North Africa This Week: Startup Events Glimpses [1st-7th October, 2018]
This past week saw the North African startup ecosystem play host to some events that can be thought to be aimed at furthering the growth of entrepreneurship and business in...
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Fuel spill feared as cargo ships collide off Corsica
Two cargo ships have collided off the island of Corsica, with authorities fearing a catastrophic oil spill in the idyllic Mediterranean region. CARGO ship rammed into another freight vessel near...
Germany denies it plans to fly migrants back to Italy
Germany on Sunday denied an Italian newspaper report that it planned to fly migrants back to Italy, after the allegation drew a threat from Italy’s Interior Minister to refuse landing...
Tunis Stock Exchange, a new member of the World Federation...
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has formalized the membership of the Tunis Stock Exchange as a full member, at its 58th Annual General Meeting held in Athens, on October 3rd, 2018....
Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad win Nobel Peace Prize for...
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and...
Tunisia ‘at a turning point’ stresses UN rights expert
An independent UN human rights expert welcomed on Thursday the progress made towards democratic reform in Tunisia, since the 2011 revolution, and emphasized the importance of protecting freedom of peaceful assembly and...
“Night of researchers” held in Tunisia in cooperation with EU
Tunisia celebrated scientific research, on September 28, 2018, through a major and original event, which was a result of a cooperation between Tunisia and the European Union. Two events were...
Tunisia’s innovative “Tfanen” project: Workers tell their stories on stage
Director Taher Alouane gathered over fifteen workers from factories in the industrial zone of Ben Arous for monitoring and integration by lending them a listening ear to their concerns, hopes...
Tunisia Officially Enforces Its Startup Act
The Tunisian Startup Act was implemented on Wednesday, and officially became law to be published in the official Gazette (JORT) of the Tunisian Republic. Minister of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy,...
Tunisia’s annual inflation rate falls in September to 7.4 pct
Tunisia’s annual inflation rate in September fell to 7.4 percent from 7.5 percent in August, a government official told Reuters on Wednesday. Tunisia’s inflation rate stabilised at 7.5 percent in...