3+ hour, 24+ min ago   (833+ words) The sky has fallen on Tunisia’s banking sector. A presidential decree issued on July 23, 2026 requires banks to allocate at least 8% of their annual profits to interest-free, unsecured loans for very small project holders every year. The measure also places significant…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (185+ words) Tunisia is preparing to launch its first solar power project to supply electricity to the country’s motorway infrastructure as part of its energy transition strategy, project officials announced on Friday following a site visit to the Oued Zarga station in…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (567+ words) Automobiles: Higher import bill, stable volumes Imports under Chapter 87, covering vehicles, bicycles and tractors, rose 15.8% in value year-on-year. The key finding, however, lies in what drove that increase. Import volumes remained virtually unchanged, slipping just 0.1% to slightly over 100,000 tons. In…...

4+ day, 55+ min ago   (184+ words) BIAT has announced the successful completion of a TND 90 million syndicated loan for Advans Tunisia, a leading microfinance institution in Tunisia. The financing was structured and coordinated by BIAT as the lead arranger and mandated lead bank, bringing together a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (410+ words) Startups in Tunisia secured only $300,000 in funding across three transactions during the first half of 2026, highlighting the country’s limited share of venture capital flowing into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. According to data from startup platform Wamda,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1251+ words) This is not an attempt to defend the banks, they have their own institutions to do that. But it is worth reminding those who view bank profits with suspicion that banks, in Tunisia as everywhere else, operate with other people’s…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (533+ words) As African countries compete to strengthen their position on the continent and beyond, universities are increasingly emerging as strategic assets that extend far beyond their traditional educational role. New data from the 2026 African Performance Index suggests that higher education, research,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (361+ words) While Tunisian exports denominated in euros to the bloc showed some recovery, growing 2.8%, marginally outpacing the 2.4% increase in overall European imports, the improvement was insufficient to drive a significant uptick in Tunisia’s relative position. A breakdown by product group reveals…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1000+ words) The Afreximbank project in Tunisia is poorly named and misunderstood. It is neither a mall nor a shopping center. It is a business infrastructure, still at the project stage. An analysis of its nature, purpose and the comparison with the…...

3+ week, 35+ min ago   (471+ words) Improving the quality of education and enhancing graduates’ skills is one of the major objectives of Tunisia’s 2026–2030 Development Plan, recently reviewed by the standing committees of the Assembly of People’s Representatives (ARP). This effort is expected to rely on modernizing…...