Barkia Africa was billed as the first entirely Tunisian-made car, the work of Sfax businessman Mohamed Barkia, who financed the project using only Tunisian capital. His announcement in April 2012 came as a surprise, following months of speculation, fuelled by a government minister, that Volkswagen might set up an automobile industry in Tunisia, with business figures in Sfax lobbying for the region to host it. Barkia instead unveiled plans for…
