Digital Economy
Digital Economy
BNPL in Algeria: How the Jumia-Diar Dzair Partnership Is Reshaping Consumer Finance
Algeria's first BNPL service launched June 2025 via Jumia and Diar Dzair. How buy now pay later reshapes consumer finance in a 90% cash-on-delivery market.
Digital Economy
Recommerce Tipping Point: eBay’s $1.2 Billion Depop Bet on the Circular Economy
eBay\u2019s $1.2B Depop acquisition signals the recommerce tipping point. How Gen Z, AI authentication, and circular economy policies reshape a $230B resale market.
Digital Economy
EU Digital Identity Wallet: 450 Million Europeans Get a New Way to Prove Who They Are
All 27 EU states must offer digital identity wallets by late 2026. How eIDAS 2.0 reshapes KYC, privacy, and cross-border credentials for 450 million users.
Digital Economy
TemTem’s Super-App Gamble: Can Algeria’s Second Ride-Hailing Platform Beat the Odds?
TemTem raised 5.7M to build Algeria second super-app with ride-hailing, delivery, and e-commerce across 21 wilayas. Here is how it competes with Yassir.
Digital Economy
Financial Exclusion in Algeria: Why 65% Unbanked Blocks the Digital Economy
Only 35% of Algerian adults have financial accounts. How cash dominance and 65% exclusion rate block digital economy growth.
Digital Economy
Podcast and Digital Content Monetization in Algeria: The Creator Economy’s Next Chapter
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria has 27.5 million social media users and 25.4 million YouTube viewers. Scroll through Instagram, TikTok, or...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s On-Demand Services Boom: From Food Delivery to Home Repairs
⚡ Key Takeaways Five years ago, hailing a cab in Algiers meant standing on a street corner, negotiating a fare...
Digital Economy
B2B Marketplaces Are Coming to Algeria: Digitizing Industrial Procurement
⚡ Key Takeaways A construction foreman in Blida needs 50 tons of reinforcing steel for a housing project. He calls...
Digital Economy
Algeria Joins PAPSS: How Pan-African Instant Payments Could Unlock the Dinar’s Continental Potential
⚡ Key Takeaways In August 2025, the Bank of Algeria officially joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), becoming...
Digital Economy
The COD Trap: How Cash on Delivery Is Strangling Algeria’s E-Commerce
⚡ Key Takeaways Roughly 95% of Algeria’s e-commerce transactions use Cash on Delivery, creating a structural Return-to-Sender crisis where merchants...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s War on Cash: 939 Billion Dinars in E-Payments and the SoftPos Revolution Coming by 2028
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s electronic payment ecosystem reached 939 billion dinars in 2025 — a 46% surge in one year...
