The credit of the African Development Bank (ADB), in favor of the plan Digital Tunisia 2020 was approved, Tuesday, July 17, by the Tunisian parliament. The agreement in question concerns the sum of 85.1 million dollars, intended to finance the project “Digital Tunisia 2020”.
As a reminder, the Tunisian government concluded an agreement with the ADB, on December 21st, for the financing of the project “Digital Tunisia 2020”.
The project aims to move towards a digital administration that presents quality digital services to the citizen. It helps to create opportunities for work in the digital sector and in the transfer of services.
It should be noted that the cost of the project is estimated at $ 153 million and will be realized over the next four years (2018-2022).
Of this amount, the 53% will be financed by ADB and the Tunisian Ministry of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy will cover the rest of the project expenses.
The interest rate is 0.44% while the repayment will be 19 years with a grace period of six years.
