NEWS
Politics
Egypt's Al-Azhar rejects Tunisia's calls for equal inheritance for women
Calls by Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi for “full gender equality, including equal i...
August 25th, 2017
Group of Muslim scholars in Tunisia oppose Essebsi's push for gender equality
A group of Muslim scholars in Tunisia released a joint statement on Thursday demanding Pre...
August 18th, 2017
Economics
After Morocco, Tunisia Looks to Join ECOWAS
Tunisia is following in the footsteps of Morocco, setting its sights on joining the Econom...
August 29th, 2017
Tunisia's foreign exchange reserves recover with World Bank loan
Tunisia's foreign currency reserves Tuesday recovered to 103 days of imports after receivi...
August 25th, 2017
Industry
Tunisia: EPPM wins a 30-year gas contract in DR Congo
Engineering Procurement & Project Management (EPPM) Company was awarded a contract for...
July 16th, 2017
CORRECTED-OMV restarts work at Tunisian Nawara gas project after blockade ends
Austrian oil and gas group OMV has restarted work at its Nawara natural gas project in sou...
June 22nd, 2017
Markets
Tunis Stock Exchange: 7 companies to go public in 2017
Seven companies will be listed on the Tunis Stock Exchange (TSE) in 2017, bringing the num...
January 4th, 2017
Tunisian bourse ends Thursday down 0.23%
The Tunis Stock Exchange ended Thursday's trading session in the red zone. TUNINDEX shed 0...
September 16th, 2016
ANALYSIS
Politics
Tunisia is localising its democratic transition to further the aims of the revolution
Following the legislative and presidential polls in 2014, Tunisia has eventually announced...
April 18th, 2017
Economics
Tunisia's economic activity: Poor growth driven by market services
“The economic activity has recorded a positive yet moderate development in the 3rd quarter...
December 6th, 2016
Industry
Private funding for key start-ups hits $870m in Mena
Private investment funding for key start-ups in the Mena region has been consistently grow...
April 6th, 2017
Markets
Consumer staples and utilities to outperform commodities, financials in volatile Mena markets
Non-cyclical sectors as consumer staples and utilities are expected to perform better than...
February 22nd, 2016
ECONOMY
Tunisia Economy September 2017
Growth is slowly improving, but strong consumption is fueling inflation and further increases in already high fiscal and external deficits, the International Monetary Fund said in August 2017. The fund…
RISK
Tunisia Risk September 2017
Tunisia is struggling to push through reforms after securing a $2.9bn credit line from the IMF and $8bn from regional allies. Political risks further darken the outlook. • Economic risk…
INDUSTRY
Tunisia Banking, Finance & Insurance November 2016
The Tunisian financial services and insurance sectors, serving a population of just over 11 million, are relatively underdeveloped considering the general diversification and sophistication of the Tunisian economy. A highly…
FDI
MENA FDI July 2017
Even by the tumultuous standards of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the past few years have been remarkably violent and destructive. The Syrian and Libyan economies have…
SME
Tunisia Small & Medium Enterprises April 2016
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make up around 97% of all Tunisian companies and account for around 80% of the country’s formal employment. As such, they represent a critical economic…
