Smart TunisiaYour talent HubFor Europe, the Middle East and Africa
London, October 20th
Raouf Mhenni, President
5 major industry drivers to be considered
Business integration
• Increasing focus on process integration and efficiency
• Outsourcing as a driver of innovation & knowledge
Re-shoring / Near shoring
• Increasing trend to review shoring distribution and consider nearshoringlocations
• Several raised issues: dissatis-faction, rising costs, data protection issues,.. )
Need for global
delivery Capabilities• Extension
and scalability of global delivery capabilities : a strategic growth enabler
• Emergent Hub & Spoke and Smart Shoring models
Market access
• Newly, a key decision factor for offshoring location strategy
• Upcoming growing market : Africa
New markets & Niches
• Emergent market segments and niches
• Innovation driven by business analytics and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO)
New developed delivery models to be “Close to Customers”, gain capabilities and mitigate risks
Source : Deloitte’s 2014 Global outsourcing and Insourcing survey
Need for global
delivery Capabilities• Extension
and scalability of global delivery capabilities : a strategic growth enabler
• Emergent Hub & Spoke and Smart Shoring models
Multi-locations sourcing model
Front-Office / Back-Office organization
Hub & Spoke model with regional Services Centres
Partnership with providers in a hybrid model
Co-delivery models
Free Lance outsourcing
Sub-contracting
Same Time Zone
Access to Talents pool
& skills
Multi-langages
skills
Service continuity
Risk mitigation
Process efficiency
Provider expertise & capabilities
Market access & proximity
Fast growing start ups
Large local companies
Small & Medium Size companies / providers
Large Corporations
Global / Leading outsourcing players
An ample room for industry growth at different maturity levels
Practice maturity
Size
• From regional to global Shared service centers
• Delivery capabilities extension
• Sophistication
• Market access • Set up of Shared service centres• Global delivery extension
• Scale up
Switch from Cost - driven to Quality - driven attractiveness
Cost factors
Business environment
Quality / conditions factors
Low Medium HighHigh Medium Low
Criteria importanceCriteria importance
Low technicity / Added-value High technicity / Added-value
Risk factors
Quality
Costs factors
Business environment
Talent pool availability - Key profiles
Intellectual property protection
Infrastructures - Offices
Sector maturity / size
Labour cost- Operators
Labour flexibility
IT Infrastructures – telecom / Cloud / …
Quality of life
Market
Tax rates
Low Medium high
BPM ecosystem
BPO -hightechnicity
New decision factors for BPO attraction
Risk
Labour cost- Supervisor / manager
Langages skills
Economic Risk
Corporate Risk
Energy risk
• X
FOR SMART SHORING
• X
Employees in offshoring sector 2015
Join an active offshoring ecosystem
+35 000
• A Leading position in BPO voice for French market
• Recent development in Italian Market
• Well established industry leaders with more than 10 Years presence
• An active ecosystem to enhance sector maturity : clusters, business partners, ambassadors, industry network,…
• X
Percentage of population with tertiary education
Available Offshore Ready Talents…
35%
Quality of Teaching Mathematics and Science1=poor, 7=excellent – among the best in the
Availability of Engineers and Scientists1=Zero, 7=Widely available
2,4
4,14,24,44,54,74,75,24,04,24,24,44,64,74,84,8
Source: World Competitiveness Report: WEF 2015
322 000 students60 000 graduates
per year 12 000 ICT graduates
9 000 Business administration
6 000 graduates in Life Sciences &
Healthcare
20 000 Engineers & scientists
A high-quality infrastructure
Tunisia is the Second country in the southern Mediterranean region and Africa, 81th among 143 countries in the “Networked Business Index” published by the “Global Information Technology Report 2015” in Davos
11 cyber parksSpread over several regions and
covering various specialties
10 operational techno-parks
“Leading country in the Southern Mediterranean region in term of Telecom infrastructure”
Networked Readiness Index-Global Information Technology Report
• X
Rent cost per M2
A world class infrastructures
8€
• Developed Label for Offices
• 500 000 m2 Offshore Ready Offices to be developed in the next 3 years
• A mixed offer of: • Techno-parks , • Dedicated real estate offers for
outsourcing• Individual real estate projects
A strong legal framework for investment
Investor protection index
A new investment code which further encourages high added-value activities, and improves the business environment
3,74,75,05,3
6,06,06,06,0
Source: World Economic Forum 2014-2015
• X
most cost effective in north-Africa, and 40-50% than Eastern Europe
A competitive destination
20-30%
• X
Support to training for new hires
Smart Tunisia a comprehensive incentive framework
5 000 TND
Tax regime for offshoring companies: Income tax of 10% for offshoring
companies instead of 25% Framework of double taxation
agreements
Incentives granted by Smart Tunisia:
Support for the cost of trainings and of new recruits, first time job seekers, of up to 5 000 TND for any new hire
A recruitment allowance for the first seven consecutive years with a celling of 700 TND per year for each first-time job applicant
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Mauritania
Algeria
Egypt
Morocco
Albania
Croatia
Cyprus
Russia
Tunisia
Luxembourg
Spain
Switzeland
Source: Doing Business database 2015
Ease of doing business ranking
“Leader in North Africa in Business Climate”World Bank Doing Business 2015
50000
Innovation
EMEA Hub
Nearshore
Attractive destination for knowledge intensive and high-added value activities
Talent hub for delivery capabilities and access to EMEA Market
A leading offshoring destination for the French speaking market
