Key View

• Tunisia’s draft 2019 budget proposes corporate tax cuts to boost the competitiveness and attractiveness of its pharmaceutical sector.
• The government's encouragement of foreign investment, through its new simplified investment code, will make the region increasingly attractive to multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers.
• However

Key View: 

• Tunisia's political tensions will increase sharply ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections respectively scheduled for October and December 2019. 
• The collapse of the coalition between President Beji Caid Essebsi's Nidaa Tounes party and the Ennahda party will paralyse policy-making, thus reducing the scope for economic

The limited reach of Tunisia's wireline infrastructure means that mobile networks have shouldered the burden of fast-maturing digital services consumption. This is not sustainable even with 4G technology. A national wholesale network operator would spread the load and make it easier to launch and grow the use of advanced services, benefiting the

Prime Minister Youssef Chahed's ongoing clampdown on corruption in Tunisia will be welcomed by international investors and multilateral creditors, and will boost the government's popularity among the population. That said, it could result in a backlash at a later stage from the population if the government fails to deliver on the campaign or from