Month: March 2021

The Tunisian olive oil companies won 15 medals (11 Gold medals and four Silver medals) at the Dubai Early Harvest Olive Oil Competition. Gold medals: DOMINIUM (01): Jughurtha olive groves; TRIOMPHE (01): Domaine Ben Ismail; BEST OLIVE OIL TUNISIA (02) : Domaine Ben Ismail; ADONIS (02) : Domaine Adonis; Alta Olea (02) : (Extra Virgin Olive Oil); TESORODELRIO (01) : Société Fermes Ali Sfar; NEAPOLIS (01) : Société Rajhi & Ferjani; OLEA KOTTI (01). Silver medals OLEAKOTTI (02); BARHOUMI OLIVE OIL (01) : Barhoumi Group; CARTHAGENE OLIVOS (01): Rajhi &…

The World Bank’s board of Executive Directors approved today US$50 million in financing to support a disaster and climate resilience project in Tunisia, complemented by French Development Agency (AFD) financing equivalent to US$50 million – a total package of US$100 million. The Program aims to strengthen Tunisia’s disaster risk management and financing efforts to better protect the country’s population and safeguard assets from disasters and climate-related events. Tunisia is highly exposed to a wide range of natural hazards including floods, drought, landslides, forest fires, sand encroachment, and snowstorms. While droughts…

Olive oil exporters in Tunisia hope to double exports of bottled olive oil in the next five years. The government plans to help by easing bureaucratic hurdles and promoting quality. The Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries anticipates a significant boost to olive oil exports due to the digitalization of bureaucratic approvals and new product labels. According to Minister Mohamed Fadhel Kraiem, producers and the government must prioritize packaging Tunisian olive oil with local labels to add value to oils destined for export by clearly identifying their origin. The initiative comes on…

The Tripoli Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that it will participate in the Tunisian-Libyan Economic Forum on 11 March in the city of Sfax, Libya Herald reports. The event which is organized by the Tunisian-African Business Council will see the participation of more than 200 Tunisian and 100 Libyan business leaders. They will be from the construction, trade, industry and services sectors. The Tripoli Chamber reported that a number of ministers, deputy ministers, heads of government institutions and heads of chambers of commerce from various Libyan regions will also be…

Tunisia announced on Friday an easing of COVID-19 restrictions including quarantine measures, a curfew and a ban on travel between regions in a bid to save the coming tourism season. The scientific committee also decided to impose a mandatory 48-hour self-quarantine on incoming travellers with the requirement to have a negative PCR test conducted 72 hours prior to the date of arrival on the Tunisian territory. Once the self-quarantine period is over, travellers must carry out a second test, Spokesperson for the Health Ministry Nissaf Ben Alaya said at a…

Tunisia should explain the country’s fragile economic situation to its people and ensure they support any planned reforms before discussing a new program with the International Monetary Fund, a fund official said. A key priority for the government will be to devise a mechanism to deal with mounting debts on the part of state-owned entities – dues which account for about 40% of the gross domestic product, the fund’s mission chief to the North African nation, Chris Geiregat, said Tuesday in a press briefing. “Before we adopt a new program…