informal economy
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Informal Digital Sellers: Why the 2026 Tax Net Changes Everything
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Finance Law 2026, effective January 1 2026, extends income tax obligations to unregistered digital sellers on...
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...
Startups
Algeria Micro-Insurance: Startups Protecting 2 Million Informal SMEs
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s insurance market hit a record $1.5 billion in premiums in 2025 — but the informal sector,...
Policy & Regulation
Algeria’s Auto-Entrepreneur Card Is Reshaping the Digital Gig Economy: What You Need to Know
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s National Auto-Entrepreneur Agency (ANAE) has attracted over 42,000 platform registrations and distributed more than 10,000 auto-entrepreneur...
Digital Economy
The Digital Souk: Algeria’s Informal Economy Is Going Online
Algeria's government has been digitizing with increasing urgency: 500 projects, a sovereign cloud, e-government portals, fiber optic expansion. What the official digital transformation narrative rarely acknowledges is that Algeria already has a thriving digital economy — it is just informal.
Digital Economy
The Facebook Shop Economy: How Algerians Are Selling Billions Informally Online
Algeria's largest e-commerce channel is not an app. It is not a website.
