Day: December 30, 2020

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,…