Digital Economy
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.
Digital Economy
Algerian Freelancers: Capturing MENA’s $1.4B Gig Economy
In a Bayt.com survey of over 4,000 professionals across the MENA region, nearly nine out of ten said they either already freelance or plan to. For young Algerians with a laptop and an internet connection, the appeal is obvious: the global platform economy does not care about
