Category: business

– This grant is intended to support “Tunisia in stabilising its macroeconomic situation and in its efforts to improve the management of public finances and the business climate”. The European Commission has announced that the European Union (EU) has disbursed €150 million in financial support to Tunisia. This is what emerges from a press release published by the European Commission, explaining that “the disbursement of this financial support in the form of a grant forms part of the programme of support for Tunisia’s macro-economic reforms (PARME), agreed by the EU…

Connect’Innov supports businesses in Tunisia by promoting entrepreneurship and technological innovation in the healthcare sector. It offers a range of services from pre-incubation to business acceleration. Connect’Innov is a Tunisian support institution dedicated to identifying, supporting and promoting innovation in the field of health technologies, in particular e-health, medtechs and biotechnologies. It was founded in 2020 by biochemist Wafa Bchir and accountant Hichem Radoine. It offers pre-incubation and outreach services with ongoing training for entrepreneurs and researchers. It also creates start-ups and supports innovative projects, offering incubation and acceleration programmes…

The German Development Bank financed the project by granting a loan of around 55 million euros, in addition to contributions from the Energy Transition Fund and the National Energy Control Agency Around 6.500 educational institutions and schools in Tunisia will be powered by solar energy. Last Friday, March 1 was inaugurated at the Hannibal Institute in Tebourba, in the northern province of Manouba, the program includes a solar station for the self-production of electricity with a capacity of 28 kilowatts, on a total of 55 buildings. The German Development Bank…

The 7th summit of the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries (FPEG) opened in Algiers on Saturday, aimed at safeguarding the interests of gas producers and consumers, according to Xinhua. In his opening speech, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune stressed the crucial role of the forum in meeting contemporary challenges, advancing sustainable development and responding to growing global demand for energy. Tebboune reaffirmed the Forum’s commitment to supporting long-term contracts, fair pricing mechanisms and substantial investment in the gas sector. Senior officials and industry leaders from Qatar, Iraq, Mauritania, Tunisia, Iran, Senegal,…

The eco-construction and innovation trade fair which has just come to a close, on Thursday 29 February 2024, in Tunis at the headquarters of the Tunisian Union of Industry, Commerce and Handicrafts (UTICA), on the theme of “Ecological Transition: Opportunities for Building and Public Works, Opportunities for Tunisia” with the participation of nearly 35 exhibitors and professionals including architects, engineers, builders, property developers, craftsmen and industrialists. The show offered “innovative and practical eco-construction and eco-management solutions for buildings and housing”, and gave visitors the opportunity to find out about the…

A Next Italy-Tunisia programme, in collaboration with the national authorities of the two countries and the financial support of the European Union, announces the launch of the first call for projects. With a budget of 22.245.034 euros, the tender represents an opportunity for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), agenzianova reports. The territories involved include nine Sicilian provinces and 16 Tunisian governorates, thus offering a broad field of action for bilateral cooperation initiatives. Stakeholders eligible for the call include universities, research institutions, non-profit organisations, private companies, national and regional public authorities, as…

Tunisia’s foreign currency reserves fell on Monday by the equivalent of two weeks’ imports after the country repaid a foreign debt of 850 million euros ($915.28 million), according to central bank figures. This month, Tunisia’s parliament approved a government request for direct central bank financing worth 7 billion dinars ($2.25 billion), with the aim of repaying urgent foreign debts, including 850 million euros due on February 16. The central bank said on its website on Monday that foreign currency reserves had fallen to 23.058 billion dinars ($7.37 billion) by February…