In an exclusive interview granted to econostrum.info during the Emerging Valley event (Marseille, 14 December 2021), Zeineb Messaoud, executive director of The Dot, a digital innovation hub in Tunis, discusses the recent history of start-up development in Tunisia and highlights the ambition of her newly created structure.

EU. The European Commission will financially support projects under the digital strand of the European Interconnection Mechanism with the aim of ensuring that all populated areas have 5G coverage by 2030.

FRANCE / TUNISIA. The Marseilles-based Accélérateur M and the Tunisian Connect Innov unveil their desire to join forces to pool their start-up support services on both sides of the Mediterranean.

MEDITERRANEAN / AFRICA. The fifth edition of Emerging Valley brought together, on Tuesday 14 December 2021 in Marseille, the European, Mediterranean and African ecosystem of innovation. The founder of this event, Samir Abdelkrim, talks to econostrum.info about the evolution of start-ups on the African continent over the years.

KOSOVO. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is granting a €5m credit line to Banka për Biznes to be on-lent to local SMEs.

ITALY. The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato accuses Amazon of discriminating against competing logistics operators.

TUNISIA / FRANCE. Proparco grants an exceptional guarantee of 1 M€ to the International Union of Banks to enable it to grant loans guaranteed at 80% by the subsidiary of the French Development Agency group to Tunisian Smes.

MOROCCO. Already very weakened by two years of crisis Covid, the professionals of tourism fear that the closing of the borders of Morocco will strike a fatal blow to them.

ITALY. The world's oldest bank will turn around its accounts in 2021, but needs time and 2.5 billion euros of new money to meet the standards imposed by Brussels.

MENA. The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation and the Union for the Mediterranean are partnering with the Business Club Africa to support women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses in the Middle East North Africa region.

Frédéric Dubessy, editor in chief of econostrum.info, is the guest, on Sunday 21 November 2021 at 12:25 pm, of the programme "Génération...

TURKEY. Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the EBRD, unveils the release of a €600 million credit line for local banks, exclusively dedicated to on-lending to Turkish companies run by women.

FRANCE / ISRAEL. Mérieux NutriSciences strengthens its presence in Israel with the acquisition of the local company Sher Consulting and Training, specialised in consulting and training in food safety management and quality.

FRANCE. LCL and the European Investment Bank have signed a partnership agreement to open a €200 million credit line dedicated to independent health professionals or those working in small or medium-sized businesses.