Month: December 2020

TUNISIA: €132m KfW for rainwater management and energy efficiency

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The Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), the German development agency, signs two loan agreements worth 132 million euros with the Tunisian authorities for rainwater management and energy efficiency in public buildings in Tunisia. The agreements were signed recently at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, between officials of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), the German development agency and representatives of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries (MARHP). KfW has pledged €111 million for the implementation of the Storage and Flood Protection Programme (SPCI), afrik21 reports.…

Tunisian women lead African and Arab women in science

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Tunisian women lead UNESCO’s rating of African and Arab women participation in scientific research as 55.1 per cent of Tunisian researchers are female; the largest proportion in Africa and in the Arab world, a report released by UNESCO said. The rating, based on UN branch’s Institute for Statistics (UIS) June 2020 data, credits the North African country with the best ranking in Africa ahead of Algeria (47.1 %), Cape Verde (45.8%) Egypt (45.6%), South Africa (44.9%) as well as Morocco (33.8%), the same source said. The second best ranked Arab…

KFAED grants 263 MDT loan to Tunisia

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A financing agreement between Tunisia and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), worth 263 million dinars (equivalent to 30 million Kuwaiti dinars – KWD), was signed on Tuesday 29 December 2020 in Kuwait-City. This credit is intended to finance the project for improving drinking water networks in urban areas in Tunisia for the benefit of National Water Distribution Utility (SONEDE), the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Investment Support said in a press release published Tuesday in Tunis. This is the 4th financing granted by the State of Kuwait,…

Hult Prize ISEAHT On-Campus Journey: From the Info Session to the Competition

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Bringing the well-known Oscar of students to the ISEAHT institute was fascinating enough to capture the attention of the most creative and ingenious students out there. Freshman year students, as well as seniors, were eager to join the movement and prove their sense of initiative and entrepreneurship, otherwise stated, their “change-making” spirit. After succeeding the info session of the 21st October 2020, Hult prize ISEAHT campus Director “Siwar Jendoubi” along with the other OC team members officially started preparing the ground for eventual steps to be taken towards the On-campus…

GOMYCODE continues its geographic expansion by opening in Manama

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Tunisian startup specializing in Ed-Tech – GOMYCODE announces the opening of a Hackerspace in Manama – Bahrain with the aim of continuing its geographic expansion but also to strengthen its modern technological education platform. Launched in 2017 by Yahya and Amine Bouhlel, GOMYCODE now has more than 80 talents with diverse profiles among its employees and a network of over 100 trainers across the Hackerspaces of Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt and now Bahrain. Through an educational platform forming the next generation of technological and digital profiles and connecting them with the companies that build the…

ITES draws up an action plan for digital sector take-off

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A study entitled “Scenarios for the end of 2020 and rescue and exit strategy: the digital and digital vector” recently drawn up by the Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies (ITES), defined the action plan needed to enable the digital sector to express its full potential in the short term. This plan revolves around two strategic objectives, consisting of ensuring decent life for Tunisians during the COVID period and developing the digital industry. To achieve this objective, a series of strategic orientations have been adopted. The aim is to take advantage…

SUP’COM 2020 Forum: Tunisia Autonomous Systems

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The Tunis Higher School of Communications (SUP’COM) is organizing the 21th edition of the SUP’COM forum on January 6, 2020, online on the FabEvent by FabSkill platform under the theme: Tunisia Autonomous Systems: Fostering Development The forum is an excellent vector to promote the digital culture and innovation in this area with affecting other sectors. It is also, an exclusive place for young mined to meet with graduates, educational setting and companies to exchange ideas and knowledge. It will also be the perfect context for discussing autonomous systems issues through…

Mohamed Ghayadhi: Hult Prize Journey

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I still remember how everything started and how the journey of change began in 2017 when I was a freshman student, at the Higher School of Economics and Commercials Sciences of Tunis. I was eager to search for new activity and excited about joining a community of young people who were able to make a positive impact that could change something around us. Then I found the Hult Prize, which was organized in our university for the first time. no one knows it before … and everything I heard about…

Making of “The Road to El Kef”

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Film Director Ihsen Kammoun wanted his first destination to be El Kef to shoot some scenes of his new film “The Road to El Kef”, Produced by Eqlae California. The café of Sidi Makhlouf in El Kef was chosen by Ihsen Kammoun to shoot these scenes. Speaking to media, Director Ihsen Kammoun, who is living in the United States of America, said that “he and Writer Charles Hall wanted a film that has direct concerns with people”. “As I am a native Tunisian I wanted to make a film with…

“Crunchy Nettle” to represent FSEG Sfax in 2021 Hult Prize Regional Summits

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Comprised of “Nawres Rebai”, “Malek Neifar” “Chamia Loukil” and “Ines Ziraoui”, Crunchy Nettle will be representing FSEG Sfax in 2021 Hult Prize Regional Summits after winning the OnCampus competition. The OnCampus Grand Finale took place virtually on December 20th where 8 teams presented their ideas, Business plans and visions in front of  10 Judges, and after a round of Q&A and deliberation, The Judges announced the winner which is “Crunchy Nettle” followed up by “ILIOS” in second place and “Spirulife” in 3rd place. “All of 8 teams amazed us with…