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Make Algerian universities in innovation nurseries. It is the CAP fixed by the Minister of the Economy of Knowledge, Start-ups and Micro-enterprises, Noureddine Ouadah, who wants to transform campuses into springboards for start-ups capable of conquering the African market. An ambitious bet, carried by more than 100 university incubators already active in the country.
On the sidelines of the 4ᵉ edition of the intra-African trade fair (IATF 2025), which is held at the Algiers exhibition palace, the Minister said that “our objective is simple. We must give to each student, each teacher, each researcher the possibility of transforming an idea into a company, “he said before an audience of experts and economic operators.
Today, Algeria already has more than a hundred university incubators. Spaces still unknown to the general public, but where the future of hundreds of young shoots are emerging. In these “ideas”, digital application projects rub shoulders with solutions in the food industry, green energy or connected health.
For the minister, this is where everything is played out. “These structures must become real springboards,” he insists. The idea? That start-ups born in the amphitheatres of Algiers, Oran and Tizi Ouzou can, tomorrow, to attract investors and to win in still virgin markets.
Because in the speech of Noureddine Ouadah, there is a word that comes back constantly: Africa. A continent in numerical and economical changes. A gigantic market, still largely to conquer. “We have to prepare our young people to go further than the national market. The challenge is to project them to Africa, “he said.
The opportunities are real, telecoms, renewable energies, intelligent agriculture or digital health … So many sectors where needs explode and where Algerian start-ups have a card to play.
In his intervention, the minister also held his hand to the thousands of African students registered in Algerian universities. They too will benefit from support for entrepreneurship, with the idea that they become, in their country of origin, the relays of this regional dynamic. “It’s a way of building solid bridges with our African partners,” said Ouadah.
Concretely, this involves reinforced support, a simplification of procedures for young entrepreneurs and more accessible financing programs. The idea is that campuses become innovation nurseries, capable of producing viable and competitive start-ups.
According to the first manager of the sector, the university should no longer be an end in itself, but a starting point. Faculty benches must now also be those of the company of tomorrow. “Soon, we will talk about our campuses as places where we invent, where we undertake, where we dare,” he promises.