financial inclusion
Digital Economy
Edahabia Goes Premium: Algeria Post’s Tiered Cards and a Maturing Payment Market
Algerie Poste is splitting Edahabia into Blue, Premium, Platinum and Black tiers. Here is what the ceilings mean for merchants, fintechs and the diaspora.
Digital Economy
Trust at Scale: SATIM Hardens Algeria’s Payment Rails with AI and Tokenization
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s electronic payments reached 939 billion dinars in 2025, up 46% from 2024, with more than 22...
Digital Economy
DZ Mob Pay and Algeria’s E-Payment Surge: 939 Billion Dinars and 46% Growth Toward 2030
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s electronic payments reached 939 billion dinars in 2025 (+46%), with DZ Mob Pay — the new...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Cashless 2030 Strategy: Tiered Wallets, Mobile Banking, and the Path to Financial Inclusion
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Fintech Strategy 2024-2030 targets 50% cashless transactions by 2030, underpinned by a three-tier KYC wallet framework...
Digital Economy
Africa’s Crypto Regulation Convergence: How New Rules Are Building Legitimate On-Ramps
⚡ Key Takeaways With South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Mauritius all implementing crypto licensing frameworks, Africa now has ~8 countries...
Digital Economy
Africa’s $900 Billion Mobile Money Market: The B2B Supply-Chain Payments Shift
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa processes ~$1.43T in annual mobile money, but 80%+ of B2B supply-chain transactions remain cash. BCG projects...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Telecoms Enter Fintech: What MNO-Led Mobile Money Means for Digital Payments
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria has 54.8 million mobile connections but only 16% of adults use digital payments, with 57% of...
Digital Economy
Digital KYC in Algeria: How eSIM-Linked Identity Could Unlock Remote Banking Onboarding
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria has a 57% unbanked adult population but mandatory biometric national IDs since 2016 and 54.8 million...
Digital Economy
Africa’s $75B Digital Commerce Ecosystem: Lessons from Converge Africa 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa’s digital commerce market is projected to reach $72 billion by 2026 with 25% annual growth, but...
Digital Economy
Baridi Pay at the Hanut: How Algeria’s Informal Micro-Merchants Are Going Cashless
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s informal micro-merchant sector is entering a first wave of digital payment adoption via Baridi Pay QR...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Facebook Sellers: Bringing Informal Merchants into Digital Payments
⚡ Key Takeaways Over 85% of Algeria’s ecommerce transactions rely on cash-on-delivery, leaving tens of thousands of Facebook and Instagram...
