The final leg of the 'AMPION Venture Bus' tour is scheduled to begin next week and will see the startup bus make its way to the North African nation, Tunisia.

According to AMPION officials from December 14 to December 19 the bus will embark on a journey to create innovative ICT startups when traveling through Tunisia.

Tunisia is the final stop on the AMPION Venture Bus route, which included countries like Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

"The home country of the Arab Spring 2010, Tunisia, has become famous for its lively scene of bloggers and engaged citizens," reads a statement.

It continues, "Fittingly, the AMPION Venture Bus in Tunisia will partly set a focus on ICT solutions improving democratic participation."

A statement revealed that the teams will set up camp in the Sahara desert for one night and the opening event is scheduled to take place at Tunis' most popular co-working space COGITE.

"For the Tunisian Venture Bus, participants will work on solutions to use the power of mobile technology and ICT to improve the legitimacy of public governance and to strengthen public participation in policy-making processes on the continent," notes the statement.

"Among the Venture Bus Tunisia participants will be experienced governance experts and the workshops along the road will be joined by politicians as well as members of regional citizens' initiatives."

The AMPION bus brings together developers, designers and business people to share ideas and build and launch startups.