From 25 to 29 May 2025, Dakar will host the second edition of the Tunisian Agri-Tech week, an initiative carried by Stecia International. After the success of the inaugural edition in March 2022, this meeting is a strategic stage in the consolidation of South-South partnerships in agricultural digitalization between Tunisia and West Africa.
The objective displayed by the organizers is clear: to put Tunisian expertise in digital agricultural solutions at the service of Senegalese producers, while strengthening the African technological ecosystem. This cooperation aims to meet the major challenges of the agricultural sector – productivity, sustainability, competitiveness – in a context of climate change and increasing pressure on resources.
According to Walid Gaddas, director of Stecia International, the number of African farmers using digital tools could reach 200 million by 2030. In 2019, 390 digital solutions were already in use on the continent, distributed between advice, market access, financing, and management of supply chains.
AGRI-Tech week will be punctuated by various activities: technological demonstrations, thematic workshops, strategic dialogues, B2B meetings and partnership signatures between Tunisian and Senegalese SMEs. Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Objects (IoT), or Blockchain will be honored to modernize production processes, improve traceability and optimize natural resources management.
This project is supported by Innov’i – EU4 Innovation, a program funded by the European Union and implemented by Expertise France. The long-term objective is to position Tunisia as a major actor in the Agri-Tech in Africa while promoting more productive, sustainable and competitive agriculture in the region.
The choice of Senegal is not trivial. Leader country in West Africa in the modernization of agriculture, it embodies a fertile land for the deployment of innovative agri-tech solutions, with a strong political desire to digitize the primary sector.
