Year: 2024

Tunisia: Enhancing geological heritage at Beit El Hikma

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The Department of Islamic Studies of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts Beit al-Hikma has organized a workshop on June 27 on the theme of “Legislative obligations relating to heritage”. The workshop, coordinated by Department Director Hmida Enneifer and Professor Mohamed Bouhlel, focused on the first scientific session on the place of heritage issues in national legislation and international conventions. The second session looked in particular at geological heritage in Tunisia: “Geo-parks in Tunisia between legislation and international conventions”, using the Dhahar’ geo-park in south-eastern Tunisia as a…

Tunisia-Africa Business Council and Netherlands-African Business Council: Historic partnership to boost economic cooperation

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The Tunisia-Africa Business Council (TABC), represented by its President Mr. Anis Jaziri, and the Netherlands-African Business Council (NABC), represented by Mr. Mattijs Renden, Head of Business Development, signed a historic partnership agreement at the Dutch Embassy in Tunis on Wednesday June 26, 2024. Mrs Josephine Frantzen, Dutch Ambassador to Tunisia, honored the official ceremony with her presence. This strategic partnership aims to strengthen the Netherlands-Tunisia-Africa triangulation, by opening up new prospects for cooperation between Tunisian economic operators and their Dutch counterparts. The primary aim is to stimulate bilateral trade and…

Tunisia’s travel and tourism sector is expected to generate 23 billion dinars for national economy by 2024

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Travel and tourism in Tunisia is expected to inject a record TND 23 billion into the national economy in 2024, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Economic Impact Study. With adequate government support, the WTTC predicts that the sector’s annual contribution to GDP could reach more than TND 32 billion by 2034. The latest WTTC data shows that in terms of economic contribution, number of jobs and domestic visitor spending, the travel and tourism sector is set to surpass all previous records in 2024. “A 16%…

37th El Jem International Symphony Music Festival

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The programme for the 37th edition of the El Jem International Festival of Symphonic Music, to be held from July 13 to August 17, 2024 at the Roman amphitheatre in El Jem, near Mahdia, includes nine evenings. Performing at this year’s festival will be symphony orchestras and two jazz groups from Austria, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland and Tunisia, whose theme is “Les Nocturnes d’El Jem”, a tribute to the works of Chopin. The complete festival program was released on Friday, June 21, on the occasion of World Music Day, at…

24th Arab Radio and Television Festival unveils its line-up

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The Palestinian cause at center stage of this 2024 edition. The broad outlines of the 24th edition of the Arab Radio and Television Festival, scheduled for June 26-29, 2024 in Tunis, were unveiled on Thursday at a press conference held at the headquarters of the Arab Radio and Television Union (ASBU) in Tunis. The latest technological innovations in audiovisual production, the radio and TV program market, and seminars on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and war information are on the menu of this 24th edition, which is dedicated to support for Palestine.…

Third edition of the Korea-Tunisia-Africa Business Forum: Stressing Tunisia’s unique position as Centre for trilateral cooperation

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The third session of the Korea-Tunisia-Africa Business Forum was held on Thursday in Tunis with representatives of 12 Korean companies and several Tunisian and African companies. The forum is one of the parallel activities of the International Forum for Financing Investment and Trade in Africa (FITA 2024). Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Tunisia, Sun Nahm-kook, pointed out that Tunisia’s strategic location between Europe and Africa offers great opportunities for trilateral cooperation and helps Korean companies access these two continents’ markets. He said that Korean companies were selected unlike…

Indian film producer Sebin Sebastian: Tunisia is an ideal location for film shoots

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The Indian film producer Sebin Sebastian said that Tunisia is full of beautiful landscapes that make it an ideal location for film shoots. Sebastian is part of the delegation of the Indian Organisation of Economy and Trade (IOET) at the seventh edition of the International Forum for Financing Investment and Trade in Africa (FITA 2024), held in Tunis on June 11 and 12 at the initiative of the Tunisian-African Business Council. Sebastian said in a statement to TunisianMonitoronline on the sidelines of the parallel workshop “Tunisia and India: Sustainable Alliances”,…

Border crossing between Libya and Tunisia partially reopened after months of closure

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The Rasjedir border crossing, a vital land link between Libya and Tunisia, will partially reopen on Thursday after months of closure, the Libyan Interior Ministry said. The decision to reopen came after talks between the two countries’ interior ministers in Libya’s capital Tripoli. The complete reopening of the crossing is scheduled for June 20, the same source reported. Located 170 km west of Tripoli, the Rasjedir crossing was closed on March 19 following an attack by a “criminal group”. It is a key crossing point for travellers between the two…

21st TIF 2024 opens in Tunis

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The 21st Tunisia Investment Forum (TIF) started on Wednesday afternoon in Gammarth (a northern suburb of Tunis), with over 800 Tunisian and foreign investors representing some thirty countries participating, TAP reports. The two-day forum on “Tunisia, where sustainability rhymes with opportunity”, is organised by the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA Tunisia) in partnership with the European Union (EU). This edition will highlight the innovation and sustainable investment potential of the Tunisian economy. It will focus on four high-added-value sectors: automotive components, pharmaceuticals, renewable energies, start-ups and the diaspora. The 2024…

640 million people in COMESA,market with significant opportunities for Tunisians

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Tunisia will soon join COMESA’s real-time e-payment platform The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) offers great opportunities for cooperation and investment potential for Tunisian businessmen, said Teddy Yagambaram Soobramanien Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the COMESA Business Council (CBC), during a parallel workshop at the seventh edition of the international conference ‘Financing Investment and Trade in Africa / Fita 2024’. ‘COMESA is one of the largest regional economic blocs in Africa, which makes it a key gateway to trade development in the continent,’ Subramanian said during a…