Tunisia’s government plans to issue the country’s first Islamic bond this year as it works to finance a budget deficit swollen by last year’s revolution, a senior Arab banker said on Wednesday.
“The Tunisian government is planning to issue an Islamic sovereign bond before the end of this year,” said Adnan Ahmed Yousif, chief executive of Bahrain-based Al Baraka Banking Group, an Islamic banking conglomerate with operations across North Africa………………………………………..Full Article: Source