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Tunisia

Poulina Group dreams big in Morocco

The industrial firm Poulina Group Holding (PGH), the second largest private group in Tunisia, has made a few key appointment changes within its Moroccan subsidiaries.

Subscribers only Business 19.05.2020

Shipping: new ports chief Mahmoud Bouziri seeks legal resolution for Maersk, his former employer

The port of Radès, Tunis. © ZOUBEIR SOUISSI/Reuters

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 18.05.2020

Untried Amen Services picked to manage Djerba's explosive waste problem

Tunisia's national waste management agency ANGED selected Amen Services on [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.05.2020

Minister Marzouk appoints Mohsen Mansouri as chief of staff to energise his ministry

Mongi Marzouk is continuing to manœuvre to regain genuine control over the Ministry of Energy and Mines, which he has been back in charge of since late February.

Subscribers only Politics 11.05.2020

Debrief

Why did the intelligence department of the Tunisian presidential guard and VIP security force "debrief" a pilot of an Express Air Cargo Boeing 737 in Susa on 23 April, a day after he flew the aircraft from Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport to the Haftar-controlled east Libyan capital of Benghazi?

Subscribers only Guess what ? 08.05.2020

Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

View of containers at a loading terminal in the port of Rades in Tunis. © Reuters

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 07.05.2020

OMMP, STAM, COTUNAV: Ennahda makes grab for port sector

Three people close to the Islamist party are about to be appointed to head the top three public companies in the country's port business. The changes stand to benefit maritime transport giant Maersk.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 30.04.2020

Kaïs Saïed's chief of staff Nadia Akacha sways foreign affairs pick

Nadia Akacha, the president's new chief of staff appointed at the start of the year, was behind Lotfi Ben Gaïed's posting as the head of staff at the ministry of foreign affairs.

Subscribers only Politics 29.04.2020

MP Mehdi Ben Gharbia tries on Nike shoes for size

Bizerte MP and head of World Freight Services, Mehdi Ben Gharbia, is ready to launch into Nike shoes distribution.

Subscribers only Business 27.04.2020

Inner circles
Mongi Marzouk brings in his liegemen at the Ministry of Energy and STEG

Following his appointment in February, Minister of Energy Mongi Marzouk is building around himself a highly political support team to ensure he has maximum control of the energy sector, particularly key national electricity provider STEG

Subscribers only Politics 22.04.2020

Mongi Marzouk was appointed Minister of Energy in February.

A month after bombing, KIG supplies armoured vehicles to US embassy

US defence company Kazi Investment Group has been selected to deliver civilian armoured vehicles to the US Embassy in Tunis, which was targeted on March 6 by a suicide attack.

Subscribers only Business 21.04.2020

Emirati investor ADIG is not yet ready to get out its cheque book

Abu Dhabi Investment Group (ADIG) chairman Zayed bin Aweidha, who met head of state Kaïs Saïed on March 12, left [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Business 02.04.2020

Indra and Intrasoft fight for US-funded customs IT contract

Spain's Indra Sistemas and its Luxembourg rival Intrasoft have prequalified for a contract to assist the Tunisian Customs Department (DGD) [...]

Free access Business 02.04.2020

Fakhfakh has Ghannouchi groggy

Rached Ghannouchi could become the first political victim of the Covid-19 epidemic in Tunisia. The Ennahda party leader, who is [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.04.2020

Nabil Ammar to be new ambassador in France

Career diplomat Nabil Ammar is being strongly tipped to become [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.04.2020

The UNDP and ANME want to review the renewable energy code

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) wants a new renewable [...]

