Tunisia: banking prices increase more than 9% in 2016

The Banking Services Price Index (BSPI) rose by 9.4% in 2016 compared to 2015, the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) announced on Friday. The CenBank has indicated that the majority of the BSPI basket consists of commissions relating to credit transfers, electronic banking, group bundles, account maintenance fees and remote banking. Therefore, any price change on any of these services significantly impacts the value of the BSPI.  On a year-to-year basis, BSPI increased by 6% in 2011, by 1.9% in 2012, by 5.8% in 2013, by 5.6% in 2014 and…

Actility launches LoRaWAN networks in Tunisia

Actility has worked with Get Wireless to develop a large-scale IoT communication network in Tunisia, based on LoRaWAN technology and powered by the ThingPark platform. Get Wireless is expecting to see its customers deploying IoT solutions in smart grid, for metering and managing energy demand and distribution capacity, in waste management, where the location capabilities of networks powered by the ThingPark platform will enable management and optimisation of waste collection routes in real time, and in e-health. “With the Tunisian IoT market now opened up for development by Mincom, the…

Scholarships Prepare New Leaders in Tunisia

The success of Tunisia’s new constitutional democracy depends on the involvement of young people. In 2016, 38 percent of the Tunisian population was under the age of 25. But young people have not yet begun to take an active part in their country’s development in this new era. How can we encourage them to do so? Youth unemployment in Tunisia is at 30 percent, reaching 55 percent in some regions, and 60 percent among youth with higher education degrees, according to the OECD. Meanwhile, Tunisian youth are reluctant to engage…

Arab Critics Awards Debut at Cannes Film Festival

n January 2017, the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) in Egypt announced it would launch the Critics Awards at the highly respected Cannes Film Festival. The proceedings, which took place this week, were the end-result of the deliberations of a 24-member strong jury process of film critics, representing 15 countries, nine of them Arab. This is the first time a pan-Arab award—and one exclusively for Arab cinema, no less—has been given-out at a platform this prestigious. To qualify, films had to debut at international film festivals outside the Arab world, be…

The First Ehealth Meetup in Tunisia

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the launch of the first eHealth Meetup in Tunis, in collaboration with MDI (Mediterranean Development Initiative). This first edition, which is open to professionals, students and young entrepreneurs is held on the 23rd of May 2017 in Tunis. The eHealth Meetup was initiated by Merck Accelerator Africa in April 2016 in Nairobi. After its successful launch in Johannesburg in November, Merck NWA is now bringing the eHealth Meetup to Tunis. While exploring the dialogue between technology and education, the Meetup will…