Digital Economy
Digital Economy
130 Countries, One Goal: The CBDC Race and What Digital Currencies Mean for Tech
The global monetary system is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. According to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), 130 countries — representing 98% of global GDP — are now actively exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
Digital Economy
B2B Payments Finally Modernize: Real-Time Rails, AP Automation, and What Is at Stake
More than half of all business-to-business payments in the United States are still made by paper check. In 2026, when consumers settle restaurant tabs in seconds with a tap of their phone, American enterprises are mailing paper slips to settle invoices worth millions of dollars
Digital Economy
AI Search Kills the Click: How Google and Meta Are Reinventing Their Ad Models
For thirty years, a simple transaction has underwritten the internet economy: someone types a question into a search box, gets a list of links, and clicks one. Advertisers bid for prime placement in those results.
Digital Economy
Yassir’s $150M Bet: Building Algeria’s Answer to Grab and Gojek
The funding round has been covered. The $150M headline, the Bond-led syndicate, the super app ambition — that story is familiar to anyone following North African tech.
Digital Economy
Mobile Payments: BaridiMob Has 5M Users – Why Isn’t Everyone Using It?
Algeria's digital payments story is one of genuine momentum colliding with deep-rooted habits. BaridiMob — the mobile wallet attached to Algeria Poste's CCP accounts — ended 2024 with approximately 4.7 million registered users, making it the country's largest digital payment
Digital Economy
The Digital Souk: Algeria’s Informal Economy Is Going Online
Algeria's government has been digitizing with increasing urgency: 500 projects, a sovereign cloud, e-government portals, fiber optic expansion. What the official digital transformation narrative rarely acknowledges is that Algeria already has a thriving digital economy — it is just informal.
Digital Economy
29 Million Social Users, Zero Regulation: Algeria’s Creator Economy
Algeria has 25.6 million active social media users — 54.2% of the total population — and a median age of 28.6 years. That demographic profile is a brand manager's dream.
Digital Economy
Halal Fintech in Algeria: Sharia-Compliant Products in a 99% Muslim Market
Algeria's financial sector has a paradox at its core. The country is 99% Muslim, with a substantial proportion of the population holding religious convictions that prohibit riba — the charging or payment of interest.
Digital Economy
28 Startups, One Delivery Problem: Algeria’s Last-Mile War
Algeria has 28 logistics technology startups fighting over the same delivery corridor. That number — tracked by Tracxn as of January 2026 — is extraordinary for a market of Algeria's size, and it signals two things simultaneously: the e-commerce logistics opportunity is real
Digital Economy
Digital Advertising: Algeria’s Market Is Growing – But Brands Still Buy TV
Algeria's digital advertising market crossed an estimated US$270.5 million in 2024, according to Statista market forecasts — a figure that represents genuine expansion but also reveals the scale of what remains on the table. With 36 million internet users, 25 million Facebook
Digital Economy
Cross-Border E-Commerce: Temu, Amazon, Shein and Algeria’s Customs Problem
Temu has an Algerian storefront. You can browse it at temu.com/dz-en, filter by category, add to cart, and reach the checkout screen.
