“President Ben Ali clearly stressed the imperative to invest in human resources and communication technologies. Microsoft will be happy to back up President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s and Tunisia’s efforts, as part of this vision, and to contribute to the achievement of the various projects, including those related to the technological innovation centre and co-operation with the Ministries of Education, Higher Education and Communication Technologies, as well as to the electronic administration. I have been very much impressed by what I saw of the achievements accomplished in Tunisia.” “Tunisia’s wealth rests on its brains and skills”. Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft».

«There are high level companies in Tunisia capable of developing very high performance computer systems. It has not been necessary to train staff. We simply combine our various skills. Certain activities are handled through co-contracting, for example, development of high level computer applications. » Marc Rossi, President Director General, Cyberg Systems

“In Tunisia we have met people of good quality and a high level of education who are both responsive and competent” Patrick Sevian, Sagem

“Tunisia is characterized by highly educated human resources, an educational environment which supports the knowledge economy, a first class real estate and technological infrastructure as well as by political and economic stability necessary for multinational companies’ implementation ” Sami Smaoui, Managing director, HP Tunisia

“The services sector in Tunisia offers an excellent opportunity for a company of our size: skilled staff at competitive costs, good means of communication and ideal working conditions. Our experience in Tunisia has been very positive.” Rene Buschler, Chairman and Managing Director, Siemens Tunisia

“Proximity to Europe, language skills, quality of engineers and a very good system of incentives encouraging the recruitment of graduates are the main strengths of the development of STMicroelectronics Tunisia” Hichem Ben Hamida, General Manager, STMicroelectronics, Tunisia