Day: March 14, 2019

Tunisia bans Boeing 737 aircraft from flying over its airspace

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The Ministry of Transport banned Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 flights from flying over Tunisian airspace and landing at its airports, a ministry statement said Thursday. As a precautionary measure, the decision was taken following the crash of a Boeing 737 plane in Ethiopia on Sunday, which killed all 157 aboard, the statement noted.  The ministry also confirmed that the Tunisian airlines do not operate this type of aircraft.  It is the second crash of a Boeing 737 plane in five months, as an Indonesian Lion Air jet of…

Seven new innovative startups selected by Flat6labs Tunis to support them in launching their projects

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Seven innovative start-ups were selected by the startup program “Flat6labs Tunis”, during the 3rd edition of its “Demo Day” held on March 13, 2019, at the Acropolium of Carthage, to benefit from the support of the programme in launching their projects, TAP reports. Flat6labs Tunis will also promote these startups to Tunisian and foreign investors and bank representatives. The winning startups operate in various sectors of activity including AgriTech, gaming, e-commerce, Digital Media, software development, recruitment and robotics. These are Boostiny (advertising platform), E-Robot (IT automation startup), Fabskill (Cloud solution…