The five-day programme aims to align Tunisia’s legal framework with continental digital trade standards.
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, in partnership with the Government of Tunisia, has launched a five-day capacity building and technical support workshop to support the country’s domestication of the AfCFTA Protocol on Digital Trade.
The initiative, unveiled Monday in Tunis, is designed to strengthen Tunisia’s institutional capacity while aligning its national legal framework with continental standards for digital commerce. The move is expected to accelerate integration of Tunisia’s digital economy into Africa’s single market and unlock opportunities for cross-border e-commerce, fintech, and digital services.
The workshop will provide technical guidance to policymakers, regulators, and industry stakeholders to ensure that Tunisia’s digital trade policies are harmonised with the AfCFTA framework. This includes streamlining regulations for data governance, digital payments, and consumer protection in online transactions.
By adopting the Protocol on Digital Trade, Tunisia joins a number of African countries putting in place measures to strengthen its digital ecosystem, enhance competitiveness for local businesses, and expand opportunities for startups and small enterprises in regional and global markets.
Building digital trade capacity among member states is critical to realising the full benefits of the continental free trade area, which seeks to integrate 1.4 billion people into a single market with a combined GDP of more than $3.5 trillion.
The Tunis workshop forms part of a series of targeted programmes being rolled out across member states to advance implementation of the AfCFTA’s digital trade framework, widely regarded as one of the most transformative components of the continental pact.
