Dr. Nizar Ben Neji is an ICT Expert and Strategist and Former Minister of Communication Technologies in Tunisia from 2021 to 2024. During his tenure as minister, Dr. Nizar Ben Neji was responsible of setting in place and implementing the national digital strategy 2025 of Tunisia. Dr. Ben Neji was previously lecturer and researcher at the University of Carthage in Tunisia and former Fulbright visiting scholar at the Massachusetts University of Amherst in USA. Nizar Ben Neji started his professional career as engineer then project manager at the Tunisian Government Certification Authority (TunTrust) from 2005 to 2013 and was member of several National Steering committees and working groups in charge of supervising and conducting National IT and e-Government projects in Tunisia. Since 2013,
Dr. Nizar Ben Neji was actively involved as ICT expert at an international level with CTO (Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization), ITU (International Telecommunication Union) and AICTO (Arab Information and Communication Technology Organization) and with several consultancy companies, in delivering seminars and projects in wide variety of subjects related to cybersecurity and cybercriminality. Dr. Ben Neji has delivered several successful strategic projects at an international level and for public and private entities in France, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tchad, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Mali, Union of the Comoros, Mozambique, Indonesia, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia.
