Infrastructure & Cloud
Cloud strategy, data centers, connectivity and infrastructure trends relevant to Algeria.
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The Web Is Forking: How AI Agents Are Creating a Parallel Internet
Introduction For thirty years, the web has been built for human eyes. HTML pages with visual layouts, CSS styling, JavaScript interactivity — all designed for people sitting in front of screens, clicking links, scrolling pages, and processing visual information.
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Google’s Intelligence Infrastructure Play: Why They Don’t Need to Win the Model Race
Google just shipped the smartest AI model on the planet. It leads on 13 of 16 benchmarks.
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Algeria’s Academic Network: How CERIST Connects Universities and Why Research
CERIST and the Academic Research Network CERIST — the Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique — is Algeria's primary institution for scientific information infrastructure. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Algiers, CERIST operates under the
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Algeria’s Submarine Cable Network: The Invisible Infrastructure Behind Every Connection
The Cables You Never Think About Every email sent from Algiers, every video call from Oran, every cloud workload pushed from a Bab Ezzouar data center to a European hyperscaler travels through one of a small number of submarine fiber-optic cables resting on the Mediterranean
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Building a Tech Startup in Algeria: A Practical Infrastructure Stack Guide
Domain Registration: The .dz Question Every Algerian startup faces the domain decision early. Do you register a .dz country-code domain, a .com, or both?
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Algeria’s Smart Grid Ambitions: How Sonelgaz Is Modernizing the Power Network with IoT
The Scale of Algeria's Grid Challenge Sonelgaz is not just Algeria's power utility — it is one of Africa's largest energy companies, responsible for generating, transmitting, and distributing electricity to over 12.5 million subscribers across the largest country on the
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Algeria in Space: Alcomsat-1, ASAL, and the Satellite Communications Infrastructure
Algeria's Place in the Space Communications Landscape On December 10, 2017, Algeria launched Alcomsat-1, its first telecommunications satellite, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China aboard a Long March 3B rocket. Built by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
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Algeria’s Open Data Deficit: What Government Data Is Available, What’s Missing
The Promise of Open Data and Algeria's Position Open data is no longer a theoretical governance ideal. It is a foundational layer of modern economic infrastructure.
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Algeria’s Mobile Networks Tested: Real-World 4G/5G Speeds, Coverage Gaps
Algeria's Mobile Market: Three Carriers, 55 Million Connections Algeria's mobile telecommunications market is served by three operators: Mobilis (state-owned, subsidiary of Algérie Télécom), Djezzy (operated by VEON Ltd., formerly VimpelCom, with the Algerian state holding a
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DNS, CDN, and Web Performance in Algeria: Why Algerian Websites Are Still Slow Despite
The Performance Problem Nobody Talks About Open any Algerian government portal, local e-commerce site, or university website and watch the loading spinner. Then open a Moroccan or Tunisian equivalent.
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Algeria’s Digital Banking Infrastructure: How Neobank Licensing Is Reshaping Enterprise IT
A Regulatory Catalyst for Technical Transformation When the Bank of Algeria published its digital banking licensing instructions in 2025 — including Instruction N°01-25 on general bank licensing conditions and a companion instruction setting specific requirements for digital
