Tunisia joins states pushing to escape EU tax haven blacklist
Brussels accused of undermining own efforts to help nation fight terrorism Tunisia is seeking to persuade the EU to take it off a tax haven blacklist as countries around the...
business
2010 results found
Revival of the Tunisian banking sector will depend on aggressive...
S&P Global Ratings regards Tunisia’s banking sector as a weakness for its economy, and a significant source of contingent liabilities for the government, according to a report entitled, Ambitious Reform Is...
We Got Funded: Video Content Startup Buzzkito Raises US$1.7 Million...
Stirring up MENA’s video development scene, Morocco-born startup Buzzkito has raised US$1.7 million in a Series A round, from AfricInvest, a Tunisia-based private equity fund managing $1 billion assets and more than 140...
Tunisia raises fuel prices in push to reduce deficit
– Tunisia announced on Sunday the second increase in fuel prices in six months, raising the price of petrol by 2.85 percent as the government tries to rein in the...
Tunisia Sees Opportunity in Organic Production
Ninety-five percent of Tunisia’s olive groves are tended using traditional practices without the use of any pesticides. Tunisia’s olive oil industry is increasingly turning its focus to the development of...
Tunisia’s annual inflation reaches 6.3 % in November
Tunisia’s annual inflation rate reached 6.3 % in November from 5.8 % in October, according to data released by the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) on Thursday. The food price...
Tunisia working on issue of duties on Turkish goods
Tunisia is working to resolve the issue of duties on Turkish imports through developing exports from both countries, Tunisia’s minister of development, investment and international cooperation said on Thursday. “We...
African Development Bank supports Tunisia digital plan with new loans
The African Development Bank has signed two new loans for the government of Tunisia. The financing will support increased technical education and training and the National Strategy Tunisia Digital 2020....
Tunisian Tourism starts to show recovery: Foreign Tourist arrivals up...
The number of foreign tourists in Tunisia rose by 23%t in 2017 compared with the previous year, official data revealed. Tourism revenues were, on December 20, 2017, at 2,696.5 million...
The Sahara: a solar battery for Europe?
TuNur, a small company based in the UK, has applied to the Tunisian Government to begin construction of a 4.5GW concentrated solar power (CSP) project in the Sahara Desert. If...
