Tunisia a strategic Partner for Italy and a gateway to Africa
April 11th, 2022 at 9.00
At Palazzo Pirelli – Pirelli Room – Lombardy Region Council
Via Fabio Filzi, 22 - Milano
The long history of exchanges, made possible above all thanks to the close geographical proximity between the two countries, has allowed a gradual development of the Italian presence on Tunisian territory, which has now reached more than 900 companies, employing 70,000 people in the textile, electrical, electronics, mechanics, agri-food and footwear industries, as Abdelbasset Ghanmi, Director General of FIPA, the Tunisian Agency for the Promotion of Foreign Investments, told Africa e Affari.
In addition to the considerable Italian presence, the Director underlined how “Tunisia today also represents a gateway to other European markets, to the Middle East and to African markets” acknowledging much of the credit to Comesa, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and to the implementation of the Continental Free Trade Area, which makes Tunisia “a privileged place for Italian companies seeking operations in the rest of the African continent”.
FIPA-Tunisia & Embassy of Tunisia in Rome In collaboration with Promos Italia & CTICI Present
“Tunisia: The Gateway to Africa” Investment Opportunities for Italian Investors in Tunisia - Thursday 9 December 2021 - 09.00 am Palazzo delle Stelline - Sala Manzoni, Corso Magenta, 61 – Milan
FIPA-Tunisia itself and the Tunisian Embassy in Rome, in collaboration with Promos Italia and CTICI, wanted to shed light on this very issue by organising an event entitled ‘Tunisia: The Gateway to Africa’, which took place on 9 December at the Palazzo delle Stelline in Milan.
Comedit was involved in this event as an institutional partner of Fipa.