by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 18, 2024 | Economic, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: ClusterLab Success Points to Strain on Tunisian Entrepreneurs Summary: In mid-March 2024, Tunisian-founded and United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm, ClusterLab, received $600,000 in funding from investors, including InstaDeep...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 15, 2024 | Diplomacy, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Internal EU Tensions Flare Again Over Migration Assistance Deals Summary: On 14 March 2024, the European Parliament voted to request from the European Commission a clarification of the reasoning behind a 4 March disbursal of €150 million to Tunisia under a...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 9, 2024 | Economic, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: UGTT Makes Political Presence Felt with Election on Horizon Summary: On 2 March 2024, Tunisia’s public sector labor union (the Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT)) held a large rally at the Kasbah in Tunis in an attempt to send a message regarding...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 15, 2024 | Economic, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: New Head of Central Bank Faces Controversial Policy Implementation Summary: On 15 February 2024, President Kais Saied swore new Central Bank Governor Fethi Zouhair Nouri into office, marking a key transition in leadership at a vulnerable economic moment. ...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 3, 2024 | Legal, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Ghannouchi Sentenced Again with Spotlight on Foreign Funding Summary: On 1 February 2024, imprisoned leader of the Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi, was sentenced to three additional years in prison for facilitating the illicit receipt of foreign financing...