Digital Economy
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Telecoms Enter Fintech: What MNO-Led Mobile Money Means for Digital Payments
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria has 54.8 million mobile connections but only 16% of adults use digital payments, with 57% of...
Digital Economy
Digital KYC in Algeria: How eSIM-Linked Identity Could Unlock Remote Banking Onboarding
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria has a 57% unbanked adult population but mandatory biometric national IDs since 2016 and 54.8 million...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s $317B Economy: The Digital Investment Window Opening for Foreign Tech Capital
⚡ Key Takeaways The IMF projects Algeria’s GDP will exceed $317 billion in 2026 with 4.1% growth, making it the...
Digital Economy
East Africa’s Digital Trade Inflection: Why 2026 Is the Year Cross-Border E-Commerce Breaks Through
⚡ Key Takeaways East Africa’s digital commerce market is at an inflection point driven by the EAC Cross-Border Payment System...
Digital Economy
AI vs. AI: How Synthetic Identity Fraud Is Forcing a Payment Security Reset in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Synthetic identity fraud — where AI generates convincing fake personas from blended real and fabricated data —...
Digital Economy
Africa’s $75B Digital Commerce Ecosystem: Lessons from Converge Africa 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa’s digital commerce market is projected to reach $72 billion by 2026 with 25% annual growth, but...
Digital Economy
From 644 to 859: Algeria’s Web Merchant Surge and the Fintech Sandbox Window
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s certified web merchant count grew 33% in Q1 2026 — from 644 to 859 in three...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Switch Mobile Goes Multi-Bank: Interoperability Reaches 15 Banks in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Switch Mobile is expanding from 7 pilot banks to at least 15 banking institutions in 2026,...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Payment Terminal Gap: 100,000 TPEs for 1.2 Million Merchants
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria crossed 100,000 active payment terminals in March 2026 — a 33% jump in three months —...
Digital Economy
Africa’s Fintech Second Wave: How $65 Billion in Revenue Will Be Built on Credit, Not Payments
⚡ Key Takeaways BCG projects African fintech revenues growing from ~$10 billion today to $65 billion by 2030, with embedded...
Digital Economy
DCO Report: Digital Economy Hits $28 Trillion — And the EU’s DMA Review Shows What Governing It Costs
⚡ Key Takeaways The global digital economy will reach $28 trillion in 2026 — 22% of global GDP, growing at...
