By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Business News
Illustrative image · Mikhail Nilov · Pexels · Licence PexelsTunisian MP Maher Ketari wants to remove the article in the 2027 budget bill providing for higher alcohol taxation to finance social funds. He believes this contribution would make consumers bear more of the financing cost, while challenging the governance of these funds.
Tunisia's 2027 draft budget plans 68.895 billion dinars in spending, against 54.280 billion in revenue and a deficit of 14.615 billion. Education receives 9.184 billion dinars, while Defence rises by 12.3% and Health by 9%, according to Kapitalis.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Source: Kapitalis ·
Tunisia's 2027 draft budget allocates 7.89 billion dinars to the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, against 5.33 billion in 2026, a rise of 48.2%. The "Energy" programme reaches 7,200.1 million dinars, according to data presented on 3 November by Salah Zouari, in charge of managing the ministry.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Source: Kapitalis ·
The Tunisian education budget reaches 9,184 million dinars in 2027, against 8,700 million in 2026, a rise of 5.56%. Salaries absorb nearly 90% of the credits and the wage bill grows by more than 585 million dinars, according to figures presented by minister Noureddine Nouri to Parliament.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Source: La Presse de Tunisie ·
Kenyan President William Ruto plans to launch around April 2027 a four-lane highway linking Mau Summit to Kisumu and the Eldoret-Malaba route. The project is to follow completion of the Rironi-Mau Summit link, at an announced cost of 200 billion Kenyan shillings, according to Kenyans.co.ke.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Kenyans.co.ke ·
Women’s rugby: Tunisia lose African final 33-0Tunisia’s women’s sevens rugby team lost 33-0 to Uganda in the final of the 2026 Africa Women’s Sevens. The Tunisian team finished African runners-up after their campaign in the tournament held in Nairobi, Kenya, according to La Presse de Tunisie.
Tebboune orders new plan for Algerian agriculturePresident Abdelmadjid Tebboune orders a new plan for the local organisation of agriculture and the creation of an office for pulses, while a statistics service is to improve monitoring of the sector. The Agriculture Ministry must also review the distribution of tasks, according to the Council of Ministers statement.The week in Africa
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