Annual Global Child Nutrition Forum in Tunis

The 20th Annual Global Child Nutrition Forum was organised Sunday in Tunis by the Global Child Nutrition Foundation and the World Food Programme (WFP) Centre of Excellence against Hunger, in partnership with host countries. The five-day Forum aims to start an open dialogue and share experiences, best practices, and challenges as well as options for sustainable support for nutrition-based school feeding programs using local products. The Annual Global Child Nutrition Forum is held for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region where school feeding programs…

Startup system to take shape in first quarter of 2019

Minister of Communication Technology and Digital Economy Anouar Maarouf revealed at a plenary session of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) on Monday, that the startup system, namely the fund of funds and the portal of startups, will become concrete in the first quarter of 2019. He said that his department is striving to reach consensus for appointing a president to head the committee granting the label “startup” and guarantee the presence of the public and private sectors including 4 private experts and experts within this structure. Maarouf reminded that Tunisia…