Scope: Algeria Focus
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Fintech Regulatory Roadmap: From PSP Instruction 06-2025 to a Sandbox
⚡ Key Takeaways Bank of Algeria Instruction No. 06-2025, published 17 August 2025, created Algeria's first formal framework for Payment...
Startups
Yassir’s 2026 Playbook: From Ride-Hailing to Retail Media Across EMEA
⚡ Key Takeaways Yassir closed two acquisitions in 16 days in March 2026 — Uno Hypermarkets (March 8) and Paris-based...
Startups
Algeria’s New Startup Insignias: What the National Committee Actually Does
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria's Minister of Knowledge Economy announced a new National Committee in March 2026 to evaluate and award...
Startups
Temtem One’s Diaspora Play: How an Algerian Super App Beat Yassir to Remittances
⚡ Key Takeaways Temtem One, the Algerian super app operating in 21 wilayas with over 200,000 clients and 4,000 drivers,...
Digital Economy
Gifty’s Super-Wallet Bet: One App for Bills, Top-Ups and Algerian E-Commerce
⚡ Key Takeaways Gifty, the Algiers-based fintech founded in 2023, is consolidating into a super-wallet that bundles bill payments, mobile...
Digital Economy
UbexPay’s Multi-Bank API: Algeria’s First Unified E-Wallet Stack for Developers
⚡ Key Takeaways UbexPay positions its platform as Algeria's first multi-bank API e-wallet, connecting multiple Algerian banks and payment methods...
Digital Economy
SofizPay at 10,000 Merchants: Dahabia and CIB Acceptance Reaches Scale in Algeria
⚡ Key Takeaways SofizPay, an Algerian-built payment gateway, has crossed 10,000 merchants accepting Dahabia and CIB cards online, with added...
Digital Economy
Yassir Builds North Africa’s First Retail Media Network: Monetizing 10M Users Across Rides, Delivery and Stores
⚡ Key Takeaways Yassir acquired Paris-based ad-tech firm Kawarizmi on 13 March 2026 and hypermarket chain UNO from Cevital five...
Digital Economy
BaridiMob’s Merchant Ecosystem: Tracking the QR Payment Expansion Milestone in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways BaridiMob has surpassed 5 million subscribers and processes approximately 60 million transactions per year, with 70% of...
Digital Economy
anae.dz Platform: How Algeria’s Auto-Entrepreneur Status Is Formalizing the Digital Freelance Economy
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s National Auto-Entrepreneur Agency (ANAE) has attracted 42,000+ registrations on its anae.dz platform and issued 10,000+ cards...
Startups
Algerie Telecom’s 1.5B DZD Fund One Year In: Deployment Signals and the Labeled-Startup Pipeline
⚡ Key Takeaways Algerie Telecom’s 1.5 billion DZD (~$11M USD) fund for AI, cybersecurity, and robotics startups is one year...
