The 22nd Strategic Council meeting of the Tunisia Investment Authority (TIA) was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, defining the path for economic development by concentrating on two strategic pillars: leveraging private sector advice to reform and riding the boom in the data center market.
The highest-level session, presided over by TIA President Mrs. Namia Ayadi, focused on mechanisms to formally engage business in the policymaking process. A highlight session was offered by Mrs. Nadin Chami, Principal Director of Policy Advocacy at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, that set out the emirate’s successful public-private partnership model. She disclosed that the private sector in Dubai alone reviewed 107 legislative documents in 2024 of which 58% of its suggested amendments were accepted by the government. This cooperative process, which included technical studies as well as coordination with 17 governmental institutions, was showcased as an exemplary model for Tunisia to include its own private sector in the core of reform planning.
The session thereafter touched on a major development industry: data centers. A strategic watch presentation by the TIA team captured a remarkable worldwide surge in investment, where volumes invested doubled twentyfold against 2016. The report offered a regional benchmark for Tunisia and set the main expectations of global investors, including robust local and regional market demand, clear regulation, high connectivity, and local data residency compliance.
In order to put Tunisia on the competition map, the TIA laid out a series of recommendations. They include updating the legal framework to protect data, establishing renewable sources of energy to fuel the energy-hungry facilities, raising global connectivity through new undersea cables, and establishing a special economic zone for cloud and data center services.
The council meeting was used to build consensus around best international practice and sectoral analysis at depth, highlighting the TIA’s desire to create a positive climate for investment through creative public-private partnerships and high-potential sectors such as data centers.
TunisianMonitorOnline (NejiMed)
