On 13 and 14 October 2026, the BigTech Africa trade show brings together 24 Tunisian start-ups at the Cité de la Culture in Tunis, all supported by the IPTIC project. The initiative is funded by the Republic of Korea through KOICA and implemented by the International Labour Organization, working alongside the Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment and Tunisie Telecom.
What is the agreement signed between the ministry and Tunisie Telecom?
He believes the country’s businesses are adopting artificial intelligence at a very fast pace.
On Wednesday morning, at the Den Den sector centre, the Minister of Vocational Training and Employment, Riadh Choued, signed a framework partnership agreement with Tunisie Telecom. The signing formalises closer ties between the ministry and the national operator on digital issues.
Under the terms of this framework agreement, the stated goal is to unify both parties’ efforts and expertise, speed up the rollout of digital projects and make the investment devoted to them more efficient.
What role do the IPTIC project and the BigTech Africa 2026 trade show play?
The IPTIC project is part of an international cooperation partnership: it is funded by the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The set-up brings together a South Korean public donor and a specialised United Nations agency dedicated to labour and employment.
Within this framework, the BigTech Africa 2026 trade show takes place on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 October at the Cité de la Culture in Tunis. Over these two days, the cooperation led by KOICA and the ILO through IPTIC comes together with the Tunisian ecosystem.
What does Tunisia’s business community say about the adoption of artificial intelligence?
Kais Sellami, president of the National Federation of Information Technologies and a member of UTICA’s executive board, speaks for Tunisian employers on this issue. He believes the country’s businesses are adopting artificial intelligence at a very fast pace.
This view comes from someone at the heart of Tunisia's employers' bodies, which gives it particular weight: both the Information Technologies Federation and UTICA share the same assessment.
Between the signing of this framework agreement, the international partnership led by Korea and the International Labour Organization, and the assessment made by the National Federation of Information Technologies, one goal keeps coming into focus: unifying efforts and expertise to speed up the rollout of digital projects and make their investment more efficient. What remains to be seen is how this convergence, on display first at the Den Den sector centre and then on the BigTech Africa 2026 stage, will translate into the pace of digital projects to come.
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