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On 27 June 2024, Tunisia will host for the first time the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Investment Forum (CIF 2024), with the participation of 21 African States and international organisations.
Organised by the COMESA Regional Investment Agency (AIRC), the forum will be attended by a number of African and Tunisian international organisations and parties, including the European Union delegation and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), as well as the Ministries of the Economy and Planning, Trade and Export Development and the Tunisian Union of Industry, Commerce and Handicrafts (UTICA), and the Investment Promotion Agency, according to a press release issued by AIRC.
The Director General of the AIRC, Hiba Salama, said that this forum, organised this year for the first time in Tunisia following its accession to COMESA in 2018, aims to encourage trade and investment between the COMESA States, and to inform Tunisian businessmen of the investment and trade opportunities in the COMESA States, in particular the advantages offered by the organisation and its member companies in the field of investment and trade…

Habemus Solutions, the German company specialising in electronic engineering and embedded software, which has been operating in Sfax since 2020, has just announced the opening of a second office in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. The announcement was made by its Managing Director, Gottfried Fisher, during his meeting with Mr Jalel TEBIB, Managing Director of FIPA […]

On 12 April 2024, Visteon Tunisia, which specialises in electronic automotive components, inaugurated a new unit in Bir El Bey, Tunisia, in the presence of Sachin Lawande, Group Executive Director. The new unit was set up by 100% Tunisian skills in the space of ten months, with a 60% integration rate, to create 400 additional […]

The Japanese group and global leader Sumitomo has just begun construction work on its third and largest automotive wiring harness factory in Tunisia, following those in Jendouba and El-Fejja.
The new production unit, Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze Tunisia, will focus on manufacturing wiring harnesses for Mercedes electric vehicles…

The Swiss group Zühlke Engineering, which specialises in strategy, innovation and the development of digital solutions, has announced its intention to set up in Tunisia. At a meeting with the Director General of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA Tunisia), Jalel Tebib, the Group’s Projects and Investments Manager, Predrag Poposki, confirmed this decision. Zühlke Engineering plans to initially recruit around thirty Tunisian engineers with specialist skills, with the aim of doubling this number in the medium term. The decision to locate in Tunisia was motivated by a number of factors, including the availability of engineering talent, strategic positioning, geographical proximity and the country’s cultural diversity. Jalel Tebib hailed Zühlke Engineering’s choice of Tunisia and stressed the advantages of the country’s business climate and regulatory framework for foreign investment. He also highlighted FIPA-Tunisia’s role in advising, guiding and assisting foreign companies, affirming the agency’s commitment to supporting Zühlke’s move into Tunisia…

According to the BMI Tunisia Country Risk Report, Q2 2024, forecasts indicate a modest improvement in real GDP growth from 0.5% in 2023 to 1.3% in 2024, driven by factors such as increased household consumption and controlled import growth. According to BMI’s Tunisia Country Risk Report for the second quarter of 2024, forecasts point to […]