digital sovereignty
Infrastructure & Cloud
ICT Africa Summit in Algiers: Algeria’s Bid to Lead Continental Digital Infrastructure
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria hosts the ICT Africa Summit (April 21-23 at SAFEX) weeks after African ministers adopted the Algiers...
Cybersecurity & Risk
ASSI Takes the Lead: Algeria’s Cybersecurity Agency Coordinates Incident Response
How Algeria's ASSI coordinates national incident response under the 2025-2029 cybersecurity strategy, with mandatory security units across all public institutions.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Sparkle x Algerie Telecom: Italy-Algeria Submarine Cable Powers Sovereignty
Sparkle and Algerie Telecom sign MoU for a dedicated Italy-Algeria submarine cable with cybersecurity, cloud, and data center support under the Mattei Plan.
Policy & Regulation
Presidential Decree 25-320: Algeria’s First National Data Governance Framework and What It Means for Every Public Institution
⚡ Key Takeaways Presidential Decree 25-320 (December 30, 2025) creates Algeria’s first national data governance framework — mandatory data classification,...
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Big Tech Platform Regulation Bill: What TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Must Do to Keep Operating
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s National People’s Assembly is reviewing a draft law that would require global platforms with over 1...
Infrastructure & Cloud
The Medusa Submarine Cable: How a EUR 342 Million Mediterranean Mega-Project Is Reshaping Algeria’s Connectivity
⚡ Key Takeaways The Medusa submarine cable system — over 8,700 km, 24 fiber pairs, 480 Tbps total capacity, backed...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Global Africa Tech 2026: Algeria Hosts the Continent’s First Digital Sovereignty and Connectivity Summit
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria hosts Global Africa Tech 2026, the first pan-African summit dedicated to digital sovereignty and connectivity convergence,...
AI & Automation
Algeria Builds Sovereign AI Models Faithful to National Values and Languages
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Minister of Knowledge Economy announced the country is developing AI models tailored to its cultural specificities,...
Policy & Regulation
Sovereign Cloud Wars: Data Localization Mandates Collide with the US CLOUD Act
EU sovereignty mandates, the US CLOUD Act, and a State Department cable are forcing multinationals to choose sides. The sovereign cloud battle explained.
AI & Automation
Mistral Buys Koyeb: European AI Labs Go Full-Stack
Mistral AI acquired Paris-based Koyeb to accelerate Mistral Compute. How vertical integration is reshaping the European AI infrastructure race.
AI & Automation
Latam-GPT: How Chile Built Latin America’s First Sovereign AI Model
Chile's CENIA launched Latam-GPT, a Llama 3.1-based open model trained on 300B+ tokens of Latin American data for $550K. What it means for the Global South.
