4th Tunisia-UK Trade & Investment Forum
Tunisia has many attractions to the prospective investor, including notably its competitive costs, wide pool of talent, world-class infrastructure, choice of transport connections, dedicated industrial sites and free zones and a business friendly environment. These issues and the latest opportunities in a wide number of sectors were flagged up during the 4th Tunisia-UK Trade & Investment Forum hosted by the Chamber on 9th December 2021. The ABCC welcomed a trade delegation from Tunisia in London to participate in the forum held at the Chamber premises and organised in collaboration with the Tunisian Embassy. A distinguished speaker panel was headed by His Excellency Mr Nabil Ben Khedher, the Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia, who was joined by Mr Jed Mrabet, President, Tunisian British Chamber of Commerce, Mr Zied Braham, Director,
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FIPA UK - Invest in Tunisia, and Mr Gonzalo Butori, Senior Associate, Giambrone & Partners, an ABCC member company. Mr Bandar Reda, CEO & Secretary General and the Rt Hon Baroness Symons, ABCC Chairman, both delivered opening contributions at the event. Mr Reda remarked that the ABCC was looking at the possibility of leading a UK business delegation to Tunisia during 2022. In her opening remarked, Baroness Symons described Tunisia as a very welcoming place for visitors and highlighted its many attractive features such as its heritage, natural landscape and accessible location.
Tunisia’s population was generally well educated and skilled while women have long played a prominent part in public life, including business. Mr Abdeslam El-Idrissi, ABCC Deputy CEO & Secretary General, chaired the discussion. Delegates to the event heard that Tunisia was promoting itself as a gateway to Africa.
