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Tunisia

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

Location in the world

Tunisia

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Africa

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Population (2024)
12,277,109
Total area
163,610 km²
Area in square miles
63,170.15 mi²
Coastline
1,148 km
Base map adapted from Wikimedia Commons. Population: World Bank (2024); geography: CIA World Factbook.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Tunisia in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure, Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure, Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure, 4G/LTE, Fiber/Fiber Optic. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

  1. Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure3
  2. Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure3
  3. Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure2
  4. Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure2
  5. Backbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile Infrastructure1

Specific technologies

  1. 4G/LTE2
  2. Fiber/Fiber Optic2
  3. 3G1
  4. 5G1
  5. Data Center/Centre1

Intervention classification

  1. Infrastructure and Specific Technology7
  2. Neither explicitly identified3

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

3 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 0 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

10 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

01

5G mobile broadband

5G National Deployment and Coverage Expansion

2025–ongoing · Nationwide rollout
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Status / period2025–ongoingLocationNationwide rolloutPopulationMobile users and underserved communitiesOrganizationsMinistry of Communication Technologies; telecom operators

Adds next-generation mobile capacity and supports broader universal high-speed coverage.

Activities and approach: 5G spectrum and radio access network

Mobile / Wireless InfrastructureLast-Mile / Access Infrastructure5G
02

Inclusive digital public services

Digital Transformation for User-Centric Public Services (GovTech)

2020–ongoing · Nationwide
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Status / period2020–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens, especially users of education and social-protection servicesOrganizationsGovernment of Tunisia; World Bank

Modernizes public services using citizen-centered digital channels while supporting connectivity and inclusion needed to access them.

Activities and approach: Digital services; broadband-support components; citizen engagement

Education
03

School broadband inclusion

GovTech School Connectivity Upgrade – White and Lagging Areas

2020–implementation · Schools with inadequate connectivity, including white/lagging areas
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Status / period2020–implementationLocationSchools with inadequate connectivity, including white/lagging areasPopulationStudents and teachersOrganizationsGovernment of Tunisia; World Bank

Uses project financing and ICT Development Fund resources to improve school broadband, prioritizing white areas and lagging regions.

Activities and approach: 4G/FWA/satellite/fixed broadband; school connectivity

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureMobile / Wireless InfrastructureInstitutional / School Connectivity InfrastructureInfrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding
EducationK–12
04

National data infrastructure

National Data Center / Government Hosting Infrastructure

Ongoing / Tunisie Digitale · National
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Status / periodOngoing / Tunisie DigitaleLocationNationalPopulationCitizens, government and public servicesOrganizationsMinistry of Communication Technologies

Provides domestic hosting and shared infrastructure required for resilient e-government services.

Activities and approach: Government data centre / hosting

Data Center / Cloud InfrastructureData Center/Centre
05

Public-institution broadband

Public Administrative Sites Broadband Connectivity Expansion

Ongoing · Public administrative sites
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Status / periodOngoingLocationPublic administrative sitesPopulationCitizens and public agenciesOrganizationsMinistry of Communication Technologies

Expands reliable broadband to public institutions to improve digital service delivery.

Activities and approach: Institutional fiber/IP connectivity

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic
06

Government broadband network

RNIA – National Integrated Administration Network

Completed / operational · National government administrations
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Status / periodCompleted / operationalLocationNational government administrationsPopulationCitizens and public institutionsOrganizationsMinistry of Communication Technologies

Connects government institutions with Internet, VoIP and secure communications infrastructure, enabling digital services beyond central offices.

Activities and approach: IP network; Internet; VoIP; secure government connectivity

Telecommunications / Broadband InfrastructureVoIP
07

Local-government broadband

RNIA-CL – Local Authorities Integrated Administration Network

Implementation · Governorates, municipalities, districts and municipal offices
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Status / periodImplementationLocationGovernorates, municipalities, districts and municipal officesPopulationResidents using local public servicesOrganizationsMinistry of Communication Technologies

Provides secure IP connectivity to local authorities, reducing the geographic gap in access to connected government services.

Activities and approach: Private IP network; secure local-government connectivity

08

National broadband backbone

Tunisie Digitale – National Broadband Backbone Strengthening

Ongoing / legacy modernization · Nationwide
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Status / periodOngoing / legacy modernizationLocationNationwidePopulationConsumers, institutions and operatorsOrganizationsMinistry of Communication Technologies

Strengthens national digital infrastructure supporting broadband expansion and digital public services.

Activities and approach: National backbone / fiber infrastructure

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureBackbone / Backhaul / Middle-Mile InfrastructureLast-Mile / Access InfrastructureTelecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure
09

Universal high-speed coverage

Universal Telecommunications Network Coverage Project

2025–ongoing · Small settlements and remote areas nationwide
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Status / period2025–ongoingLocationSmall settlements and remote areas nationwidePopulationResidents in remaining coverage gapsOrganizationsMinistry of Communication Technologies; operators

Aims to guarantee comprehensive high-speed communications coverage throughout Tunisia, especially remote settlements.

Activities and approach: High-speed fixed/mobile networks

10

Rural mobile broadband

White Zones 3G/4G Coverage Project

2017–2024/operational · 94 white zones in 47 delegations / 15 governorates
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Status / period2017–2024/operationalLocation94 white zones in 47 delegations / 15 governoratesPopulation180,000 residents, 164 schools and 59 health centresOrganizationsMinistry of Communication Technologies; Tunisie Télécom

Extends high-speed Internet into low-density white zones where commercial network investment is not profitable.

Activities and approach: 3G/4G coverage; public subsidy

Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure4G/LTE3G
EducationK–12

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

  1. Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Tunisia. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tunisia/
  2. International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
  3. World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Tunisia. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=TN
  4. World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Tunisia. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=TN

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