Entrepreneurs bloom under the Marseille sun... 

The Yump Académie Story... Yump originated in Sweden in 2009. This catchy name, a combination of “young” and “jump”, is behind a dynamic and civic-minded project. Yump in fact is a free six-month training program intended to nurture high-potential entrepreneurs. This kind of fast-tracking scheme is the result of a venture started by Tomas Fellbom, Serge Malik and Alexander Keiller, who imported the concept first to the Ile de France region and now Marseille, with the help of Provence Promotion. Marseille, today home to France’s second Yump Académie, is full of innovative ideas just waiting to bloom. The first day of school for the new class of “Yumpers” was April 13, when they were welcomed by the new director of the Marseille branch, Habiba Addi. We take a look at a school that is unlike any other...