Algeria Maritime Transport Upgrades and E-Payment Modernisation: What Changes Are Planned?
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The Arab Post
- . November 12, 2026
- . Update: November 12, 2026 5:20 pm
The Algerian government has officially stepped up its plans to implement a planned structural overhaul of the country’s trade and financial sector in the shortest period of time. Algeria maritime transport upgrades, The Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb presided at an inter-ministerial meeting in Algiers, dedicated to national logistics and digital finance on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
The Prime Minister during the session, gave a follow-up to detailed presentations on the much-awaited Algeria’s maritime transportation upgrades. The Prime Minister’s Office also has the implementation of a tough e-payment modernisation agenda that will transform the country’s cash-based economy as a top priority.
Government Meeting New Decisions to Develop Maritime Transport!
The state will remove administrative bottlenecks that have been a problem for foreign investment and domestic economic development by focusing on both the port and digital finance.
Executing the Algeria Maritime Transport Upgrades – Algeria maritime transport upgrades
The government’s economic diversification policy includes reviving the country’s shipping industry. The nation has been heavily dependent on foreign logistic companies for its huge hydrocarbon exports and imports for consumers for decades.
The region’s business monitors with DZ Watch report that the recently approved Algeria maritime transport upgrades are to be based on a large-scale programme of modernisation of the Algerian maritime fleet, based in Algiers. This encompasses purchasing more modern and more capable vessels able to transport cargo, and upgrading and restoring older port facilities on the Mediterranean seafront.
The Ministry of Transport said the upgrade of these sea ports is critical for the purpose of eradicating the chronic customs delays. The government wants to greatly boost the port’s capacity and modernise its technology for loading and unloading ships, in order to ease international trade and reduce the high freight charges levied on Algerian consumers.
Expanding E-Payment Modernisation Algeria
As the government pushes the overhaul of its financial system, it is also pushing hard towards digitization in a parallel process in its domestic financial system. Although it has seen some developments recently, Algeria is still a very cash society. The Prime Minister, to reverse this, re-examined far-reaching changes in the regulations to strengthen the implementation of the e-payment modernisation Algeria.
Although more than 21 million electronic cards (mainly Algérie Poste Edahabia cards) are already in circulation, e-point-of-sale transactions have so far been limited, says Centeem. The new program is designed to revolutionize the consumer habits, by boosting the adoption of Algeria digital payment solutions in every public service and private retailers in Algeria.
The national regulatory framework needs to be adapted immediately to meet the needs of new and innovative electronic payment solutions as called for in the executive plan. This involves digitalizing wide institutional payment transactions, as well as making mobile payments application – BaridiMob – more embedded in the daily business.
Moreover, Bank of Algeria is in the process of regulating Independent Payment Service Providers (PSPs). The state hopes to soon roll out QR code payment systems and mobile wallets without the need for expensive conventional card terminals by giving these new fintech operators a license.
In the end, it is a firm macroeconomic policy that is expressed in a government meeting on Wednesday. The Prime Minister’s Sifi Ghrieb Government is thus laying the foundations of a highly efficient, digitally integrated North African economy by implementing these critical maritime transport projects in Algeria at the same time as it is speeding up the modernisation of the country’s public sector’s e-payment systems.
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