The EFInA has welcomed the additional funding commitment from UK Aid, part of a £320 million package that will initiate an ambitious new phase of financial sector development across the African continent.

Announced at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, the package includes additional funding for nine existing Financial Sector Deepening Programmes (FSDs) and to set up and scale new FSDs in high-priority markets, including Ethiopia,"...

TAP)- An industrial energy efficiency training programme will be launched next April, said Director General of the Tunisian Agency for Vocational Training (French: ATFP) Khaled Ben Yahia.

The two-month programme, which is geared towards some twenty higher education and vocational training graduates, will help develop professions in industry and energy, Ben Yahia Wednesday"...

(TAP) – Ten thousand visitors are expected in the 7th edition of the Entrepreneurship Fair “Riyeda,” to be hosted on February 12-13 by the Culture city in Tunis.

This year, the fair will focus on the support and financing for business start-ups, a theme that will be discussed in the presence of national and international experts, support structures"...

Tunisia's National Institute of Statistics revealed that the country recorded a drop in trade in 2019, with imports declining by 9 percent compared to 2018.

The drop in imports included the included the mechanical and electrical industries that fell by 12.1 percent and the fabrics, clothes and leather industry dropped by 8.4 percent and the farming and food industries dropped by 6.7 percent.

During the same period, Tunisian exports witnessed an estimated 5 percent decline, which included a respective"...

(TAP) – A conference on the social empowerment of poor families was held on Monday at the headquarters of the governorate of Kebili.

The project, which will cover all the delegations of the governorate, will benefit 500 young people and 100 families in Kebili, regional commissioner for women and family affairs Adel Aloui told TAP.

Debates with young people and families"...

TAP) - The Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries (UTAP) Tuesday expressed concern over the “disastrous” situation of all agricultural activities particularly those of olive oil, grain, vegetables, milk and its derivatives, red meat, poultry and fishery.

At the end of its Executive Board's regular meeting, UTAP said the current government is behind their declining activities. It called for the establishment of “a strong"...

(TAP) - Members of the Finance, Planning and Development Committee at the House of People's Representatives (HPR) called on the Finance Ministry to conduct an audit on the loans obtained by Tunisia over the last 9 years.

At its meeting Tuesday, the committee also called on the ministry to provide more details about the situation of public companies, namely the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG).

Speaking"...

(TAP) – The British Embassy in Tunis announced on Tuesday the organisation of the 2nd edition of the 'Ambassador for a Day' competition for girls aged between 18 and 21.

To take part in the competition, all that is needed to do is to answer the following question in no more than 250 words: If you were Ambassador for the Day, how would you tackle environmental"...

(TAP)-Tech Booster Tunisia 2020, a tailor-made start-up creation programme, will be launched on January 29 in Tunis during the 2nd edition of Tech-Days, announces the Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation (APII) on its website.

This is a free training programme of The Next Society Initiative, aimed at offering targeted support to any young entrepreneur,"...