Subscribers only Energy, Business 02.04.2020

Moez Ben Zid returns to investment banking with CAP

Moez Ben Zid has just joined Capital African Partners Bank [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Business 02.04.2020

Mounir Ksiksi has a business brain under his ex-officer's hat

Mounir Ksiksi, who was appointed national security adviser to prime [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.04.2020

Comete Engineering and MTBS win STAM restructuring contract

Tunisian engineering consultancy Comete Engineering and Maritime & Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) of the Netherlands have begun working on the [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2020

Martial Saïed faces Covid-19 alone

Kaïs Saïed has gone into martial mode in the face of the new coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). He introduced a curfew [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2020

S3 Sécurité to equip airports with explosives detectors

After taking two years to make up its mind, the [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2020

Kais Saïed still without an ambassador in Paris

The absence of an ambassador at the Tunisian embassy in [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.03.2020

Aero Vodochody and Textron compete for trainer replacement contract

The country's 12 advanced training jets, which also carry out air support and armed patrol missions, will come to the end of their operational lives in 2024. Czechia's Aero Vodochody and US group Textron both want the contract to replace them.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 20.03.2020

Noomane Fehri sets up digital transformation consultancy

Noomane Fehri, who was deputy for Nabeul and then telecommunications [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.03.2020

Moez Labidi to be Elyès Fakhfakh's financial guide

Moez Labidi, who was appointed an adviser to prime minister [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.03.2020

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Tunisia

Poulina Group dreams big in Morocco

Shipping: new ports chief Mahmoud Bouziri seeks legal resolution for Maersk, his former employer

Untried Amen Services picked to manage Djerba's explosive waste problem

Minister Marzouk appoints Mohsen Mansouri as chief of staff to energise his ministry

Debrief

Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

OMMP, STAM, COTUNAV: Ennahda makes grab for port sector

Kaïs Saïed's chief of staff Nadia Akacha sways foreign affairs pick

MP Mehdi Ben Gharbia tries on Nike shoes for size

Inner circles
Mongi Marzouk brings in his liegemen at the Ministry of Energy and STEG

A month after bombing, KIG supplies armoured vehicles to US embassy

Emirati investor ADIG is not yet ready to get out its cheque book

Indra and Intrasoft fight for US-funded customs IT contract

Fakhfakh has Ghannouchi groggy

Nabil Ammar to be new ambassador in France

The UNDP and ANME want to review the renewable energy code

Moez Ben Zid returns to investment banking with CAP

Mounir Ksiksi has a business brain under his ex-officer's hat

Comete Engineering and MTBS win STAM restructuring contract

Martial Saïed faces Covid-19 alone

S3 Sécurité to equip airports with explosives detectors

Kais Saïed still without an ambassador in Paris

Aero Vodochody and Textron compete for trainer replacement contract

Noomane Fehri sets up digital transformation consultancy

Moez Labidi to be Elyès Fakhfakh's financial guide

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Tunisia

Poulina Group dreams big in Morocco

Shipping: new ports chief Mahmoud Bouziri seeks legal resolution for Maersk, his former employer

Untried Amen Services picked to manage Djerba's explosive waste problem

Minister Marzouk appoints Mohsen Mansouri as chief of staff to energise his ministry

Debrief

Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

OMMP, STAM, COTUNAV: Ennahda makes grab for port sector

Kaïs Saïed's chief of staff Nadia Akacha sways foreign affairs pick

MP Mehdi Ben Gharbia tries on Nike shoes for size

Inner circles Mongi Marzouk brings in his liegemen at the Ministry of Energy and STEG

A month after bombing, KIG supplies armoured vehicles to US embassy

Emirati investor ADIG is not yet ready to get out its cheque book

Indra and Intrasoft fight for US-funded customs IT contract

Fakhfakh has Ghannouchi groggy

Nabil Ammar to be new ambassador in France

The UNDP and ANME want to review the renewable energy code

Moez Ben Zid returns to investment banking with CAP

Mounir Ksiksi has a business brain under his ex-officer's hat

Comete Engineering and MTBS win STAM restructuring contract

Martial Saïed faces Covid-19 alone

S3 Sécurité to equip airports with explosives detectors

Kais Saïed still without an ambassador in Paris

Aero Vodochody and Textron compete for trainer replacement contract

Noomane Fehri sets up digital transformation consultancy

Moez Labidi to be Elyès Fakhfakh's financial guide

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Mongi Marzouk brings in his liegemen at the Ministry of Energy and STEG