Tunisia GDP: ICT share to exceed 13%
28 May 2008
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Mr. El Hadj Gley, Minister of Communication Technologies, announced that the share of the information and communication technology sector in the GDP will exceed 13% by the end of the Eleventh Development Plan (2007-2011), compared to 10% currently.
The minister stressed during his opening, Wednesday in Tunis, of a seminar on "technological innovation and content production", organized by the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD), that Tunisia is working to promote this sector to become one of the most productive and high-employability sectors in the country, particularly for higher education graduates.
He stressed that the presidential decisions taken on January 16, 2009, at the Council of Ministers meeting devoted to the development program of the communication technologies sector in the coming period, aim to provide the sector with the capacity to create 10,000 jobs per year for higher education graduates.
International studies have shown that each direct job created in this sector allows the creation of 3 to 4 indirect jobs, and that the use of the Internet and the generalization of computer applications and communication networks in economic companies improve their productivity by 30%.
The minister added that the presidential measures will certainly raise Tunisia to the rank of African and Mediterranean technological destination that attracts foreign offshore companies specializing in services related to information and communication technologies.
Foreign investors are unanimous in highlighting the preferential advantages offered by Tunisia compared to other countries, especially since Tunisia has competent human resources, a modern infrastructure and a political, social and institutional environment favorable to investment.
Mr. El Hadj Gley indicated that the presidential measures and incentives also aim to promote research and innovation in the fields of communication technologies, particularly in the development of modern communication networks, high-speed content and applications.
He stated that in implementation of these measures, it was decided to reduce the cost of specialized international links by lines or satellite by 25%.
He added that regarding projects and companies producing digital content used by SMS, it was decided to increase by at least 65%, the financial share going to the content producer and content promoters, to value-added service creators, against 50% in the past.
He noted that call centers based in Tunis and whose services are intended for the local market are equipped with unified telephone numbers starting with the number 81 instead of the usual numbers.
The minister also recalled that a reduction of more than 30% is applied to the costs of telephone communications (fixed and mobile) with these centers.
During this seminar, two presentations were made on "the role of civil society in promoting investment in ICT fields" and "the partnership between the public sector, the private sector and civil society and its role in promoting investment and in exploiting digital opportunities".
Published January 27, 2009
Posted online January 30, 2009
Tunisia Affaire
The minister stressed during his opening, Wednesday in Tunis, of a seminar on "technological innovation and content production", organized by the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD), that Tunisia is working to promote this sector to become one of the most productive and high-employability sectors in the country, particularly for higher education graduates.
He stressed that the presidential decisions taken on January 16, 2009, at the Council of Ministers meeting devoted to the development program of the communication technologies sector in the coming period, aim to provide the sector with the capacity to create 10,000 jobs per year for higher education graduates.
International studies have shown that each direct job created in this sector allows the creation of 3 to 4 indirect jobs, and that the use of the Internet and the generalization of computer applications and communication networks in economic companies improve their productivity by 30%.
The minister added that the presidential measures will certainly raise Tunisia to the rank of African and Mediterranean technological destination that attracts foreign offshore companies specializing in services related to information and communication technologies.
Foreign investors are unanimous in highlighting the preferential advantages offered by Tunisia compared to other countries, especially since Tunisia has competent human resources, a modern infrastructure and a political, social and institutional environment favorable to investment.
Mr. El Hadj Gley indicated that the presidential measures and incentives also aim to promote research and innovation in the fields of communication technologies, particularly in the development of modern communication networks, high-speed content and applications.
He stated that in implementation of these measures, it was decided to reduce the cost of specialized international links by lines or satellite by 25%.
He added that regarding projects and companies producing digital content used by SMS, it was decided to increase by at least 65%, the financial share going to the content producer and content promoters, to value-added service creators, against 50% in the past.
He noted that call centers based in Tunis and whose services are intended for the local market are equipped with unified telephone numbers starting with the number 81 instead of the usual numbers.
The minister also recalled that a reduction of more than 30% is applied to the costs of telephone communications (fixed and mobile) with these centers.
During this seminar, two presentations were made on "the role of civil society in promoting investment in ICT fields" and "the partnership between the public sector, the private sector and civil society and its role in promoting investment and in exploiting digital opportunities".
Published January 27, 2009
Posted online January 30, 2009
Tunisia Affaire
