Amina Djebbar Connects Second-Hand Fashion Buyers and Sellers

By : Melchior Koba

Date : lundi, 01 juillet 2024 09:43

She enables Algerians to sell and buy fairly used fashion clothing and accessories online. For her solution, she has received several awards and recognitions.

Amina Djebbar is an Algerian entrepreneur and a graduate of the University of Algiers, where she earned a degree in Arabic-French-English translation in 2006. She is the founder of Vandista, an online second-hand fashion marketplace.

Launched in 2020, Vandista allows users to buy and sell second-hand fashion clothing and accessories. It offers fast and secure delivery through delivery partners and pickup points. Payments can be made by credit card, upon delivery, or using the balance from sales.

For every order, Vandista provides protection that allows for returns in case of defects or non-compliance. The startup has over 72 pickup points and offers more than 15,000 items for sale.

Before launching Vandista, Amina Djebbar founded Evens Factory Algérie in 2018, a company specializing in professional event management. Four years later, she created Women's Business Agency, another event management agency specializing in teambuilding events, renting and creating customized booths, and designing games and activities for trade shows and exhibitions.

After her studies, she worked as a commercial attaché at CFAO in Algeria starting in 2007, a company operating in the sectors of mobility, health, consumer goods, infrastructure, and energy in Africa. In 2009, she joined Emploitic.com, a recruitment platform, as a key account manager.

In 2017, she became responsible for talent acquisition and HR projects at Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS). Between 2021 and 2022, she worked as the marketing and sales director at the Center for Psychological Research and Application (CRAP).

Amina Djebbar has received several awards and distinctions. In 2023, her platform Vandista won the best mobile application award at the CTO Forum Algeria. She received the special Ooredoo prize as part of the national MACHROU3I competition dedicated to women entrepreneurs. In 2024, she won the first prize in the third edition of the Annual Women's Entrepreneur Challenge organized by the public startup accelerator Algeria Venture.

Melchior Koba

 

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