Orange and Investec, a Tunisian subsidiary of the Mabrouk group, have announced the launch of mobile, fixed and internet services by Orange Tunisia, making it the country’s first truly convergent telecoms operator. The partnership represents an important step forward for France Telecom-Orange – which holds 49% of the company – and its development in the Mediterranean and North Africa ...
Tunisia Central Bank Executive Board met, on Thursday 29 April. It pointed out that, at the national level, export-oriented industrial production pursued recovery, in line with better external demand while trade deficit widened substantially in the wake of import rise at a faster pace than exports. Import rise involved notably energy, raw materials ...
MTN group, Africa's largest cellular services provider, was in negotiations to buy all or part of Cairo-based competitor Orascom Telecom Holdings, the company said . The talks with Orascom parent Weather Investments might lead to the purchase of the Egyptian company or "certain of its businesses", MTN said. ...
For a challenge, it is quite certainly one. Desertec Project starts emerging as investors, less and less reluctant to pay out of pocket, being convinced that the project is worth funding. Companies are beginning to work out appropriate plans to give this initiative, launched by the Club of Rome, enough chance of being accomplished for the benefit of an increasing range of countries.
The gray cement has recently been rare. The causes of this scarcity which provided the opportunity for some persons to sell this materiel 180 DT DT and 185 per tonne, against 150 DT as rated price, are not however structural, but purely cyclical. Indeed, according to ...
A cabinet meeting held, on Wednesday, on simplifying and speeding up administrative procedures to boost investment, decided that limited liability companies will be created from now on within one-hour time in one-stop shops of the Industry Promotion Agency (API), ...
The Executive Board of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) held, on Tuesday, its regular meeting which was devoted to looking at the economic and financial situation, both at the national and international levels. Up to March 2010, the international environment ...
The Tunisian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CFTCI), Chokri Mamagholi, Secretary of State for Foreign Trade and representatives of companies operating in the service sector, held on Wednesday in Tunis a debate ...
Tunisia celebrated, on March 16, National Handicrafts and Traditional Costume Day. On this occasion, President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali focused attention on the handicrafts sector and prospects for its development, when receiving, on Tuesday, Trade and Handicrafts Minister Ridha Ben Mosbah ...
The lack of financial resources, poor co-ordination and lack of comprehensive vision in the area of innovating research in Mediterranean are the main difficulties facing the Mediterranean economy of innovation. The situation of this economy also known as «New Economy" and ...
Cygam Energy Inc. announced that it has received an independent assessment of reserves and an independent assessment of contingent oil and gas resources for the "TT" structure on the Sud Remada permit ("the Permit") which is located onshore Tunisia and encompasses an area of 1,173,215 acres (4,748 km2). ...
According to recent figures released by the Tunisian government, in spite of the global slowdown and the resulting recession in its biggest export markets, the republic's economy closed 2009 with a healthy set of macroeconomic fundamentals, due in part to increased foreign direct investment (FDI) and international financing ...
