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Tunisia has turned to artificial intelligence (AI) to chart its economic and social path for the next five years, marking a landmark shift in public policy planning. Mohamed El Kou, President of the Development Planning Commission, announced Wednesday that AI tools played a central role in drafting the national development plan for 2026–2030. The plan, unveiled by El Kou during a press briefing, outlines Tunisia’s core priorities: digital transformation, legislative reform, support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), regional equity, healthcare modernization, and the expansion of renewable energy. According to…

Credit goes to TAP Tunisia eyes to increase its forest cover from 12% to 16% of the country’s total land area in the coming years, Director of Forest Conservation at the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources, and Fisheries Sahbi Ben Dhiaf announced. In an interview at TAP’s TV studio, the official pointed out the resilience of Tunisian forests in the face of wildfires, noting their capacity for natural regeneration following fire damage. “Mediterranean forests,” he added, “are naturally capable of regenerating, provided that fires do not recur in the same areas.” In such…

Tunisia’s trade deficit widened by 24% in the first half of 2025, reaching $3.4 billion, official data showed on Friday, underscoring persistent economic pressures on the country. The National Institute of Statistics (INS) said that the increase was driven by a rise in imports which reached $14.36 billion, particularly of energy that rose by 13%, while exports remained stagnant. TunisianMonitorOnline (INS)

President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Tunisia (AMCHAM Tunisia), Marouane Ben Jemaa, said that Trump’s correspondence received by Tunisia had also been sent to 12 other countries, including Japan and South Korea. Speaking to Expresso on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, he pointed out that the United States had granted Tunisia a deadline running from July 8 to August 1, during which negotiations between the two parties are continuing, with the aim of reaching an agreement around a rate of 10%, as has been the case for some countries…

According to the Tunisian National Tourism Office, Tunisia welcomed 4.3 million tourists in the first half of 2025, marking an 11% increase on the same period last year. With tourism revenues surpassing 3 billion dinars (around US$1 billion), it’s evident that the country’s beaches and ancient ruins are once again generating significant revenue. ‘Tourism is now one of the sectors contributing most to the inflow of foreign currency into the national economy,’ said Mohamed Mehdi Haloui, head of the National Tourism Office, speaking to Mosaique FM. He described the 2025…

According to a bulletin issued on Saturday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), Tunisia’s inflation rate remained stable at 5.4% in June 2025, focusing on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The INS attributes this stability to an accelerated increase in prices in the ‘restaurants, cafés and hotels’ group (11% in June 2025 compared with 10.8% in May 2025) and a deceleration in the pace of food price rises (6.4% in June 2025 compared with 6.7% in May 2025). Core inflation, excluding food and energy, remained stable at 5.5%. Prices…