Day: October 2, 2018

First edition of Afric’Up opens works in Tunis

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Works of the 1st edition of Afric’Up: Start-up Africa Summit opened on Tuesday in Tunis, with attendance of some 80 African and international speakers (CEO, investors, mentors, experts, confirmed start-ups) as well as 112 African and international start-ups to expose their solutions and innovations on the sidelines of the event. Over 20 African countries and over 1,000 participants including 250 foreigners are taking part in this two-day event, with a view to promoting innovation, creativity and new digital economies. Organiser Skander Haddar said that “the event seeks to promote Tunisia…

Delegation of Saudi Royal Air Force arrives in Tunis

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A delegation of the Saudi Royal Air Force (RAF) arrived in Tunis on Monday to take part in the Saudi-Tunisian manoeuvres as part of the exchange of experiences between the two sides. The members of the delegation were seen in by the military attaché of Saudi Embassy to Tunisia, Brigadier General Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Sahyan who said that these exercises aim at sharing experiences with the Tunisian Air Force. The joint exercises, the first of their kind with Tunisian air forces, will last for two weeks and will lead to…

Salvini in Tunis: Economic aid in exchange for tougher border controls, but deadlock on repatriations

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Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has travelled to Tunis to meet with local authorities and talk about immigration. Salvini called the visit “fruitful,” although Rome did not obtain the increase in repatriations it had hoped for. Italian government officials were hoping to achieve an increase in the number of repatriated migrants – currently 80 per week – during a visit to Tunisia. Instead, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has so far only obtained Tunisia’s pledge to boost bilateral agreements with Italy. This includes a deal that Italy will provide economic…

Tunisia wins cous cous world championship

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Tunisia won the Cous Cous world championship, a competition between 10 countries organized during the Couscoust Fest in San Vito Lo Capo  in Sicily, Italy that ended on Sunday. The recipe presented by Nabil Barkous, who works at the restaurant Joia of chef Pietro Leemann, with the help of chefs Youssef Abdelli and Lamjed Hosni, was the most appreciated by the technical jury among those of the nine other competing nations: Angola, Ivory Coast,  Italy, Morocco, Senegal, Spain and the United States. The jury of experts, chaired by Fiammetta Fadda,…