Software & Mobile App Development Company in Tunisia
Bilingual Arabic-French mobile apps, web platforms and AI solutions for Tunisian startups, exporters and enterprises in Tunis, Sfax and Sousse.
- NDA & full IP ownership
- Senior engineers
- Working hours that overlap with Tunisia
Tunisia has a deep pool of engineers, a strong offshoring tradition with European clients and a startup law that rewards innovation. What many Tunisian companies lack is spare capacity: their best developers are busy, and recruiting takes months. Sigmato is a software development company that partners with Tunisian businesses to add that capacity, delivering mobile apps, web platforms and AI products for founders and enterprises in Tunis, Sfax, Sousse and beyond.
Who We Work With in Tunisia
Our Tunisian clients usually fall into one of three groups, each with a different reason to bring in an external team.
- Labelled startups. Companies holding the Startup Act label, created under Law No. 2018-20 and administered through the Startup Tunisia programme, often need to ship an MVP quickly to unlock funding or reach export markets.
- Industrial exporters. Automotive component, aerospace, textile and olive-oil producers in the Sahel and around Sfax need traceability, quality and supplier systems that satisfy European buyers.
- IT services firms. Tunisian software houses serving French and German clients sometimes use us for overflow work, specialist AI skills or mobile expertise through staff augmentation.
Arabic, French and Tunisian Derja
A Tunisian consumer app normally needs Arabic and French from launch, and right-to-left support has to be designed rather than patched in. We mirror layouts, icons and navigation for Arabic, choose fonts that read well on small screens, and handle mixed-direction content such as French product names inside Arabic sentences. For chatbots and voice features, we account for Tunisian Derja, which mixes Arabic, French and Berber vocabulary and is often typed in Latin characters with numerals (Arabizi). Generic Arabic language models struggle with it, so we test against real customer messages before going live.
Data Protection and Financial Rules
Tunisia’s Organic Law No. 2004-63 on personal data protection governs how personal information is collected and used, and the national authority for personal data protection (INPDP) oversees it. The law requires declarations or authorisations for many processing activities, restricts transfers abroad, and treats health data and similar categories as sensitive. Tunisia has also ratified the Council of Europe’s Convention 108, which brings its principles closer to European standards.
For payment and banking products, the Central Bank of Tunisia sets the rules, including foreign exchange controls that affect how money moves in and out of the country. We build with these constraints in mind:
- Map each data flow and identify which need a declaration or transfer authorisation.
- Keep sensitive data in a hosting location your legal adviser approves.
- Use tokenised card handling aligned with PCI DSS, so card numbers never sit on your servers.
- Log access and changes so you can answer an audit with evidence rather than assurances.
Taking Payments in Tunisian Dinar
Because the Tunisian dinar (TND) is not freely convertible, global gateways that suit European stores are generally not an option for domestic sales. We integrate local acquiring through ClicToPay, card payments on the national network, e-DINAR cards and the D17 mobile wallet from La Poste Tunisienne, and fintech gateways such as Konnect or Flouci. Exporters selling abroad usually run a second, foreign-currency channel, which we can build alongside the local one.
Collaboration Across Time Zones
Tunisia stays on Central European Time (UTC+1) all year, four and a half hours behind India. Your morning overlaps with our Bengaluru team’s afternoon, giving a reliable window of three to four hours for calls and reviews. Our UK branch is on the same clock as Tunis in summer and one hour behind in winter, so afternoon meetings are easy too. We are comfortable working in English, and project documents can be prepared for French-speaking stakeholders.
Services and Indicative Pricing
| Service | Typical use in Tunisia | Indicative range (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile app development | Bilingual consumer apps, delivery, health booking | $15,000 – $50,000 |
| Web platforms | B2B portals, ERP extensions, export traceability | $20,000 – $80,000 |
| Custom AI/ML | Defect detection, Derja-aware chatbots, forecasting | $20,000 – $90,000 |
| Dedicated developers | Extra capacity for Tunisian IT firms | Monthly, quoted per role |
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What Working with Us Looks Like
Every engagement starts with a free discovery call and a written scope, so you know exactly what will be delivered before signing. We then design a clickable prototype, run two-week development sprints with a demo at the end of each, and ship test builds to the Android phones your customers use, since Android holds the large majority of the Tunisian market. You keep full ownership of the code and designs, and we can train your in-house developers during handover so the product does not depend on us.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a Tunisian e-commerce site use Stripe or PayPal?
Not for normal domestic dinar sales. Local gateways such as ClicToPay, Konnect or Flouci are the usual route, while export businesses may use foreign-currency accounts for international customers, subject to central bank rules.
Do we need INPDP approval before launching an app?
Many processing activities require a declaration, and some, such as handling health data or transferring data abroad, need authorisation. Confirm with a Tunisian lawyer; we supply the technical description of your processing.
Can you support both Arabic and French in one app?
Yes. Users can switch language instantly, and the interface mirrors correctly for Arabic without a separate codebase.
Do you have staff in Tunisia?
No. We work remotely from Bengaluru and our UK branch, with regular video calls during the shared part of the day.
Start Your Tunisian Project
Send us a short brief in English or French. We will reply with a proposed approach, team and indicative budget within two working days.