In September 2025, DigitA, with support from GIZ’s Digital Transformation Centre (DTC) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), convened a high-level delegation of Nigerian digital policy leaders for an institutional benchmarking study tour in Tunisia. The initiative forms part of DigitA’s broader mission to strengthen participatory policy design and implementation capability across Africa’s digital and innovation ecosystems.

The delegation, comprising commissioners and senior ecosystem actors from Abia, Gombe, Lagos, Kano, and Rivers, engaged directly with Tunisia’s leading public institutions, innovation hubs, financing vehicles, and policy think tanks. At the centre of the learning experience was Tunisia’s globally recognised Startup Act model, widely regarded as one of Africa’s most structured approaches to building a coherent innovation ecosystem.

Across engagements with the Ministry of Communication Technologies, Smart Capital, the ANAVA Fund of Funds, GOMYCODE, IACE, and THE DOT, participants examined how coordinated institutions, blended finance, and evidence-driven policymaking translate digital policy into measurable economic outcomes.

For DigitA, the benchmarking tour represents more than a knowledge exchange. It reflects the firm’s systems approach to policy transformation. By connecting Nigerian policymakers to proven implementation models, DigitA continues to play a catalytic role in strengthening the operationalisation of the Nigeria Startup Act, advancing subnational digital policy adoption, and embedding evidence-based governance across innovation institutions.

Post Study Tour, participants reported stronger understanding of policy monitoring and evaluation, deeper engagement with international ecosystem actors, and renewed focus on coordinated implementation across federal and state levels. Follow-on collaboration discussions with Tunisian partners are already underway.

As DigitA expands its work across policy design, implementation support, and ecosystem capability building, initiatives such as the Tunisia Study Tour underscore a core principle of the firm’s approach: durable policy impact requires not only strong frameworks, but institutions and actors equipped to execute them effectively.