AfDB gives preliminary approval to fund Mount Zaghouan forest road upgrade project

The African Development Bank (AfDB) gave its preliminary approval to fund a project to upgrade an 11-km forest road leading to Mount Zaghouan, said Manager of the agricultural systems development and promotion project in Zaghouan Ramzi Mellaouah. This initial approval follows a recent meeting between Zaghouan Governor Mohamed El Euch and an AfDB delegation which … Read more

Climate change: Tunisia at crossroads

Tunisia, which has for several years been facing the effects (drought, floods and fires), is now at a crossroads, as many other countries, and must act to prevent the situation from worsening, said Senior Urban Specialist in the World Bank (WB)’s Urban development, land and resilience department Dina Ranarifidy. Speaking at a conference held on … Read more

Tunindex ends week up 0.33

The Tunindex ended the week on a positive note up 0.33% at 8524.6 points), in modest volume of TND 4.2 million, according to broker Tunisie Valeurs. MPBS shares posted TND 7,000, up by 5.9% to TND 5.070. UADH shares rose by 3.8% to TND 0.550, generating a flow of TND 9,000. Air Liquide shares fell … Read more