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Plenty of interest to supply Rabat and Tunis with EU-funded counter-migration aircraft

Several manufacturers are enthused by a €40m EU-financed tender to supply Morocco and Tunisia with surveillance drones or ultralight aircraft as part of efforts to stem irregular trans-Mediterranean migration.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 18.01.2021

TuNur woos French power-brokers to juice up trans-Med cable plan

MTEV Consulting was created in 2017 by two former cadres of the Europe, Ecology - The Greens (EELV) party: former housing minister (2016-2017) Emmanuelle Cosse, and her husband, former MP Denis Baupin.© Reuters

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2021

Onetech's Moncef Sellami to monitor Tunisia-Libya border with OTBS

IT specialist Onetech (OTBS) will diversify its activities by equipping the Tunisian National Guard with maritime video surveillance systems, marking tycoon and politician Moncef Sellami's major foray into the security sector.

Subscribers only Defence 11.01.2021

Intertech and Eagle equip National Guard in underwater drones with EU money

Alexandre Taleb's security systems provider Intertech has been picking up UN and EU-funded north African small border surveillance contracts left, right and centre.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 04.01.2021

Saïed and Mechichi bicker over relations with Paris

Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi's visit to Paris to meet his French counterpart Jean Castex on 14 December.© Thomas Padilla/MAXPPP

Subscribers only Politics 21.12.2020

Havelsan tipped to provide Anka-S drone flight simulators

The Turkish defence electronics provider Havelsan is in pole position to provide flight simulators to train personnel on how to use the three Anka-S drones ordered by the Tunisian government from its compatriot TAI.

Subscribers only Defence 17.12.2020

STEG's vast smart meter project could trip

The €120m smart grid pilot project launched on 3 December for the national power board STEG failed to interest sector giants SAP and Capgemini. Siemens will still be bidding against prominent names such as Moncef Sellami and Nasr Ali Chakroun.

Free access Energy 16.12.2020

Schiebel and Martin UAV vie for navy drone contract

Rear Admiral Adel Jehane wants to procure observation drones that can be carried aboard the navy's four new patrol boats.

Subscribers only Defence 14.12.2020

Tight battle for leadership of strategic Tunisia-Algeria chamber of commerce

The chairman of the Tunis stock exchange and a business lawyer are in the running for the top job at the CTACI, which has been growing in influence as its network expands.

Subscribers only 11.12.2020

Indra undercuts rivals to win military radar contract

The Spanish technology firm Indra Sistemas has beaten off its French, American and Italian rivals to snap up the contract to supply medium- and long-range radar systems to the Tunisian air force.

Subscribers only Defence 10.12.2020

Tourism: USAID abandons beach hotels to focus on the south

The US development agency has revised its $30m tender to boost tourism in southern Tunisia, which has long taken a beating.

USAID wants to develop tourism in southern Tunisia, particularly in the Tataouine region.

Subscribers only 09.12.2020

Defence minister loses patience with US over purchase of training aircraft

The army is planning to directly finance the purchase of 8 planes now that Washington's involvement in buying 12 is not taking flight anytime soon.

Subscribers only Defence 07.12.2020

Heavy competition for the construction of the Bizerte Bridge

French minister of state Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne rallies around French construction companies vying for Bizerte.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 04.12.2020

Health minister Faouzi Mehdi still behind on emergency supply orders

It took the Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi's teams three months to order 240 ventilators needed to treat coronavirus patients.

Tunisian health minister Faouzi Mehdi speaks during a press conference on 5 October 2020.

Subscribers only 01.12.2020

Alpha Technology to keep close tabs on Tunisian election authorities

After two bids, the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) retained Alpha Technology to equip its fleet of 86 vehicles with GPS beacons.

Subscribers only 30.11.2020

The Hague rejects ex-police chief Kamel Guizani as ambassador

Kamel Guizani, former head of the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) may be rejected by the Netherlands as Tunisia's new ambassador because of his involvement in the case of the detained researcher Moncef Kartas.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.11.2020

Khemaies Jhinaoui brings anti-Kais Saïed diplomats together in his think tank

Former diplomats who served under Ben Ali and Essebsi and whose positions run counter to the president's pro-Qatar and Turkey foreign policy have set up their own international relations institute together with former foreign minister Khemaies Jhinaoui.

Tunisia's Foreign Affairs Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui.

Subscribers only Politics 19.11.2020

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Tunisia

Plenty of interest to supply Rabat and Tunis with EU-funded counter-migration aircraft

TuNur woos French power-brokers to juice up trans-Med cable plan

Onetech's Moncef Sellami to monitor Tunisia-Libya border with OTBS

Intertech and Eagle equip National Guard in underwater drones with EU money

Saïed and Mechichi bicker over relations with Paris

Havelsan tipped to provide Anka-S drone flight simulators

STEG's vast smart meter project could trip

Schiebel and Martin UAV vie for navy drone contract

Tight battle for leadership of strategic Tunisia-Algeria chamber of commerce

Indra undercuts rivals to win military radar contract

Tourism: USAID abandons beach hotels to focus on the south

Defence minister loses patience with US over purchase of training aircraft

Heavy competition for the construction of the Bizerte Bridge

Health minister Faouzi Mehdi still behind on emergency supply orders

Alpha Technology to keep close tabs on Tunisian election authorities

The Hague rejects ex-police chief Kamel Guizani as ambassador

Khemaies Jhinaoui brings anti-Kais Saïed diplomats together in his think tank

Turkey's Aselsan out of race for military radar contract, Spain's Indra front runner

Total: Stéphane Michel, current head of the Middle East and North Africa for Total, vies for CEO

Doghri family completes its acquisition of a controlling interest in UBCI

Kaïs Saïed transfers Covid medical purchases to military

Ahead of Brexit, Expectation State works to bring London and Tunis closer together

Hedi Ben Ayed to harness the sun with IPS Energy

Mazarine Energy plans to sell to Hunt Oil or Perenco

MP Yassine Ayari and tax authority hound Maersk

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Tunisia

Plenty of interest to supply Rabat and Tunis with EU-funded counter-migration aircraft

TuNur woos French power-brokers to juice up trans-Med cable plan

Onetech's Moncef Sellami to monitor Tunisia-Libya border with OTBS

Intertech and Eagle equip National Guard in underwater drones with EU money

Saïed and Mechichi bicker over relations with Paris

Havelsan tipped to provide Anka-S drone flight simulators

STEG's vast smart meter project could trip

Schiebel and Martin UAV vie for navy drone contract

Tight battle for leadership of strategic Tunisia-Algeria chamber of commerce

Indra undercuts rivals to win military radar contract

Tourism: USAID abandons beach hotels to focus on the south

Defence minister loses patience with US over purchase of training aircraft

Heavy competition for the construction of the Bizerte Bridge

Health minister Faouzi Mehdi still behind on emergency supply orders

Alpha Technology to keep close tabs on Tunisian election authorities

The Hague rejects ex-police chief Kamel Guizani as ambassador

Khemaies Jhinaoui brings anti-Kais Saïed diplomats together in his think tank

Turkey's Aselsan out of race for military radar contract, Spain's Indra front runner

Total: Stéphane Michel, current head of the Middle East and North Africa for Total, vies for CEO

Doghri family completes its acquisition of a controlling interest in UBCI

Kaïs Saïed transfers Covid medical purchases to military

Ahead of Brexit, Expectation State works to bring London and Tunis closer together

Hedi Ben Ayed to harness the sun with IPS Energy

Mazarine Energy plans to sell to Hunt Oil or Perenco

MP Yassine Ayari and tax authority hound Maersk

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