Month: April 2025

The primary objective is to stimulate investment in key sectors for African development Petroafrica, an annual event that brings together oil and gas professionals from across Africa and the world, is held under the high patronage of the Presidency of the Tunisian Government, April 8-11, 2025. The 2025 edition of Petroafrica is part of the five international trade fairs called “Africa Big Five 2025” on the theme “The Road To Think Green” at the El Kram exhibition space in Tunis. Organized in partnership with the Tunisian Petroleum Activities Company (Etap)…

2000 participants and 150 lecturers from more than 60 African and Asian countries and funding institutions President of the Tunisian-African Business Council, Anis Jaziri, presented on Monday afternoon the details of the program of the eighth session of the Conference on “Financing Investment and Trade in Africa – FITA 2025” ”, to be hosted in Tunis on May 6 and 7 with the participation of 2000 businessmen and owners of institutions from 60 countries, the majority of which are mostly African, in addition to participants from India, Indonesia, South Korea,…

Algerian Abdelmadjid Tebboune met with Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group. The meeting focused on fostering cooperation between Algeria and IsDB Group. The high-level meeting was attended by Abdelkrim Bouzred, Minister of Finance and Chair of the IsDB Board of Governors for 2025. The talk turned on strategic cooperation between Algeria and the IsDB and ways to enhance it. Al Jasser expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to meet with President Tebboune and praised the strong relationship between Algeria and the IsDB. He commended the role…

New levies on imported olive oil from EU countries will lead to price increases and trade imbalances, experts predict. The Nobel Prize-winning trade economist Paul Krugman called the sweeping tariffs announced by President Donald J. Trump “the biggest trade shock in history.”  The tariffs include a 20 percent duty on imports from all European Union countries, including Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal. U.S.-based producers, importers, and European experts have predicted that the tariffs would make olive oil a lot more expensive, leading to a pullback in consumption in favor of cheaper, less healthy seed oils.…

Tunis will host the 15th edition of the Salon International de l’Agriculture Biologique et de l’Agroalimentaire, (Bio-Expo) from April 17 to 19, 2025. Organized by International Fairs and Exhibitions Tunisia (IFE-Tunisia) in partnership with the Direction Générale de l’Agriculture Biologique, the event will be held on the premises of the Union Tunisienne de l’Industrie, du Commerce et de l’Artisanat (UTICA), and will bring together over 100 exhibitors. The show aims to serve as a crossroads for the various players in the sector: producers, processors, distribution professionals and consumers alike. It…

China’s Asia-Potash International Investment (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd, which specializes in potassium mining and the development of modern agriculture, is planning a significant investment in Tunisia, the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) announced on Friday. At a meeting on Thursday with FIPA Managing Director Jalel Tebib, the vice-president of the Industrial Development Department, Yu Baolei, and the listed company’s mining development investment director, Humeng Fei, confirmed their intention to develop projects in Tunisia, notably in the phosphate sector in the Kef governorate. An industrial mining complex would also be built as…

The Tunisian Textile and Clothing Federation (FTTH) has announced on social media that it is accompanying a major European partner planning to set up a major industrial platform in Tunisia. FTTH’s announcement is part of its commitment to boosting the textile industry and enhancing the attractiveness of foreign investment. According to the federation, this partner is looking for an 8,000 to 15,000 m² covered industrial building between Sousse and Sfax (including Monastir and Mahdia), legally built and with all the necessary authorizations for industrial activity. TunisianMonitorOnline (NejiMed)