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Algeria: 30-year Old Activist on Trial for Publishing Secret Documents

A court in Blida, 45 km South-west of capital Algiers, has put on trial a 30-year old blogger over posting on Facebook classified documents revealing the country’s procurement of 200,000 canisters of tear gas in 2016. The blogger, Abbelhakim Mohandi, was arrested on July 16 in the city of Blida after security authorities accused him […]

Egypt surpasses Nigeria in start-ups capital funding in Africa

Egypt is the continent’s new leader in the total equity funding raised by start-ups in Africa from June 2022 to June 2023, overtaking Nigeria, according to London-based African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA). Per AVCA data, startups in the North African country raised $540 from June 2022 to July 2023. The amounts represent […]

Tunisia approves 2013 budget

Tunisia’s budget for the year 2013 has been approved finally. This year’s approved budget has surpassed the estimates as it stood at $17.1 billion which is 4.9 percent higher than the previous supplementary budget for the year 2012 according to reports. Reports cited that the interim Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has confirmed that the budget […]