

The Tunisian American Enterprise Fund (TAEF) Fellows is a unique internship program launched in 2017 specifically for students interested in supporting SME (small and medium enterprises) growth in Tunisia. It is designed to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs and business people while providing talented interns to TAEF investees to work on pre-selected, intensive projects.
TAEF intends to strengthen small and medium enterprises, to invest
in sustainable growth and to lead to development impact through
the entire segment of the SME Tunisian market: microenterprises,
family owned small & mid cap SMEs, high growth startups and large
cap SMEs.
TAEF is a resource and a partner to its investees
contributing in their future with talent, innovation, energy, financial
resources, technical assistance support and monitoring.
Tunisia is strategically important…if you run down the list of the kinds of things that you use it as indicators of countries you ought to invest in...
Since incorporation, TAEF implemented a distinctive investment strategy and invested in a large range of small and medium enterprises.
80 million dollars to stimulate economic development and job creation by investing in Tunisian businesses throughout the country.
The Tunisian American Enterprise Fund intends to strengthen small and medium enterprises, invest in sustainable growth, and create greater opportunities for Tunisians, with special focus on women, youth and investments in the interior regions.
TAEF invests in the whole segment of the SME market in Tunisia: microentreprises, traditional family owned and small mid cap SMEs, startups and the high end segment of SMEs.
TAEF invests also through the whole lifecycle of the enterprises at various stages : from early and startup, to growth development and maturity.
TAEF invests directly in SMEs and through financial institutions (microfinance institutions, PE funds, co-investment structure..).
TAEF’s high growth startups financial investment platform is to provide acceleration investments & seed funds to Tunisian startups on the cusp of rapid growth combined to a second round of venture capital funds.
The U.S. Agency for International Development administers the U.S. foreign assistance program providing economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 80 countries worldwide.
This website is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Tunisian American Enterprise Fund and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
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