Algeria Struggles to Catch up with Neighbors on Islamic Finance
Battered by the oil price slump, the underdeveloped banking sector in Algeria sees new financing sources in Islamic finance to tap into the huge informal economy and catch up with...
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Development aid spending up by 9 percent in 2016, says...
Development aid from 29 of the world’s wealthiest countries hit $142.6 billion in 2016, a 9 percent increase from 2015. According to statistics published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation...
Tunisia’s public debt, budget deficit hit alarming levels
Tunisia’s budget deficit has widened to 5,452 million Tunisian dinars, or 6% of GDP (against 3.9%, provided for by the 2016 Finance Law), said the memo on the economy for...
Four Seasons to open new luxury hotel in Tunisia
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and the Mabrouk Group, Tunisia’s preeminent investment group, will be introducing a new luxury experience to Tunisia with the opening of Four Seasons Hotel Tunis...
Tunisia Issues USD50 Million International Bonds
The Committee of Finance, Planning and Development approved the Ministry of Finance request relating to a debenture loan to be issued by the Central Bank of Tunisia (CBT) worth USD500...
Tunisia:Retail trade bans thin plastic bags at checkouts / Still...
Since March 2017, thin plastic carrier bags have been banned at supermarket checkouts in Tunisia. This marks the beginning of the agreement negotiated in October 2016 by the Ministry of...
IMF “satisfied” with progress made in Tunisia
International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission Chief, Bjorn Rother voiced, satisfaction at the progress made in Tunisia and reiterated that his team is determined to further support the reforms launched by...
Tunisia: 84% of Tunisians satisfied with hotel services (Khaled Fakhfakh)
84% of Tunisians said they were satisfied with the hotel services in 2016, President of the Tunisian Federation of Hotels (FTH), Khaled Fakhfakh told Express FM on Thursday. “It is...
Lord Mayor of City of London: ” I fully support...
On the eve of a two-day visit to Tunisia (April 10-11), Lord Mayor of the City of London Andrew Parmley Sunday underlined the “importance we attach to strengthening the already-solid...
The European Union and International Financial Institutions support energy efficiency...
The European Commission and leading International Financial Institutions (IFIs) are on a joint mission in Tunis to agree policy priorities and sustainable investment solutions for energy efficiency. The joint mission...
