Year: 2018

Tunisia takes part in Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg

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Tunisia is participating in the Africa Investment Forum (AIF)  held by the African Development Bank (AfDB) from November 7 to 9 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The African Development Bank’s innovative marketplace dedicated to advancing projects to bankable stages, raising capital, and accelerating the financial closure of deals. The Forum Brings together pension funds, sovereign wealth funds,  private investors, policymakers, private equity firms, and heads of government. The delegation was led by the Minister of Investment, Development and International Co-operation Zied Ladhari to present two projects on energy and water desalination. The…

Second Congress of CONECT on November 14

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The second Congress of the Confederation of Tunisian Citizen Enterprises (CONECT) will be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. The CONECT congress whose theme “Let’s Build … Together a Bridge to the Future,” will be marked by the election of the executive board made up of 25 members, said Tarek Cherif, president of CONECT. During a meeting with the press o Wednesday, CONET president indicated that 8 members were already elected by the outgoing board during the Saturday meeting. Some 516 delegates, representing regional offices and different sectors, will participate in…

“Dôme Ezzine” in Sodga, Siliana, a dwelling that embraces nature

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It was in Sodga, Siliana, on September 15, 2017, that the first ecological house was inaugurated. After few months of training, preparation and building, the Siliana Adventurers Association for development opened the first ecological dome in the northwest developed as part of the project “Ecotourism factor of rural development” funded by the French Fund for World Environment, the MAVA foundation in collaboration with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Amine Ezzine a 35-year old Tunisian young man native of the region of Sodga, contributed to this project…

Tunisian start-up eDonec takes part in Web Summit held in Lisbon

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Tunisian Start-up eDonec is participating in Lisbon, Portugal, in the Web Summit 2018, Europe’s biggest technology, entrepreneurship and innovation event held from November 5 to 8, 2018. Represented by its co-founder Nader Zouaoui in the Web Summit, eDonec is a Tunisian start-up that takes a special interest in the early education field in Tunisia, said its co-founder Zakaria Hatira. eDonec is attending the Web Summit in Lisbon to represent Tunisia and the Tunisian start-up sector, in Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace, he told TunisianMonitorOnline. The young start-upper and…

Tunisia soon ready to join ePing system

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Tunisia will soon ready to join the “ePing” system, an SPS & TBT notification alert system. It is developed by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in cooperation with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Trade Center (ITC). The subscribers are allowed to receive an email (SMS) alerts regarding SPS (sanitary and phytosanitary measures) and TBT (technical barriers to trade) notifications covering particular products and/or markets of interest to them. The “ePing SYSTEM was officially launched on 8 November 2016 at the WTO, by UN…

29th Carthage Film Days open in Tunis

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The 29th edition of the Carthage Film Days opened on Saturday night in the Culture city Opera, in a festive atmosphere. The ceremony of the Carthage Film Festival was organised for the first time in the Culture City, with attendance of Tunisian, Arab and African film stars, several political and media personalities in addition to representatives of diplomatic missions in Tunisia. This year, the one-week Carthage Film Festival presents more than 200 films from 47 countries in different categories, produced in 2017 and 2018, including 54 Arab films and 15…

Statement of Tahya Tounes Association after Habib Bourguiba Avenue’s terrorist attack

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After the last terrorist attack of Habib Bourguiba Avenue that aimed to undermine the security of Tunisia and its stability in an attempt to tarnish its image on the regional and international level, Tahya Tounes Association for the dissemination of democracy released a statement in which it strongly condemns all the attempts to undermine Tunisia’s security and shake its stability. The Tahya Tounes Association also voiced its support to the efforts exerted by the security and military officers for the sake of Tunisia’s security and immunity. In this statement, the Association calls…

ESEN Android club organizes digital event on the celebration of its 4th anniversary

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The Higher School of Digital Economy (ESEN) Android club organized on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, the first edition of “ابطال الديجتال” hosted by the Manouba Technopole in association with the Tunis private Université centrale with attendance of a large number of students from the Manouba campus and other universities in Tunis. The event was enhanced by the presence of imminent lecturers namely Mr Wissem Oueslati, Information Technology (It) and E-commerce expert, Mrs Abir Jlassi Sdiri international expert in digital marketing and trainer and  Mr Mohamed Hammami expert in digital marketing…

Tunisie Telecom official partner of National Centre of Cinema and Image

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  As part of its role of a responsible company as a leading player in the new technologies,  Tunisie Telecom inked on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, a partnership agreement with the National Centre of Cinema and Image  (CNCI).  The agreement signed by Tunisie Telecom CEO Mohamed  Fadhel  Kraiem and Chiraz Latiri Cherif, CNCI Director-General is a strong sign of the two Tunisian entities to work together for the development of the new cultural industries. In this connection, Mr Mohamed Fadhel Kraiem said: « Tunisie Telecom has always supported culture in Tunisia, today it…

Doing Business 2019: Tunisia jumps to 80th place of the ranking

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For the first time since 2010, Tunisia was ranked 80th of the world economy after having accelerated the reform pace of the business environment in 2017, according to the Doing Business 2019 report: Training for Reform of the world Bank. The implementation of four new reforms the previous year helped Tunisia moves up 8 spots to 80th in Doing Business 2019. In the Maghreb, Tunisia and Morocco facilitated the registration of companies. The results of this report showed that the economies of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region established…