ALGERIATECH Editorial
Digital Economy
PayPal’s Decline: How Platform Wallets Are Dismantling the Original Fintech Giant
⚡ Key Takeaways PayPal’s stock has fallen 85% from its 2021 peak to ~$45, the company fired its second CEO...
Startups
Novastar’s $147M Fund: Why Japanese Corporates Are Betting Big on Africa
⚡ Key Takeaways Novastar Ventures closed its Africa People and Planet Fund III at $147 million, backed by Japanese corporates...
Policy & Regulation
US AI Chatbot Laws: 78 Bills Across 27 States Are Rewriting the Rules
⚡ Key Takeaways Seventy-eight bills across 27 US states now target AI chatbot safety, triggered by a teen suicide linked...
Skills & Careers
Software Engineering Jobs: 67,000 Openings Signal a Market Rebound in the AI Era
⚡ Key Takeaways Software engineering job postings have surged to 67,000 — doubling the 2023 low — even as 52,000...
Cybersecurity & Risk
SparkCat Returns: OCR Malware in App Stores Steals Crypto Through Your Photos
⚡ Key Takeaways SparkCat malware returned in April 2026 with code virtualization and cross-platform obfuscation, bypassing both Apple and Google...
Infrastructure & Cloud
$700B Hyperscaler Capex: AI Infrastructure Supercycle or Overbuild?
⚡ Key Takeaways Five hyperscalers are spending $700 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026 — six times 2022 levels —...
AI & Automation
Microsoft’s MAI Models: In-House AI Challenges OpenAI’s Dominance
⚡ Key Takeaways Microsoft launched three in-house foundation models — MAI-Transcribe-1 (3.8% WER, first on FLEURS benchmark), MAI-Voice-1 (60x real-time...
Digital Economy
CCP Business Cashless: Algerie Poste Opens Commerce to 27.5 Million Accounts
⚡ Key Takeaways Algerie Poste launched CCP Business Cashless on February 7, 2026, opening its 27.5 million CCP account base...
Startups
Algerian Startups Eye the Sahel: Niger Deal Opens a Digital Frontier
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s startup ecosystem of 7,800+ registered companies now has a clear path into the Sahel through PAPSS...
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Digital Training Roadmap: A Continental Model Takes Shape in Tunis
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria launched the RNFC, a modular competency-based training framework replacing 400+ fixed specialties, and opened nearly 957,000...
Skills & Careers
Algeria-Niger Digital Skills Pact: A New Sahel Training Corridor Takes Shape
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria and Niger signed over 20 bilateral agreements at their March 2026 High Joint Commission in Niamey,...
