Year: 2018

The Tunisian economy grew 2.5 percent in the first quarter of 2018, compared to 1.9 percent in the same period a year ago, the investment minister said. The Tunisian economy grew 2.5 percent in the first quarter of 2018, compared to 1.9 percent in the same period a year ago, Investment Minister said on Tuesday in Tunis at a meeting with the press. Zied Laadhari said economic growth was energised  by strong growth in agriculture, which expanded by 11.9 percent in the first quarter this year up from 2.5 percent…

“The Tunisian monetary and financial community is convinced that the new Blockchain technology is a source of growth for Tunisia as well as for all Africa,” Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) Governor Marouane el Abbassi told reporters on Monday at the opening of the Africa Blockchain Summit, organised by BCT and EUROPLACE Paris, with the technical support of the Talan Group. The blockchain is a transparent and secure information storage and transmission technology that operates without a central control body. Marouane el Abbassi said that “the African continent is undeniably…

The Tunisian Ministry of Energy, Mines and Renewable Energies has launched two tenders, one for 500 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants and one for 500 MW of wind farms. The ministry on Friday published calls for pre-qualification applications. Bidders will later compete to carry out the projects on build, own, operate (BOO) basis. The solar tender is for five projects — 50 MWp in the governorate of Tozeur, 50 MWp in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid, 100 MWp in the governorate of Kairouan, 100 MWp in Gafsa governorate…

An advertising campaign to promote Tunisia as a tourist destination has been launched . The Tunisian National Tourist Office is using the tag line ‘It’s time for Tunisia’ in promotions which will run until the end of the year. Thomas Cook resumed flights to Tunisia from Birmingham, Manchester and Gatwick in February, added Glasgow in April and will add Stansted and Newcastle this month. Tui re-started flights earlier this month to Hammamet from Birmingham, Bristol, Gatwick and Manchester. The resumption of holiday flights came after the Foreign and Commonwealth Office…

The governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Siddiq Al-Kabir met with the Tunisian Central Bank governor Marwan Abbasi in Tunis. According to the CBL website, the meeting discussed cooperation between the two institutions and exchange of coordination and expertise, especially in the field of combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The CBL explained that the meeting is part of the ongoing coordination between the two banks, and it also reflects the interest of the supervisory monetary authority in the two countries to combat money laundering and…

The date export revenues for the current season (October 1, 2017-May 9, 2018) increased by  31% in value, reaching 597,887 million dinars (MD) against 458,045 MD during the same period in 2017. In volume, Tunisia exported about 101,000 tonnes of dates during the current season against 88,000 tonnes during the previous one, i.e. 15% increase, the Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries Ministry said Friday. This jump is due to the improvement of the export pace towards classic markets, such as Morocco (+27%), Spain (56%) and France (+10%) and the 97%…