Day: September 7, 2017

Tunisia plans to create direct maritime line to access sub-Saharan Africa

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The line which, according to the minister, will be operational in few months in order to enable Tunisian firms better access the African market. The project for the new line comes as the country plans to, this year, sign the agreement for the common market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) which regroups 19 countries with about 500 million inhabitants. It should be highlighted that Tunisia, which was appointed as observer member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on June 4, 2017, also said it wishes to…

TV channel Carthage Plus prepares for launch in Tunisia

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General television channel Carthage + will soon be launched in Tunisia after a test broadcast period begun in August 2017, on the 11393 verticals (symbol rate 27500-polarisation VC) of the Nilesat satellite. This was formerly the frequency of the channel Attessiaa, Nextvame reported. The official launch of the channel, created by Tunisian businessman Lassaad Kheder, is imminent, it said. The media premises are fully completed, equipment available and staff ready to start activities. The launch of Carthage Plus is part of a project that includes the creation in Tunis of…

New North African solar farms could send 4.5 gigawatts of energy to Europe

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The age-old plan to power Europe with solar farms in North Africa and the Middle East may finally become a reality. This past June, Tunisia-based TuNur filed a request to export 4.5 gigawatts (GW) of solar energy to Europe. That’s enough to power 5 million homes or 7 million electric cars! If the joint venture between UK-based solar specialist Nur Energie and Tunisian and Maltese investors proves successful, the energy landscape in Europe will be forever changed. Said Daniel Rich, the chief operating officer at TuNur: “Today you have a market in need of low carbondispatchable power, which has…

Tunisia arrests 10 migrants heading for Italy

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The Tunisian coast guard arrested 10 migrants in Cap Zbib (Biserta) on Tuesday as they were preparing to make the journey to Italy, the Tunisian interior ministry has said. The episode comes on the heels of the arrest of a further seven prospective irregular migrants off the coast of Sfax. Separately, on Wednesday the Tunisian authorities blocked 10 people aged 17-27 on the coast of Demna (Ras Jebel) as they were about to sset off. The organiser was arrested and the boat confiscated, Tunisian news agency TAP reported. ANSAmed