Launch Ceremony of Tunisia Drone Project financed by KOAFEC Trust Fund

Tunisia’s UAV pilot project for better management of agricultural sector projects   The Launching Ceremony of the Pilot Project on the Use of Drones in Agricultural Development Projects will be attended by Tunisia’s Minister of Development and International Cooperation and Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries. The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Vice Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City, and the Director General of the Regional Office of the African Development Bank for North Africa, will also participate in the event. The pilot project on the use of UAVs in…

Economist: Tunisia losses $ 800 million per year due to Libya crises

Jhinaoui emphasised that Libyans, not foreign powers, should be the ones to decide how the country moves forward. World Bank economist in the Sustainable Development Department, Abdullah Sy, said Tunisia is losing an estimated 800 million dollars a year as a result of the Libyan crisis and poor investment between the two countries. Sy stated in a study prepared by the World Bank regarding Tunisia and Libya that smuggling of petrol from Libya to Tunisia led to the loss of 500 million litres annually, equivalent to 17% in the budget…

Tunisia joins West Africa trade bloc, eyes export market

Tunisia eyes African markets to ship goods and services worth $4 billion by the end of 2020. Tunisia has joined the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui signing membership documents as part of the North African country’s efforts to extend its economic ties in Africa. Tunisia eyes African markets to ship goods and services worth $4 billion by the end of 2020, a bold goal for a country whose total exports stood at $14 billion in 2017. Malagasy Trade Minister Yvette Sylla,  whose country…

3,073 Tunisians head to Europe illegally

Some 3,073 Tunisians have made the perilous journey from to Italy across the Mediterranean Sea since the start of the year, an official at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) revealed this week. Head of the mission, Lorena Lando, said Tunisians made up the largest number of migrants traveling to Italy during this period. Ethiopians and Nigerians came in second and third place respectively. Tunisian youths are taking to the waters in search of a better life in Europe amid a rise in unemployment in the country and increased frustration…