Year: 2022

The Technical Center for Packaging and Packing (Packtec) announced on Friday evening that no less than eleven Tunisian olive oil packers will participate in the International Food Products Exhibition “Gulfood”, which will be held from February 13 to 17, 2022. An event that will see the participation of 60,000 visitors and more than 2,500 local, regional and international exhibitors from over 185 countries. The objective of this participation is to strengthen the exports of Tunisian packaged olive oil to Dubai, which “represents today the essential platform of Asia, the Middle…

The 11th Steering Committee of the Swiss cooperation programme in Tunisia met on Friday February 4, 2022 at the Ministry of Economy and Planning in the presence of the Tunisian authorities and representatives of the Swiss cooperation in Tunisia. Representatives of the various organisations concerned took part in this meeting, which aimed to take stock of the past year and discuss the prospects for the implementation of the programme in 2022. “Switzerland continues to implement its 2021-2024 cooperation programme launched in April 2021, which provides for support of 25 million…

Minister of Tourism, Mohamed Moez Belhassein has given, on Wednesday, in Sbeïtla (governorate of Kasserine), the kick-off to the project “Visit Tunisia”, financed by the US government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with a global amount of 50 million dollars (the equivalent of nearly 144 million dinars), and this, in the presence of the American ambassador in Tunisia, Donald Bloom and several national, regional and local executives. This new project, which extends over a period of 5 years, will promote the revival of the Tunisian tourist…

Cruise ships are making a comeback in Tunisia after a two-year forced pause due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Tunisian tourism ministry said in a statement. The first cruise ship will dock at the port of La Goulette on March 23, the ministry added. 38 cruise ships are expected to arrive if the global and national health situation improves. The return of this tourism and its preparations were the focus of a working session co-ordinated by Minister of Tourism, Mohamed Moez Belhassine, attended by the President of the National…

Libya has granted authorisation to Ireland-based power producer AG Energy to build a 200-MW solar park in the Ghadames municipality in the northwest of the country, Renewables Now reports. The building permit was issued by Libya’s Privatisation and Investment Board (PIB) earlier in January and marks the first solar energy project in the African country that will be carried out by a private company. AG Energy is an independent power producer that develops energy projects in Africa with a focus on Libya, Algeria, Tunisia and Nigeria. At a meeting on…

Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Saied said a study by the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is underway to improve the measures of the exchange code. Speaking at a conference held by the Tunisia Africa Business Council (TABC) on Saturday, Saied emphasised the need to embark on the path of healthy growth, especially since all the traditional tools for recovery are no longer available today. Tunisia will review its foreign exchange law with a view to reforming it, as part of work by…