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Accepted Paper: D16a-01. To panel D16a.

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Author:

Wafa Makhlouf (CEED Tunisia).

Long abstract paper:
Since the 2011 revolution, Tunisia has had to face problems such as terrorism, unemployment, poverty ... despite very limited resources and a destabilized country.

To successfully complete this post-revolution phase, Tunisia has seen innovation as one of the keys to economic but also social success. As well as an important way to reduce the gap with developed countries.

The introduction of innovation into the economic circuit took shape first of all by the implementation by the state of a number of measures such as the Startup Act, a measure intended to encourage innovation. and unleash the full entrepreneurial potential in Tunisia.

This orientation towards innovation has enabled Tunisia today to position itself as one of the most active African start-up ecosystems with more than 12,000 companies active in ICTs.

It is necessary to note that in Africa, we are witnessing an extremely rapid evolution of FinTech as being the most wanted sector for African start-ups.

FinTech is a real issue for both African and European continents and in particular for Africa, which is considered the cradle of mobile payment, a solution to be adopted in countries where more than half of citizens do not have a bank account.

Such an acceleration of technology can only succeed with the establishment of the necessary skills, such as the training of more than 10,000 engineers per year in the fields of technology and digital.

Aware of the impact of technology in achieving a quality digital transition, CEED Tunisia in close collaboration with CEED Morocco has launched the FinTech Catalyst program which aims to bring together innovative start-ups in the field of Tics with large companies looking for digital solutions to cope with this technological acceleration that our country is experiencing.

Indeed, a Tunisian-Moroccan collaboration is a very interesting first step in the establishment of other exchanges of skills and experiences between the different countries of the African continent which unfortunately remains until today qualified as timid.

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