ROME (ITALPRESS/MNA) – The Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, met the Tunisian Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Fatma Thabet Chiboub, at Palazzo Piacentini. At the centre of the bilateral discussion, industrial cooperation between Italy and Tunisia, with a focus on supporting SMEs and innovative start-ups, in particular in the strategic sectors of technological innovation, digital and artificial intelligence.?During the meeting, the two Ministers expressed their intention to create new opportunities for interaction and investment in the sector of renewable energy and essential raw materials and to promote institutional cooperation between the research centres and tech hubs in both
countries, with the aim of enhancing innovation, creating new infrastructures and encouraging the development of the sector’s supply chains.
Finally, the focus turned on the decisions taken by the G7 ministerial meeting on Industry and Technological Innovation with regards to new technologies and on the AI Hub for Sustainable Development, a project of the Italian presidency, in line with the key principles of the Mattei Plan, aimed at encouraging engagement between Italian and Western companies and African startups, to strengthen local AI ecosystems and create new opportunities for industrial growth.
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