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African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat and Senegalese President Macky Sall attending TIVCAD8. Start-ups and social enterprises are the biggest beneficiaries as indicated by Japan PM Fumio Kishida's opening remarks. www.theexchange.africa/

TICAD8: Start-ups biggest beneficiaries as Tunis welcomes delegations

Investing

During this edition, the Tunisian private sector will offer 81 investment projects totalling US$2.7 billion dollars to investors from Africa and Japan. 37,750 employment opportunities will be created by the initiatives listed in a white paper by the Tunisian-Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCITJ).

The 128-page white paper includes proposed projects by firms. This is in addition to new projects and those that are already in place and looking for possible partners. These initiatives will be carried out as a result of a triangular relationship between Japan, Tunisia, and other African nations in fields with a high added value.

Some of these projects include 21 in the green and blue economy, the digital industry, artificial intelligence and space technologies (20), pharmaceutical and medical (17), industrial (12), infrastructure and logistics (9) and two in finance.…