Tunisia takes part in major web design festival in France

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- From June 3 to 6, Tunisia took part in the final competitions of the international festival of web design (WIF 2010) held in Limoges in France.

35 teams from 12 countries from different continents took part in the event.

Being the only representative of an Arab and African country, the Tunisian team is composed of …

Tunisia: for an optimum use of space in technology centers

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- A working session devoted to the management of space within the technology centers was held on Wednesday in Tunis under the chairmanship of Mr. Mohamed Naceur Ammar, Minister of Communication Technologies and Mr. Afif Chelbi, Minister of Industry and Technology.

The meeting focused on the need to create a new dynamic in the management of …

Tunisia seeks to promote innovation

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- The missions of the structures responsible for promoting innovation were the focus of a press conference held on Tuesday, in Tunis, at the initiative of the Industrial Promotion Agency (API).

The new structures are responsible to oversee the economic enterprises and help them identify their needs for technological innovation, enhance the results of research and …

2010 edition of Carthage Investment Forum to showcase technology acquisition

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- From June 3 to 4, 2010, Tunisia will host the Carthage forum on investment, a traditional international meeting held by the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) in Gammarth (north of Tunis).

Aiming at making better known the Tunisian production site among foreign business communities, the forum will focus on “Decisive factors of technological attractiveness of …

ICT: Tunisia to host 3 rd annual meetings of heads of Information and security systems

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- Tunisia’s National Agency for Computer Security (ANSI) is organizing from June 3 to 4, 2010, the 3 rd annual meetings of the Heads of Information Systems Security RSSI 2010 at the El Ghazala Technological Park in Tunis on the theme “Information Systems Security as a service”.
The event aims at bringing together all those responsible …

Table of Jugurtha goes digital

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- The Table of Jugurtha (La Table de Jugurtha) , a dazzling tabular hill overlooking the surrounding countryside and the town of El Kef from its towering 1271 meters, witnessed on Saturday, a major annual digital event, marked by the participation of nearly 1,600 young people in the 5th edition of the Jugurtha Internet days …

Tunisia, Microsoft launch “Intajyia” program

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- The Ministry of Industry and Technology launched on May 25 in collaboration with Microsoft, a program dubbed “Intajyia” which allows all  small and medium businesses  to access new information technologies in order to improve their productivity and efficiency.

The program which targets 4,000 Tunisian companies aims at identifying the needs of industrial solutions and technology …

Number of GSM users reaches 9,9 million in Tunisia

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- Mr. Mohamed Naceur Ammar, Minister of Communication Technologies announced on Friday that Tunisia’s ICT sector grew by 16% in 2009.

He noted that the sector provides about 90,000 jobs and creates annually around 6,300 new jobs, apart from contributing over one third of the country’s economic growth.

According to statistics presented by the Minister on this …

US astronaut visits Tunis Planetarium

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- On Friday, the Tunis Planetarium (Cité des Sciences) played host to the press conference chaired by the American astronaut Robert Louis Behnken who is currently paying a 5 day visit to Tunisia from May 21 to 26.

Robert Louis Behnken is taking part in a special program including a video conference that is also screened …

Tunisair and Tunisian Post pen convention partnership

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- In order to promote online services and develop e-commerce, Tunisia’s flagship carrier,Tunisair recently signed an agreement of commercial partnership with the Tunisian Post.

Tunisair has decided to join the e-dinar Smart card of the Tunisian Post, which allows payment of purchases of goods and services on the Internet.

Moreover, Tunisair will offer to its customers on …