Tunisia to host 22nd edition of “FUTURALLIA” International Business Forum, November 14-16

Tunisia will play host for the first time to the 22nd edition of the “FUTURALLIA” International Business Forum, November 14-16. FUTURALLIA TUNISIA 2018, organised by CONECT International in partnership with the association Futurallia (Global Network of Business Partnerships), is dedicated to business leaders in search of international development and is based on the principle of pre-scheduled appointments. This edition will honour women leaders, through the Woman Manager of the Year Trophy, to promote women’s economic leadership in Tunisia and also to highlight the crucial contribution of these women leaders in…

Mauritius, Ghana and Tunisia Lead African Telecoms, Study Says

According to a recent release, BuddeComm has launched an exclusive Telecoms Maturity Index (TMI), designed to analyze the broadband, mobile and fixed Line markets of a country in addition to a range of economic parameters to rank it on a scale of 1 to 100 and compare it to its region. Now, the company’s Africa TMI is available and reveals the market leaders, the challengers and the developing ones.  The report says that Mauritius is the top-ranking country in Africa with a Telecoms Maturity Index score of 43, followed by…

Tunisian protesters block roads on Libyan trucks en route to Ras Ajdair border

Several Tunisian protesters in Ben Guerdene blocked the main road on export trucks heading to Libya in protest of “mistreatment toward them by some Ras Jdir border crossing personnel.” The protesters, who come from Ben Guerdene which depends on trade via Ras jdir with Libya, gathered on Ras jdir main road and in Al-Zekra area in east Ben Guerdene trying to prevent the Libyan trucks from going on the road to Libya, demanding Ras Ajdair top personnel to present guarantees for them. “Protests started Wednesday evening and ended late at night,…