Economy/Business
Birth of an alliance of Diaspora Associations Launch of the “Tunisia Global Forum”, a significant international business event to enhance Tunisia’s visibility and attractiveness. Tunis, 02 August 2023 – Six associations of professional Tunisian diaspora, active in different countries, have decided to unite their efforts to jointly organize an unprecedented summer gathering to interconnect their […]
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BOSTON, MA – The Tunisian-American Young Professionals (TAYP) is organizing the second annual retreat on May 13th and 14th at the Wylie Center & Tupper Manor in Boston. This event will bring together accomplished professionals from various sectors to support each other and share their experiences. The program will include several workshops related to finance, […]
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After two years of support to Chambers of Commerce and SMEs in Tunisia, the DRIVE Project is now in its final phase. Implemented by TAYP and funded by the Near East Affairs and Assistance Coordination Bureau, the project aims to support regional Tunisian Chambers of Commerce in developing the competitiveness of their companies and regions, […]
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UtiQ Ventures is a newly formed venture capital firm, focused on investing in tech startups in Tunisia and North Africa. The firm’s senior partners, Ghazi Ben Othman and Sami Ben Romdhane, are leveraging their combined 50+ years of professional experience in Silicon Valley to launch a VC fund that is quite unique in the Arab […]
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Tunisia2020 On November 29th and 30th Tunisia hosted its second international investment conference, Tunisia2020, following ‘’Invest in Tunisia- start-up democracy’’, an initiative launched in 2014 under Previous Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa’s government, in order to attract foreign investments. This year several countries ( including the United States, France, Canada and several Gulf monarchies), international organizations […]
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In its continuing effort to build bridges between Tunisia and the United States through a strengthening of economic and cultural ties, Tunisian American Young Professionals has been involved in promoting Tunisia2020, the Tunisian government’s International Investors’ Conference, held on November 29th and 30th, to US based investors. TAYP’s activities complemented the work of the Tunisian […]
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Ahead of its Tunisia 2020 International Investors’ Conference to be held on 29 and 30 November 2016, Tunisia’s Minister of International Cooperation and Development Fadhel Abdelkefi and a delegation of ministerial staff arrived in Washington DC on October 5th to promote investment in Tunisia, in addition to attending the IMF and World Bank autumn meeting, […]
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Turath, a nonpartisan undergraduate student association that serves to promote Arab culture at Columbia University, invited Mehdi Jomaa, former Prime Minister of Tunisia, to deliver a talk to the broad Columbia community entitled “Tunisia: A Startup Democracy 2.0”. The talk took place in the afternoon of September 27th in a large conference room on the 5th floor […]
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As published in the Atlantic Council Youssef Chahed, the Arab world’s youngest head of government and a 41-year-old PhD holder in agricultural economics, led the decentralisation program as Tunisia’s Minister of Local Affairs under the government of his predecessor, Habib Essid. This experience arms him in his new role as prime minister with an understanding […]
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TAYP joined forces to the international call for the economic and social development plan in favor of Tunisia led by three leading Tunisian business and socio-economic associations along with three other partners. These citizen and professional based associations are presenting an economic and social development plan for 2016-2020 to different European countries and to the […]
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More than 900 entrepreneurs, 300 investors, U.S governments officials, and journalists, attended the 7th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), an event that was held at Stanford University in the home of modern innovation, Silicon Valley, California, on June 22-24, 2016. The summit,, an initiative started by President Obama in 2010, aims at promoting entrepreneurship and […]
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On April 14 2016, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has recently launched its report on Tunisia, Between Peril and Promise: A New Partnership for Tunisia, in its Washington D.C. headquarters, featuring a discussion with Minister of Development Yassine Brahim, as well as in Tunis in the presence of Prime Minister Habib Essid. The report, […]
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Diaspora Summer Networking 2023: A highly successful first edition
Birth of an alliance of Diaspora Associations Launch of the “Tunisia Global Forum”, a significant international business event to enhance Tunisia’s visibility and attractiveness. Tunis, 02 August 2023 – Six associations of professional Tunisian diaspora, active in different countries, have decided to unite their efforts to jointly organize an unprecedented summer gathering to interconnect their […]
