Tunisia's Technology

Tunisian engineer to head consultative council of 2011 engineering mega event in Geneva

 Tunisian engineer to head consultative council of 2011 engineering mega event in Geneva Tunis, January 2, 2009- A Tunisian engineer, Mr Kamel Ayadi, was chosen to head the fourth International Consultative Council tasked with the organisation of the World Engineers Convention (WEC) due be held in Geneva in 2011. The event which is placed under the aegis of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) will ...

Cabinet meeting decides extension of El Ghazala technological park

Cabinet meeting decides extension of El Ghazala technological park Tunis, December 24, 2008- A cabinet meeting held on Tuesday has decided a 100,000 square meter extension of the El Ghazala technological Park in new areas of the Ariana and Manouba governorates. The extension which consists in the building of a new technological park between El Ghazala and Nahli in the governorate of ...

Conference on desert technologies looks at ways of harnessing potential offered by deserts

Conference on desert technologies looks at ways of harnessing potential offered by deserts Tunis, December 19, 2008- Far from the hustle and bustle of city life, a conference was recently held in the southern city of Douz also known as the 'gateway to the desert'. The conference which is now running into its 9 th edition gathered 160 international experts from Brazil, the US, Japan, the ...

Environmental use of nanotechnologies highlighted in Tunis seminar

Environmental use of nanotechnologies highlighted in Tunis seminar Tunis, December 18, 2008- A seminar held on Wednesday at Bank of Genes in Tunis was also the occasion for the announcement of the creation of the Tunisian Association of Nanotechnology. The Head of the association, Mr Mehdi Abouda, said that the aim of the association is to promote in a first stage, ...

Tunisia launches an international call for tenders to attribute third fixed and mobile telecommunications license

Tunisia launches an international call for tenders to attribute third fixed and mobile telecommunications license Tunis, December 16, 2008- In line with its policy of liberalization of the telecommunications sector, the Ministry of communication technologies has officially launched an international call for tenders for bidders to obtain a second and third generation fixed and mobile telecommunications license. The license is “technologically neutral and open in terms of services ...

Seminar held on the promotion of free software in Tunisia

Seminar held on the promotion of free software in Tunisia Tunis, December 16, 2008- The 4 th annual edition of the seminar on free software is currently taking place in Tunis. The seminar which is organized by the free software unit, at the Ministry of communication technologies, aims at taking advantage of the organisms which have adopted free and open source software, in ...

Nabeul to host 2009 MILSET International Science Fair

Nabeul to host 2009 MILSET International Science Fair Tunis, December 16, 2008- The town of Nabeul in Tunisia’s Cap Bon region, will host the 2009 edition of the International Science Fair organized by the International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology (MILSET). The Fair which is set under the patronage of the President of the Republic, will take place ...