Month: December 2024

Tunisia has secured a €78.8 million (approximately TND 261.2 million) donation from the German Development Bank (KfW) on behalf of the German Federal Government, TAP News Agency reports. The funding aims to support initiatives to enhance rural drinking water supply, promote renewable energy projects, and improve public financial management through better traceability, efficiency, and transparency. The agreements were formalized during a signing ceremony on Wednesday between Tunisia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration, and Tunisians Abroad, Mohamed Ali Nafti, and KfW Management Committee member Andrea Hauser. This initiative is part of the longstanding bilateral cooperation…

the Tunisian Confederation of Citizen Enterprises (CONECT) took part in the round table organized by ANIMA at the Sheraton-Tunis Hotel, focusing on public-private dialogue in favor of clusters and their projects in Tunisia. This event brought together leading public and private players to reflect together on concrete solutions for boosting economic clusters and reinforcing their contribution to the national economy. As the organization representing Tunisian businesses, CONECT plays a central role in this dialogue, defending the interests of the private sector and proposing concrete solutions to meet the challenges of…

The long-standing cooperation between IUCN and Tunisia’s government took another step forward on 19 December 2024, as Habib Abid, Minister of Environment, met with Maher Mahjoub, Director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN MED), to reinforce the partnership and set the stage for future initiatives targeting critical environmental priorities.  Since joining IUCN as a government member in 1996, the ministry has actively contributed to the implementation of IUCN programmes.  Several ongoing and upcoming projects were central to the discussions, among them, Mr. Mahjoub underscored the significance of future…

Tunisian date exports have witnessed a significant growth entailing a surge in revenues.Minister of Trade and Export Development, Samir Abid, who made the announcement reaffirmed the ministry’s commitment to addressing challenges in the sector. He emphasized the importance of the national promotion program to bolster the competitiveness of Tunisian dates in existing markets while tapping into new ones. During a coordination meeting on the national program for the promotion of the date sector, on December 17, the minister outlined plans for exploratory missions to promising markets, including Asian countries such…

Tunisia’s main aviation hub, Tunis-Carthage International Airport, is on track to reach a major milestone in passenger numbers, according to aviation officials. The Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority announced the expected achievement in an official statement. The statement was accompanied by photographs documenting the expected milestone. Amal Ben Milad, director of communications at the National Office of Civil Aviation and Airports, told Mosaique FM that the number of passengers is expected to exceed 7 million by the end of the year, which would mark a historic high for the…