Algeria
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s First AI Law: What the APN Deputies’ Proposal Signals for Tech Teams
A group of Algerian deputies tabled a legislative proposal to regulate AI. Here is how the text could shape startups, data use, and enterprise rollouts.
Policy & Regulation
ANPDP Knocks: How Algerian Companies Prepare for Data-Protection Audits in 2026
Algeria's ANPDP has started field inspections under Law 25-11. Here is the DPO, DPIA, and 5-day breach-notification checklist companies need.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Algeria’s Cloud Homecoming: Why Workloads Are Moving Domestic in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways IDC projects 80% of enterprises will repatriate some public-cloud workloads within 12 months, and the Nutanix Enterprise...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Medusa Lands in Algeria: The 480 Tbps Mediterranean Backbone Arrives
⚡ Key Takeaways The Medusa subsea cable — 8,760 km, 24 fibre pairs at 20 Tbps each, 480 Tbps total...
Skills & Careers
ENSIA’s AI Engineering Track: How Algeria’s National AI School Is Building a Homegrown Talent Pipeline
⚡ Key Takeaways ENSIA, Algeria's National School of Artificial Intelligence in Sidi Abdellah, runs a five-year state-diploma engineering program split...
Skills & Careers
Banking Cybersecurity Apprenticeships in Algeria: Building the Talent Roadmap for a Newly Regulated Sector
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria opened 285,000 new vocational training places for the 2026 cycle including more than 57,000 in-company apprenticeships,...
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...
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...
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Digital Platform Bill: Joining Africa’s New Data Localization Wave
⚡ Key Takeaways A 2026 draft bill by MP Bouhali Abdelbasset would require major platforms in Algeria to open local...
Digital Economy
Algeria Fintech Closes the Gap: Reaching the 71% of Women Without Transaction Accounts
71% of Algerian women lack basic transaction accounts. How fintech platforms, ANGEM microcredit, and We-Fi programs are closing the gap in 2026.
