Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali

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.

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
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.

Tunisia
Former Marzouki security chief returns to the fore

Taoufik Gasmi has returned to the spotlight after eight years away as the new head of security for the ministry of foreign affairs as of 1 August.

Tunisia
Paris challenges Berlin's leadership on solar energy market

Germany has been investing in solar energy in Tunisia for over a decade, but France's EDF group has now set up its own subsidiary there.

Tunisia
Ex-trade minister, Mondher Zenaidi seeks to shut down fresh legal troubles

Mondher Zenaidi, who is likely to run for the presidency this year, is once again facing legal wrangles over the controversial 2007 privatisation of Tunisia's state-owned car retailer Ennakl. His lawyers have contested the reopening of the investigation.

Tunisia
Sama Dubai calls time on massive real estate project

The new Porte de la Méditerranée district that the Emirati property developer was meant to work on will never see the light of day. The project has been a headache for successive administrations since 2007.