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What is IT outsourcing?
The outsourcing of IT services and projects has long been tried and tested by many international companies who need easy access to additional IT experts and who also need to be cost-efficient. Tech216 supports since 2019 in establishing cooperations with trusted Tunisian IT partners. Extend your tech capacities through reliable IT outsourcing solutions. A positive side effect is access to a new market with expansion opportunities for your company.
From matchmaking based on your requirements due diligence, benchmarking, legal advice, trainings to virtual or on-site visits, project development and control, we are at your side.
Why
Why outsourcing in Tunisia?
highly skilled IT-professionals
Tunisia is becoming a popular outsourcing location as the country offers a great number of highly skilled IT-professionals and IT-service providers. Outsourcing to Tunisia gives companies greater flexibility in their IT-capacities.
rising startup-ecosystem
Since Tunisia launched the Startup Act in 2018, entrepreneurship has been on the rise. The Startup Act simplifies the business start-up process, and in doing so, has significantly stimulated the market. This small country is already home to more than 800 registered innovative startups and that number is constantly growing.
great know-how
big talent pool & competitive wages
A growing skilled workforce with a problem-solving mindset: Annually more than 6,000 students graduate in IT & Engineering. Wages are competitive and will cost German partners on average, a third of the wages in Germany.
same time zone
Co-creating IT-projects with teams in Tunisia is very easy as Tunisia is located within the CET time zone with a 1 hour time difference to Germany.
strategic location
The very short travel time makes Tunisia a very strategic outsourcing location. It only takes 2-3 hours to fly from Frankfurt to Tunis!
great language skills
Besides Arabic, French is the second national language which is spoken by over 60 % of the population in Tunisia. As well, most university students speak good English and even German.
sustainable business growth
The ICT sector in Tunisia is thriving with over 11 % of GDP being generated by the digital economy. Setting up business activities in Tunisia is also a good entrance to the MENA Region and the Sub-Saharan markets.
IT outsourcing with BMW
From pilot to long-term Collaboration
Since commencing their venture in early 2020, BMW has successfully completed several IT projects with Tunisian partners like Think-IT and WEVIOO.
Through outsourcing for skills that ranged from artificial intelligence, data science, data analytics, app development, cloud computing and services, BMW has been able to implement digital products for customers as well as internal business processes.
Service
Tech216 outsourcing service
Database with qualified IT companies
- Evaluation and selection of competent Tunisian IT companies
- Compliance with technical, organizational and financial standards
- Listing in a partner database
Matchmaking
- Quantitative and qualitative definition of outsourcing needs
- Shortlist of suitable IT companies
Requirements management
- Elicitation, documentation and verification of your requirements
- Follow-up in case of changes of the requirements
Initial project support
- Mediating function and support in communication
- Trouble shooting
"100 percent of the German and European Tech216 partner companies either increased the collaboration contract volume and extended the duration or signed additional partnerships with Tunisian IT companies"
Meryem Richter Project Manager Tech216 at GIZ
Team
Our outsourcing team
Bassant Helmi
Business Developer Tech216
Bassant is Co-Founder and CEO of MENA Business GmbH. She is also Co-Chair of the Digital Arabia Network and Secretary General of the German-MENA Women in Business Network.
Amel Saidane
Tech216 Startup Scout
Amel is president of TunisianStartups, Co-Founder of Betacube, a Venture Builder in Fintech, and the Mobility and Co-Founder of Digital2Value, a digital transformation platform for SMEs.
Mehdi Layouni
Tech216 Outsourcing Expert
With more than 20 years of IT experience, Mehdi has been delivering IT projects for German and European clients such as Stadtwerke München, Bundesagentur für Arbeit and DB Fernverkehr.