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Arab Coordination Group (ACG) pledges US$10 billion by 2030 to combat desertification and land degradation

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The Arab Coordination Group (ACG), a strategic alliance of ten leading development finance institutions, announced a landmark commitment of up to US$10 billion by 2030 to address the critical challenges of land degradation, desertification and drought. The announcement was made during the Ministerial Dialogue on Finance: “Unlocking public and private finance for land restoration and drought resilience”, at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), hosted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This transformative commitment, made as part of a…

Minister of Culture Arrives in Sharm El-Sheikh to Inaugurate 9th SITFY

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Minister of Culture, Dr. Ahmed Fouad Hanno has just arrived in Sharm El-Sheikh, South Sinai Governorate, to inaugurate the ninth edition at Sharm El-Sheikh Cultural Palace. The festival management, represented in director Mazen El-Gharabawy, received the Minister. During a previous meeting, Dr. Hanno confirmed the Ministry’s support of the festival, which is dedicated to youth, achieves their artistic ambitions, and fosters cultural communication between generations of experts, pioneers, and youth. SITFY is scheduled to take place between (15-20) November. The ninth edition is held under the chairmanship of director Mazen…

Baghdad to host it in mid-April 2025 Fourth Arab Media Conference on climate change and how to combat it

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The Iraqi capital Baghdad will host in mid-April the fourth session of the Arab Media Conference, organised by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) in collaboration with the Iraqi Media Network (IMN). To shed more light on this conference, which will be held from April 15 to 17, 2025, under the theme of the role of media in confronting climate change, and is expected to be attended by about 200 media professionals from the Arab world as well as the Iraqi press, the headquarters of the Arab States Broadcasting Union…

SIAT-2024/PAMPAT: Tunisian local produce, genuine drivers of local and national economic development

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Photo credit AbdelMajid Thabet On the sidelines of the 15th edition of the International Agricultural Investment and Technology Exhibition (SIAT 2024), a press conference was held on October 31, 2024 at the Kram Exhibition Centre to present the first National Strategy for the Valorisation and Promotion of Local Produce, by the Directorate General of Agricultural Production at the Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries (DGPA) and the Agricultural Investment Promotion Agency (APIA), with the support of the PAMPAT project implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and…

Cairo International Film Festival in Collaboration with “El Warsha” Organizes Acting Workshop with Marwa Gabriel

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The Cairo International Film Festival is organizing a special acting workshop in collaboration with “El Warsha” Foundation as part of the 45th edition of the festival, which runs from November 13 to 22. The four-day workshop will be led by renowned actress and acting coach Marwa Gabriel and aims to support and develop the skills of emerging actors. The workshop provides a unique opportunity for participants to hone their acting abilities through interactive, hands-on sessions. Applicants must be at least 21 years old and have a professional background in acting.…

FIPA and TIA listen to investors to boost Tunisia’s textile sector

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Credit goes to entreprises-magazine The Foreign Investment Agencye (FIPA-Tunisia) and the Tunisian Investment Authority (TIA) took part, from October 17 to 19, 2024, in the 6th edition of Intertex Tunisia, the largest North African trade show dedicated to the textile industry.This joint presence of the two organizations is part of an approach aimed at strengthening dialogue with potential investors and providing them with relevant information to support their projects, underlines FIPA.Organized at the Foire Internationale de Sousse, the event brought together some 250 companies from 19 countries. The Tunisian textile…

Draw results for Jasmin Open Monastir 2024 announced

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The Palais du Ribat in Monastir hosted the draw for the third edition of the Jasmin Open Monastir, which kicks off on Saturday September 7 and runs until September 15 on the courts of a hotel in the city. The tournament, ranked in the WTA 250 category, offers a total prize money of $250,000. In her opening speech, Salma Mouelhi, President of the Tunisian Tennis Federation, emphasized that the Jasmin Open has rapidly become one of the world’s most renowned tournaments on the women’s tennis circuit. In her opinion, the…

10 entrepreneurs in sustainable tourism receive awards as part of “Grow Together” program

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Ten entrepreneurs on Monday received prizes ranging from €4,000 to €8,000, or an overall amount of €52,000, as part of the contest of the entrepreneurial programme dedicated to businesses, startups and associations active in sustainable tourism “Grow Together”, The competition is part of the accompaniment component of the “Grow Together” programme, supported by the project “Promotion of Sustainable Tourism in Tunisia,” project manager Hela Ben Yahmed said at a workshop on “Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Tourism” held in Tunis. This is a joint action of the European Union under its “Tounes…

Tunisian Insurtech Startup Avidea Raises $696k in Pre-Series A round

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The Tunisian startup AVIDEA, announced that it has completed a Pre-Series A round of 2 million dinars led by one of the main private equity investors in Tunisia, Capsa Capital Partners, and the specialized investment fund 216 CAPITAL FUND I managed by the management company 216 CAPITAL VENTURES, ffnews reports. This funding round will be allocated to strengthen the AVIDEA team with new talent, develop the functional scope of its products and search for new markets. The products currently offered by AVIDEA, namely DigiClaim and DigiFraud, respectively for the digitalization of the automobile disaster…

Global Olive Oil Imports down

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Global virgin olive oils and non-virgin olive oils imports have significantly fallen during the 2020/21 crop year, according to the data reported by the International Olive Council (IOC). Between October 2020 and August 2021, total olive oil imports reached 813,476 tons, representing an eight-per cent drop compared with the previous season. Virgin olive oils constituted 76 per cent of all imports, followed by non-virgin olive oils with 19 per cent and olive pomace oils at six per cent The 2020/21 crop year was heavily affected by the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on olive oil commercialization,…