Welcome
to Tunisia.
Tunisia is notoriously blessed with a strategic geographic location in the heart of the Mediterranean, offering attractive investment opportunities in a thriving business environment.
+7 000
Engineers per year
90%
School enrolment rate
+325 000
Students
(60% women)
+200
Academic institutions
+70 000
New graduates each year
7%
Of GDP dedicated to education
9 International airports
7 Commercial seaports
1 Oil terminal
Optical fiber
submarine cable link with
Europe
12 Competitiveness clusters
157 Industriel zones
15 Cyberparks
Investment opportunities
Aeronautics
Aeronautics
- Almost complete and rich
value chain with cluster animation around El Mghira area.
- Strong
presence of major international actors.
- Available labour force, cost
competitive and qualified.
- Sector specific incentives.
Automotive
Automotive
- Almost complete value
chain with a strong concentration of automotive component.
- Presence
of world leaders’ Tunisian industrial groups.
- Available, cost
competitive and qualified labour force.
- Certified Tunisian companies
respecting international quality and safety requirements.
Pharmaceutical
Pharmaceutical
- Developed value chain
with actors present on all segments.
- Qualified and internationally
recognized workforce.
- Grouping together the main actors of the sector in the “PharmaIn” cluster with effective public-private
collaboration.
ICT
ICT
- Relatively developed
value chain with a diversified business ecosystem.
- International
credibility on offshoring services.
- Highly qualified and cost
competitive workforce.
- Favourable infrastructure for the sector development.
- Incentive regulatory framework to support start-ups
development.
Textile
& Clothing
Textile & Clothing
- 4th largest EU. supplier.
- Low cost labour factor compared with some direct competitors.
- Geographical proximity to European markets,
favoured by trade agreements.
Tourism
Tourism
- Geographical proximity to
European countries.
- Favourable conditions for constant tourist activity throughout the year.
- Diversity of archaeological and
cultural sites: 8 UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Agribusiness
Agribusiness
- A developed Tunisian
organic sector renown on the European and American markets (olive oil,
dates, vines, plants).
- Products processing meeting international standards and of similar quality on the local market and for export.
- Adequate quality / price positioning of Tunisian export products
- Strategic sectors clusterization
Green Energy
Green Energy
- Strong willing to develop
the environment and energies cluster in order to increase the share of
green energies to 30% by 2030.
- Specific regulations and a clear
vision for the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy
programmes.
Partenariat
public privé
Partnership
Public/private
Long-term contracts
whereby the private sector designs, builds, finances and operates an
infrastructure project.
Startup Tunisia
Start-up Tunisia
The Start-up Act aims at
making Tunisia a favourable country for Start-ups at the crossroads of
the Mediterranean, the MENA region and Africa.
The Start-up Act is
a legal framework dedicated to Start-ups in Tunisia. This framework is
conceived to facilitate the launch and development of Start-ups from
Tunisia.
This legal framework includes 20 measures structured
around a Label of Merit and Benefits to Entrepreneurs, Investors and
Start-ups.