Leveraging its geographic positioning at the centre of the Mediterranean, Tunisia’s transport sector has been crucial for the country’s economic progress. Well-connected shipping and air transport lines have proven essential to developing the tourism sector and raising commercial trade levels in international markets. Key industrial segments...
A developed port infrastructure has been critical in allowing Tunisia to create a place for itself in international commerce. Roughly 98% of Tunisian trade goes through its port network, but lack of investment has made parts of the infrastructure inefficient, a situation authorities are seeking to reverse through a set of ambitious investment...
While advanced economies generate the vast majority of insurance and reinsurance business, emerging markets are posting higher rates of growth. Complementing this underlying trend is a strong and expanding interest in catastrophic risk, which by nature tends to pertain to emerging markets. This is coming alongside fast-paced, sector-...
Despite relatively low penetration, Tunisia’s insurance sector has been growing steadily, with the rapid expansion of existing segments, such as life insurance, and the development of new ones, like takaful (Islamic insurance). The expected implementation of a revised insurance code, along with efforts to improve key growth and...
Despite their significant presence in the Tunisian economy, SMEs continue to face difficulties in financing their development. Aware of these challenges, the authorities are looking to provide SMEs with alternative sources of financing outside of the banking sector, which has been limited in its ability to finance such enterprises. To this end...
Historically dominated by the motor segment, the sector is now aiming to further develop its varied products and distribution channels, particularly life insurance, takaful (Islamic insurance), bancassurance and micro-insurance, with the goal of doubling its GDP contribution to 4% between 2017 and 2022.
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