digital sovereignty
Infrastructure & Cloud
Algeria’s Digital Backbone Goes Live: Tier III Twin Data Centers, Active-Active
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s National Digital Services Center went live on 5 July 2026 with two interconnected data centers in...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Akid Lotfi Supercomputing Centre: Oran’s GPU Hub Builds Algeria’s Sovereign AI Compute
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria is building its first AI-dedicated supercomputing centre in Oran’s Akid Lotfi district, fitted with latest-generation GPUs...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Trans-Saharan Fiber Backbone: Algeria’s Path to Becoming the Sahel’s Digital Gateway
⚡ Key Takeaways Niger completed 1,031 km of new fiber across five corridors in November 2025, including a 220 km...
Infrastructure & Cloud
After Oracle Chose Casablanca: How Algeria Can Attract Its First Hyperscaler Cloud Region
⚡ Key Takeaways Oracle opened North Africa’s first public hyperscaler cloud region in Casablanca on April 7, 2026, backed by...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Sovereign Cloud Rising: How African Nations Are Building Local Data Infrastructure
⚡ Key Takeaways Sovereign cloud is a $100B global industry in 2026 with 140+ countries enacting data protection legislation. In...
Policy & Regulation
Africa’s Digital Governance Shift: From Connectivity to Control in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa now has 16 national AI strategies, 311 digital infrastructure laws (up from 33 in 2011), and...
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Digital Platforms Bill: Data Residency, 24-Hour Takedown Rules, and What Startups Must Prepare For
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s proposed Digital Platforms Bill, currently before the APN, would require any platform with over one million...
Infrastructure & Cloud
The Algeria–Oman Data Center Template: A Replicable Model for Gulf-Africa Infrastructure Deals
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria and Oman signed a bilateral data center and digital transformation cooperation agreement on May 5, 2026....
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s E-Commerce Hosting Mandate: What the .dz Domain Rule Opens for Startups
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Law No. 18-05 (2018) on electronic commerce mandates that all platforms selling to Algerian residents must...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Via Africa Cable: How a New Atlantic Subsea Route Will Reshape African Cloud Access
⚡ Key Takeaways The Via Africa subsea cable consortium — anchored by Orange Group with Vodafone, Sonatel, and others —...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Algeria-Oman Data Center Pact: Building Sovereign Infrastructure Through Gulf Partnership
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria and Oman signed a bilateral data center cooperation agreement on May 5, 2026 — the most...
