Policy & Regulation
Digital policy, data sovereignty, tech regulation and government digitalization in Algeria and the region.
Policy & Regulation
Bank of Algeria’s Fintech Sandbox: One Rulebook, 20 Startups, a New Era for Payments
⚡ Key Takeaways Instruction No. 06-2025, issued by the Bank of Algeria on August 17, 2025, created Algeria’s first dedicated...
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New York Bans AI Companion Chatbots for Minors: Inside the S9051B Safety Law
⚡ Key Takeaways New York’s S9051B imposes $25,000-per-violation civil penalties on AI companion chatbot operators that expose minors to sycophancy,...
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Algeria’s ANPDP Rules: A Workplace Surveillance Compliance Roadmap for Privacy-First Business
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s ANPDP issued Deliberation No. 02 on March 4, 2026, setting workplace video-surveillance rules under Law 18-07:...
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Six Tax-Free Years: How Algeria’s 2026 Finance Law Rewrote the Startup Label Math
⚡ Key Takeaways Articles 100-101 of Algeria’s 2026 Finance Law (Law No. 25-17), applied through DGI Circular n°15/MF/DGI/LF.2026 signed 31...
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Algeria’s New Scale-up Label: How Decree 25-311 Rewards High-Growth Startups
⚡ Key Takeaways Executive Decree 25-311, signed December 1, 2025 and published in Journal Officiel n°81, adds a third ‘Scale-up’...
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EU AI Act Transparency Code Finalized: What Content Labelling Rules Mean for AI Providers Worldwide
The EU finalized its AI content labelling Code of Practice on June 10, 2026. Here is what Article 50 obligations mean for AI providers and deployers...
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Algeria’s Telemedicine Framework: The National Health Network and Secure Patient Identifier
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Health Ministry has built a national digital health framework that interconnects 2,599 health establishments over a...
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Ofcom’s Age-Check Crackdown: UK Online Safety Act Fines Bite
⚡ Key Takeaways Bottom Line: Read Full Analysis ↓ 🧭 Decision Radar Relevance for Algeria Medium ▾ Algeria does not...
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EU Tech Sovereignty Package: Chips Act 2.0 and the Cloud and AI Development Act Explained
⚡ Key Takeaways On June 3, 2026, the European Commission adopted the Technological Sovereignty Package — four interconnected initiatives covering...
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The Great American AI Act: Inside the US’s First Bipartisan Federal AI Framework
⚡ Key Takeaways The US’s first bipartisan federal AI bill — GAAIA — dropped June 4, 2026. Four pillars: frontier...
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Algeria’s National AI Strategy 2024-2030: The Governance Roadmap Taking Shape in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s National AI Strategy 2024-2030 is moving from policy to working institutions in 2026. The new national...
