Policy & Regulation
Digital policy, data sovereignty, tech regulation and government digitalization in Algeria and the region.
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Age Verification Online: The Global Push to Prove You’re Old Enough for the Internet
The World Decided Children Should Not Have Unrestricted Internet Access The political consensus arrived with remarkable speed. Between 2023 and...
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Digital Accessibility Laws: How WCAG Mandates and the EU Accessibility Act Are Reshaping the Web
The Regulatory Turning Point Digital accessibility has crossed a threshold from voluntary best practice to legal obligation in major markets...
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Algeria’s Audiovisual and Online Media Law: What the .dz Hosting Mandate Means for Content Creators, Streamers, and Digital Publishers
The New Legal Landscape for Digital Content in Algeria In December 2023, Algeria enacted Law No. 23-20 on audiovisual activity,...
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Algeria’s Telecom Regulation: How ARPCE Governs Spectrum, Licensing, and Competition
ARPCE: The Regulator Behind Algeria’s Connectivity ARPCE (Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Communications Electroniques) is the entity...
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Algeria’s Research and Innovation Ecosystem: R&D Incentives, ATRST, and the University-Industry Gap
Algeria’s R&D Spending in Context Algeria allocates an estimated 0.5% of its GDP to research and development — a figure...
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Government IT Procurement in Algeria: How Technology Tenders Work and Why They Often Don’t
The Scale of Government IT Spending The Algerian government is, by a wide margin, the largest buyer of information technology...
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Open Source as National Policy: Should Algeria Mandate Government Software Transparency?
The Cost of Proprietary Dependency Algeria’s government runs on software it does not control. Across ministries, wilayas, and public enterprises,...
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Algeria’s Labor Code and Remote Work: The Legal Framework That Doesn’t Exist Yet
The Reality on the Ground Remote work in Algeria is widespread and entirely unregulated. Thousands of Algerian tech professionals —...
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Software and Intellectual Property in Algeria: What Developers and Startups Need to Know About IP Protection
The IP Framework Most Algerian Developers Have Never Read Algeria has a surprisingly comprehensive intellectual property framework on paper. Ordinance...
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E-Waste and Environmental Compliance in Algeria’s Tech Sector: The Growing Problem Nobody Talks About
The Scale of a Problem No One Is Measuring Algeria generated an estimated 309,000 tonnes (309 kilotonnes) of electronic waste...
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Algeria’s Digital Identity Infrastructure: The National Biometric ID, e-Signature, and Digital Trust Architecture
The Foundation Layer: Why Digital Identity Matters for Algeria’s Transformation Every ambitious digital transformation plan eventually hits the same wall:...
