Tunisia's ICT development index "IDI" recorded an increase of more than 30% between 2010 and 2015. It is above the world average (about 23% between 2010 and 2015).
MULTI-SKILLED HUMAN RESOURCES
Performed education system :
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60 000 multilingualuniversity graduates,
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9 138 graduates in ICT sections (computer science and multimedia) in 2015.
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About 6000 graduates a year in engineering sections.
- Tunisia has the highest concentration of researchers among Arab and African countries.
Competitive salaries
Annual gross wages in Tunisia :
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Hotline (BPO) : 5 385 Euros/Year
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Graduate engineer : 8 975 Euros/Year
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Senior/ Group leader : 17 955 Euros/Year
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Manager : 31 418 Euros/Year
(Source : SMART TUNISIA)
- Tunisia is ranked 1st in North Africa in terms of redundancy costs (in weeks of salary).
The Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017
A PERFORMING INFRASTRUCTURE OFFER
Tunisia has one of the most modern broadband infrastructures in the Mediterranean basin with high-speed land and undersea networks and an international bandwidth at around 180 Gb/s.
- The biggest Data Center in Africa is based in Tunisia.
The network has:
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130.5 % in terms of mobile phone density (June 2016),
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7.8 % annual growth in outgoing voice traffic with mobile networks for international calls,
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98.8 % subscribers to broadband Internet,
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25 % Smartphone penetration rate compared to the total number of connections (early 2015).
Tunisia also has Class A areas and offices dedicated to different offshoring activities. These areas are equipped with high-end communication equipment and systems.
The average rental cost of a ready-to-use area (pre-wired, air-conditioned, modular) is approximately 6.5 € / m² / month.
- Tunis is the 7th best city around the world to launch a Start-up.
Forbes, november 2015
TECHNOPARKS, CLUSTERS DEDICATED TO OFFSHORING
Tunisia has :
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3 equipped and ICT oriented Technoparks
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18 cyber parks for training and scientific and technological resear
- Technopark Elgazala
- Technopôle de Sfax
- Pôle de compétitivité de Sousse