezad, Hanae. "Quand entreprendre devient un jeu". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  3. ^ Kottoor, Naveena (August 27, 2014). "Tunisia's first video games boss". BBC News.
  4. ^ "Agence de Communication en Tunisie : Wecom – Web – Mobile – Design en Tunisie".
  5. ^ "In Response to Huge Demand, Founder Institute Launches Newest Chapter in Tunisia". The Founder Institute.