The Tunisia Investment Authority (TIA) focused on two major topics during the 23rd session of its Strategic Council on Tuesday, February 10, 2026: global investment trends in 2025 and prospects for 2026, and the TIA’s strategic analysis on joint ventures, the authority noted in a statement released Wednesday.
The session addressed key themes for Tunisia’s investment ecosystem in a global context marked by significant shifts in investment flows.
The first theme examined global investment trends in 2025 and 2026 prospects, as well as Tunisia’s strategic positioning.
David Cousquer, an expert in investment, employment, and economic development data, presented an analysis highlighting the strong growth of global investments, driven by increasingly capital-intensive projects in sectors such as data centers, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals.
Discussions also highlighted the geographical shift of investment flows, with growing prominence of the Americas and a reorientation of Asian strategies, while Africa, particularly North Africa, is gradually emerging as a gateway to major markets, especially in Europe.
In this context, Tunisia is seen to have real advantages but needs to strengthen its positioning to attract new waves of investment, particularly in capital- and technology-intensive sectors.
The second theme focused on the TIA’s strategic analysis of joint ventures, identified as a key lever for integration into global value chains.
Based on international benchmarks and Tunisia’s experience, the analysis emphasizes the growing role of joint ventures in technology transfer, market access, risk sharing, and industrial upgrading.
The discussions produced several strategic directions, including enhancing Tunisia’s attractiveness for structuring projects, particularly in data centers, automotive and battery sectors, energy, and hydrogen, aligned with global value chain trends.
Participants also stressed the importance of developing specialized zones for large projects with adequate infrastructure, competitive energy, and clear regulations, leveraging joint ventures as a tool to densify the industrial sector by fostering partnerships between foreign investors and Tunisian companies and aligning national investment policies with international best practices to capture higher value-added and sustainable investments.
Through this 23rd session, the TIA reaffirmed its commitment to anticipating international investment shifts, fostering public-private dialogue, and guiding public decision-making through strategic analysis, to strengthen Tunisia’s position as a competitive, credible, and sustainable investment destination.
