Louagi: The Student Project Reinventing Tunisia’s Taxi Stations

Introduction

At Holberton School, final-year projects are more than an academic exercise they’re real solutions to real-world problems. Nour Kasmi, a second-year student at Holberton Tunisia, decided with his teammate Ahmed to tackle a challenge faced by thousands of Tunisians every day: the chaotic organization of louage stations (shared taxis connecting cities).

Their project, Louagi, is a cross-platform application designed to streamline station management while making it easier for passengers to book rides and for drivers to organize efficiently.

We sat down with Nour to learn more about his background, his project, and his experience at Holberton.

Interview with Nour Kasmi

Q: Nour, can you introduce yourself and explain your project Louagi?
Nour: My name is Nour Kasmi. I come from a real estate background, and I chose Holberton to make a career switch into IT. With my friend Ahmed, we developed Louagi: an application that organizes Tunisia’s shared taxi stations. It includes interfaces for passengers, drivers, and administrators allowing bookings, queue management, and better overall station organization.

Q: How did this idea come about?
Nour: I use these taxis a lot to travel between cities, and the stations are always chaotic. When our mentor asked us to find a useful project for our final assignment, I

Q: How did Holberton help you in this project?
Nour: Technically, Holberton gave me solid foundations in JavaScript, which allowed us to work with React and React Native. But what really made the difference were the soft skills: peer learning, self-learning, and teamwork. These helped us tackle a project that our mentors initially thought was too ambitious for the time we had.

Q: What lessons did you take away from this experience?
Nour: This project taught me that a developer is, above all, a problem solver. You don’t need to rush through knowledge you need to build strong fundamentals and know where to look for information. Holberton taught me how to learn on my own, and that’s invaluable.

Q: What are your future ambitions?
Nour: We’d love to take Louagi further, but it’s complicated due to administrative and bureaucratic hurdles in Tunisia. Still, this project confirmed my passion for creating tech solutions that address real social issues, and it gave me the confidence to work on large-scale projects in the future.

Nour’s journey is a perfect example of Holberton’s philosophy: training students to adapt, collaborate, and solve real-world problems from day one.