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Strengths of the Sector

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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 :

  • 60 000 multilingualuniversity graduates,

  • 9 138 graduates in ICT sections (computer science and multimedia) in 2015.

  • 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 :

  • Hotline (BPO) : 5 385 Euros/Year

  • Graduate engineer : 8 975 Euros/Year

  • Senior/ Group leader : 17 955 Euros/Year

  • 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:

  • 130.5 % in terms of mobile phone density (June 2016),

  • 7.8 % annual growth in outgoing voice traffic with mobile networks for international calls,

  • 98.8 % subscribers to broadband Internet,

  • 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 :

  • 3 equipped and ICT oriented Technoparks

  • 18 cyber parks for training and scientific and technological resear

  • Technopark Elgazala
  • Technopôle de Sfax
  • Pôle de compétitivité de Sousse

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