At the 22nd Tunisia Investment Forum (TIF 2026), the African Development Bank (AfDB) called on Tunisian businesses to transform identified opportunities into concrete investments by introducing them to markets financed by multilateral institutions.
Bringing Tunisian businesses closer to multilateral financing institutions was one of the recommendations of TIF 2026, organised on June 25 and 26 in Tunis by the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA-Tunisia) in partnership with the AfDB.
The forum was opened by the head of government, Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri, under the theme “Tunisia: Renewed Dynamics, New Opportunities.”
The AfDB’s Deputy Director General for North Africa, Malinne Blomberg, indicated that the success of this edition would be measured by the partnerships forged and the jobs created for Tunisians.
She highlighted three priorities: directing investment towards productive and sustainable
transformation, making African integration an investment accelerator, and strengthening coordination between public and private actors.
Tunisia has comparative advantages in automotive components, textiles, agribusiness, digital technologies, pharmaceuticals, and renewable energy, and its membership in the AfCFTA and COMESA opens new trade opportunities.
Within the framework of the forum, the AfDB and the World Bank also co-organised, with FIPA-Tunisia, a seminar dedicated to business opportunities related to the projects they finance in North Africa.
The Director General of FIPA-Tunisia, Jalel Tebib, welcomed a partnership that brings Tunisian investors and businesses closer to regional financing.
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