Ben Ali

Tunisia
Kais Saied reopens issue of ill-gotten gains under Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali

By appointing new heads to the state litigation department and the CNCP commission, the president is putting a highly symbolic issue back on the table: recovering the assets misappropriated before the fall of the former leader in 2011.

Libya, Tunisia
Businessman Nouri Abdessamad Salem loses control of Tunisie Sucre

The legal proceedings initiated to revive the factory, in which the entrepreneur held 90% of the capital, were not enough. Tunisie Sucre's creditors now control the company.

Tunisia
Chinese car influx puts family firms in driving seat

The huge arrival of Chinese car brands into Tunisia over the past decade has transformed the sector. A handful of families have carved out a niche for themselves in the trade.

Tunisia
Alpha Hyundai Motor Tunisia takes control of Mazda dealership

Mazda cars are expected to make their return to the Tunisian market within a year.

Tunisia
Kaïs Saïed buries CNCP commission set up to recover misappropriated state funds

During a recent meeting with two of his ministers dedicated to confiscated assets, the Tunisian president did not utter a word about the body created nearly four years ago.

Guinea, Tunisia
Former Tunisian minister Khelil Lajimi's new life in Conakry

British group Hillside Triumph has recruited Mohammed Ghannouchi's former tourism minister to take the reins of the LafargeHolcim Guinea cement plant.

Tunisia
Libyan businessman Nouri Abdessamad Salem tries to restart Tunisie Sucre

The shareholder of the group that owns the Bizerte factory, which has been shut down for nearly three years, has obtained the opening of voluntary receivership proceedings for his heavily indebted company.

Tunisia
The decline of Lotfi Abdennadher's empire

While businessman Lotfi Abdennadher is under investigation by the courts, several of his companies have been put into receivership and two others are being sold off.

The New Guard
Tanzania, Morocco, Tunisia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

TanzaniaWith Tito Magoti, an election campaign focused on human rights

MoroccoKarima Alami, a strategic consultant with many strings to her bow

TunisiaLouai Chebbi, the economic watchdog

Tunisia
Construction group SNC-Lavalin completes withdrawal from North Africa

AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin) is ending its activities in the Maghreb. The Canadian group has been hit by a number of corruption scandals, particularly in Tunisia and Libya.

Tunisia
Business tycoon Fathi Neifar seeks respite in Dubai

Head of a major conglomerate with businesses in the hotel, construction and real estate industries, Neifar has packed his bags for the UAE at a time when Tunisian courts are looking into some of his financial operations.

Tunisia
Paris offers political asylum to Tunisian opposition leaders

Since the 2021 coup in Tunis, France has seen an influx of Tunisian political leaders seeking refuge, some of whom are facing legal action in their homeland.

Tunisia
French-Tunisian Onsi Abichou's fate rests in Kais Saied's hands

Abichou was convicted of drug trafficking in 2009, but acquitted on several subsequent occasions. His fate could now be decided by the president.

Tunisia
Tunisian prosecutors probe Youssef Mimouni's hotels

Investigators are looking into alleged corruption and money laundering.