A Nearshore destination for services outsourcing (ITO,BPO, R&D & Knowledge)
Jobs creation in the next 5 years
SMART TUNISIA : 3 strategic dimensions for Tunisian value proposition
• X
~ 3 200 foreign companies settled in Tunisia (Manufacturing & Services)
They Trusted Tunisia
40 000
BPO
ITO
R&D / Know-ledge
• X
More than 30 000 European expats
Small but Smart Tunisia
+30 000
Ongoing stability & Democratic transition
Favorable position for women that is unique in the Arab world (61% of graduates)
Diversity of Cultural & Leisure events
Presence of international schools and universities
Healthcare system comparable to Western European countries
Emergent & active civil society
• X
THANK YOU
Appendix
• Highly skilled Tunisians in Management and business development positions of large corporates & SMEs
• Provide with a pool of skilled and offshore ready talents in Tunisia & Europe
• Multi-languages skills• Emergent young entrepreneurship
Our Tunisian Offer as Offshoring location
Close to Customer
Smart Shoring
Talents hub in EMEA
• Same Time Zone as Central Europe • Goof flights connection to Europe• Cultural proximity, • Close collaboration with customers teams
(for digital projects)
• Provide with added-value services and knowledge
• Be positioned in the Hub & Spoke model of major players in EMEA
• Address SME business • Co-deliver with other offshoring locations
( Indian / EMEA)• Develop expertise in 4-5 verticals / clusters
Talents
Hub
EMEA Market
Nearshore
Innovation
A continued industry growth with challenging changes and large opportunities
Business models ( Captive vs Outsourced
vs hybrid models)
Digital transformation projects versus
industrial offshoring projects
Global labor market
Competition landscape Delivery models Offshoring location
strategies & key decisions factors
• X
Less than 3 H to reach almost European cities
Strategically located destination close to all major European capitals
3
Paris 2h10
London 2h50
Milan 1h10
Stockholm 3h30
Tunis
Francfort 2h30
Madrid 2h00
Same time Zone with Central Europe
Good flights connection to major european cities
More than 40 flights a day to Europe from Tunis
• X
Offshoring wage inflation rate 7-12%
30% cheaper than Morocco , 50% cheaper than Eastern Europe
Productivity : 6-8 € per hour for added-value activities vs
6€ per hour for traditional industrial offshoring
Beginning Data scientist / Engineer Gross monthly salaries: 900-1100 USD
BPO
ITO
R&D / Know-ledge
Quality
Costs factors
Business environment
Talent pool availability ( Engineers & Scientists)
Intellectual property protection
Quality of education system / universities
Sector maturity & Similar existing activities
Labor cost- Engineers - Senior profile
Labor flexibility
Clusters / innovations ecoystems
Quality of life
Infrastructures
Tax rates
Low Medium high
Knowledge of the location
R&D
R&D decision factors mainly based on knowledge ecosytem
Labor cost- Engineers - junior profile
Risk
Economic Risk
Corporate Risk
Energy risk
Rising destinations
Asian challengers ( e.g. Sri Lanka)
2nd & 3rd tier cities
Eastern Europe ( Bulgaria, Serbia,..)
Sub-Saharian Africa locations ( Senegal / Ivory Coast)
Central & Eastern Africa (Ghana / Kenya)
India / Philippines
Central & Eastern Europe
1st tier Cities / Hotspots
Northern Africa
Mauritius / South Africa
An increasingly changing competition in EMEA outsourcing market
Practice maturity
• Leading destinations• Mature industry
• Emergent locations (Challengers) • Social pressure leading to On
Shore locations• Upcoming markets
• Start up locations in offshoring industry / Niches
• X
Targeted labels
…to extend your delivery capabilities
100 000
• Several initiatives to enhance Talents Pool : • Co-graduation with major international universities • Specialized training centers (aircraft maintenance, training for call
center agents, etc.)• 100 000 Certifications program• 5000 Managers program• TACT / ESPRIT training program developed for BPO / ITO industry• Launch of Conversion program : 25 000 reskilled talent pool • More than 30 000 researchers in ~700 laboratories and research units
Highest level of operational FrenchOutside countries with French as mother tongue: 28% of the population is fluent in French
Generalized EnglishTaught in schools starting from the age of 8
Language TrainingCertified and provided by cultural centers:German, Spanish, Italian, etc. ..
Some Smart Shoring Cases
>75 % of the offshoring jobs created by Top 50 players only
75%
• Evolution from BPO to ITO • Captive SAP delivery centre working
closely with USA centr• Talents pool extension model
( Multi-locations projects resources)
• Project driven by Tunisian Expatriate in France
• 260 engineers • Talents pool extensions with
Tunisian resources • Extension to IT support service to
French site• Developed training courses with
universities
• Actia group present in Tunisia with production and R&D activities
• 250 FTEs reached in 5 Years, Planned 400 FTEs extensions in 3 Y
• Reference centre in Actia group• Offshore Design center of INTEL for embedded
systems
• 170 FTEs• Document Management outsourcing• Management of Complex contracts not
addressed by Vitenam & Mauritius Sites• Potential extensions BPO & ITO
• R&D Center specialized in E-Book industry • Design , testing and implementation of
technology systems and platforms related to E-Book
• Wide range of technologies • 35 engineers R&D center rapidly set up
• Smart Shoring : 2 sites in France, 4 sites in Tunisia
• Serve Canadian & French market
• 1500 FTEs • 24/7 service center • Potential extension of 900
positions in 3Y
Recent implementation of SME in Tunisia as entry point to Europe (targeting in a part major Fench Retail players)
DigitalMania won the first place of the PITME program. PITME welcomes young MENA entrepreneurs, and facilitate their immersion in the capital of global innovation, the famous Silicon Valley, San Francisco.