Banks in Tanzania are encouraging their customers to switch to electronic payments and online banking to minimise the possible disruption of financial services during the coming rains, which are expected to be heavier than usual because of El Niño.Thi…
Day: October 7, 2023
THE East African Community (EAC) and the Digital for Development Hub (D4D Hub) have jointly agreed to foster digital transformation in the region.This is in a bid to utilise digital technologies and innovations for regional integration and enable leap…
The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar-Audu, on Saturday expressed confidence that the reign of the new Ejeh of Ankpa, Alhaji Abubakar Ahmed-Yakubu, will bring about peaceful coexistence and development in Ankpa local government Ar…
Oromos from all corners of the region and the country are flocking to Bishoftu town to celebrate Irreechaa festival on Sunday.Irreechaa Festival, which is annual Thanksgiving Day among the Oromo people, has been celebrated colorfully today at Hora Finf…
Tunisia’s foreign exchange reserves in local currency stood at an estimated TND 26.9 billion, covering 120 days of imports during the first week of October 2023, according to the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT). Foreign exchange reserves during the same…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries announced the nomination of Mohamed Hammami, senior engineer, as CEO of the Fishing Ports and Installations Agency (French: APIP) The decision was published in the Official Journal of the Tuni…
UNIMED announced that its Board of Directors had convened on September 28 and approved the project to set up an industrial subsidiary in Sultanate Oman called “UNIMED OMAN”. This subsidiary will specialise in the secondary packaging of semi-finished p…
A tourist circuit promoting Tunisia’s national spice “Harissa”, listed by UNESCO as part of the world’s intangible heritage, is being set up as part of the “Harissa Diari” project run by the Green Compass association, GIZ announced on Saturday. Hariss…
The “Innovations for Agriculture and the Agri-Food Industry” (IAAA) project and the Thibar Cheese Dairy Skills Centre (CCFL) have just launched a call for applications to select 24 SMEs in the cheese-making sector to benefit from specialised training …
Draft updates of 2023 State Budget, 2024 draft state budget and 2024 finance bill examined at Kasbah
Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani chaired a ministerial meeting at the Government Palace in the Kasbah on October 6 and 7, 2023 to update the state budget for the year 2023, according to a statement by the Prime Ministry on Saturday. The meeting also revie…
Various political parties, gathered Saturday in Tunis to express support to the Palestinian resistance as well as solidarity with the Palestinian people amid the assault of the Israeli army on the Gaza Strip. They urged civil society activists, Tunisi…
A large number of students and civil society activists, Saturday, gathered near the Municipal Theater of Tunis, to denounce assaults of the Israeli occupying forces on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Demonstrators hailed the armed operation «Toufan al…
Tunisia expressed its full and unconditional support for the Palestinian people, recalling that what some media refer to as the “Gaza Envelope” is a Palestinian land that has been under Zionist occupation for decades. “The Palestinian people have the …
The Bulgarian company «Akumplast JSC» specializing in the production of battery boxes, will open a branch in the Zriba region (Zaghouan governorate), said its Executive Director Hristin Nikolov. On Friday, Nikolov had a meeting with representative of …