ALGERIATECH Editorial
AI & Automation
The China-US AI Race: How DeepSeek and Open-Source Models Are Reshaping the Industry
The DeepSeek Shock On January 20, 2025, a Chinese AI lab called DeepSeek released DeepSeek-R1 — a reasoning model that matched OpenAI's o1 on key benchmarks, ran at roughly 95% lower inference cost, and was released as open-weight software under the MIT License. The reaction
AI & Automation
The Age of AI Agents: How Autonomous AI Is Reshaping Technology in 2026
From Chatbots to Autonomous Workers For three years, using AI meant typing a prompt and reading a response. That era is ending.
Policy & Regulation
Algeria and the FATF Grey List: Understanding the Exit Plan and What It Means for Business
Introduction In October 2024, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — the global standard-setter for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) — added Algeria to its list of "Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring," commonly known as the grey list.
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Crypto Ban: What Law 25-10 Means for Blockchain, Fintech, and Innovation
Introduction On July 24, 2025, Algeria enacted one of the world's strictest cryptocurrency bans, published in Official Journal No. 48.
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Digital Economy Law: What Tech Companies Need to Know in 2026
Introduction Algeria's regulatory environment for technology businesses has undergone significant transformation since 2020 — driven by a government committed to reducing hydrocarbon dependency, a rapidly growing youth population demanding digital services, a post-pandemic
Cybersecurity & Risk
Digital Sovereignty and Cybersecurity: How Algeria Is Building an Independent Cyber
Digital sovereignty — the principle that a nation should control its own digital infrastructure, data, and technology destiny — has become one of the defining policy preoccupations of our era. The European Union is building GAIA-X to reduce dependence on American cloud providers.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Cybersecurity Compliance for Algerian Startups: A Practical Checklist for 2026
For Algerian startups, cybersecurity compliance can feel like a problem for later — something to worry about when you have paying customers, a real product, and enough runway to think beyond next month's burn rate. This instinct is understandable and almost always wrong.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Phishing, Ransomware, and Social Engineering: The Top Cyber Threats Targeting Algerian
Understanding which threats are most likely to hit your organization is the foundation of effective cybersecurity. For Algerian businesses in 2026, the threat landscape is shaped by global attack trends, Algeria-specific targeting by threat actors, and the structural
Cybersecurity & Risk
The 4.8 Million Cybersecurity Professional Gap: What It Means for Algerian Companies
The world faces a structural shortage of cybersecurity professionals. The ISC2 2024 Cybersecurity Workforce Study — the industry's most authoritative annual measurement — put the global shortfall at 4.8 million professionals, the largest gap ever recorded.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria’s Data Protection Law (18-07): What Every Business Must Know in 2026
Algeria enacted Law No. 18-07 on the protection of personal data in June 2018 — modeled substantially on Europe's GDPR — but for most of its existence it functioned more on paper than in practice.
Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria Under Siege: 70 Million Cyber Attacks and the New National Defense Framework
Algeria does not typically make headlines in global cybersecurity circles. But the numbers demand attention: in 2024, Algerian cybersecurity systems detected and blocked over 70 million cyber attacks, according to Kaspersky data — a figure that placed the country 17th globally