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TAYP retreat 2023: Bringing the community together and growing together
BOSTON, MA – The Tunisian-American Young Professionals (TAYP) is organizing the second annual retreat on May 13th and 14th at the Wylie Center & Tupper Manor in Boston. This event will bring together accomplished professionals from various sectors to support each other and share their experiences. The program will include several workshops related to finance, […]
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Achievements of the DRIVE Project
After two years of support to Chambers of Commerce and SMEs in Tunisia, the DRIVE Project is now in its final phase. Implemented by TAYP and funded by the Near East Affairs and Assistance Coordination Bureau, the project aims to support regional Tunisian Chambers of Commerce in developing the competitiveness of their companies and regions, […]
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“UtiQ Ventures” is launching the first VC fund for Tunisia and North Africa
UtiQ Ventures is a newly formed venture capital firm, focused on investing in tech startups in Tunisia and North Africa. The firm’s senior partners, Ghazi Ben Othman and Sami Ben Romdhane, are leveraging their combined 50+ years of professional experience in Silicon Valley to launch a VC fund that is quite unique in the Arab […]
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Sustainable Development Goals and Corporate Social Responsibility: What Framework Post Tunisia2020
Tunisia2020 On November 29th and 30th Tunisia hosted its second international investment conference, Tunisia2020, following ‘’Invest in Tunisia- start-up democracy’’, an initiative launched in 2014 under Previous Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa’s government, in order to attract foreign investments. This year several countries ( including the United States, France, Canada and several Gulf monarchies), international organizations […]
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TAYP – Tunisia2020’s Tunisian-American Diaspora Partner
In its continuing effort to build bridges between Tunisia and the United States through a strengthening of economic and cultural ties, Tunisian American Young Professionals has been involved in promoting Tunisia2020, the Tunisian government’s International Investors’ Conference, held on November 29th and 30th, to US based investors. TAYP’s activities complemented the work of the Tunisian […]
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TAYP partners with the Tunisian Government on the Washington DC Investment Roadshow
Ahead of its Tunisia 2020 International Investors’ Conference to be held on 29 and 30 November 2016, Tunisia’s Minister of International Cooperation and Development Fadhel Abdelkefi and a delegation of ministerial staff arrived in Washington DC on October 5th to promote investment in Tunisia, in addition to attending the IMF and World Bank autumn meeting, […]
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“Tunisia, A Startup Democracy” @Columbia University
Turath, a nonpartisan undergraduate student association that serves to promote Arab culture at Columbia University, invited Mehdi Jomaa, former Prime Minister of Tunisia, to deliver a talk to the broad Columbia community entitled “Tunisia: A Startup Democracy 2.0”. The talk took place in the afternoon of September 27th in a large conference room on the 5th floor […]
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TAYP Board Member and Lead Editor Sharing Tunisia New Economic Opportunities @Atlantic Council
As published in the Atlantic Council Youssef Chahed, the Arab world’s youngest head of government and a 41-year-old PhD holder in agricultural economics, led the decentralisation program as Tunisia’s Minister of Local Affairs under the government of his predecessor, Habib Essid. This experience arms him in his new role as prime minister with an understanding […]
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TAYP Mobilized for an International Call for Tunisia
TAYP joined forces to the international call for the economic and social development plan in favor of Tunisia led by three leading Tunisian business and socio-economic associations along with three other partners. These citizen and professional based associations are presenting an economic and social development plan for 2016-2020 to different European countries and to the […]
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Tunisia at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016
More than 900 entrepreneurs, 300 investors, U.S governments officials, and journalists, attended the 7th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), an event that was held at Stanford University in the home of modern innovation, Silicon Valley, California, on June 22-24, 2016. The summit,, an initiative started by President Obama in 2010, aims at promoting entrepreneurship and […]
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Launch of Carnegie Endowment’s Report on the Tunisian Transition and a Private Sector Discussion
On April 14 2016, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has recently launched its report on Tunisia, Between Peril and Promise: A New Partnership for Tunisia, in its Washington D.C. headquarters, featuring a discussion with Minister of Development Yassine Brahim, as well as in Tunis in the presence of Prime Minister Habib Essid. The report, […]
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