Centre Financier aux Entrepreneurs (CFE) Tunisie, a Tunisian microfinance institution, plans to fund 5300 entrepreneurs up toTND40 million ($16.7 million) in 2018. The move is backed by an additional TND12 million...
The International Monetary Fund is holding a two-day regional conference from Monday in Morocco with a message of reform amid growing “frustration” among the population of some Arab states. “Rising...
In dual efforts to expand export opportunities and help local feed producers improve the quality of their products, the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) plans to utilize a grant provided by...
Tunisia is expected to be admitted to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) as its 20th member state in a COMESA summit to be held from April...
The Confederation of Tunisian Citizen Entrprises (CONECT) International presented its action plan for the year 2018 which focuses on two main axes, namely the development of export and investment, at its...
The flow of foreign investments jumped by 12.8% at the end of 2017, reaching 2244.4 million dinars (MD) shared out by means of 2128.2MD (+11.9%) in foreign direct investment (FDI)...
A worsening trade deficit has further eroded Tunisia’s foreign currency reserves, which are now worth just 89 days of imports, the lowest level in 15 years, central bank figures showed...
Tunisia has been removed from the European Union’s list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, announced the EU’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council (EcoFin) as it convened on Tuesday in Brussels. “Eight...
Tunisia faced great economic challenges in the post-Arab Spring era. Now, the country is ready to open up the foreign exchange market to retailers The Tunisian Revolution triggered the Arab...
« It would be a mistake if the economic reform process underway in the Middle East and North Africa were to be thrown into reverse,” said Jihad Azour, Director of the...
