{"id":37770,"date":"2025-12-20T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=37770"},"modified":"2025-12-20T19:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:12:09","slug":"stock-exchange-urged-to-support-smes-and-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=37770","title":{"rendered":"Stock Exchange Urged to Support SMEs and Startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers<\/strong> \u2013 The Algerian stock exchange has been called upon to play a pivotal role in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups, as part of the country&#8217;s efforts to foster productive investment.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Algiers on Saturday, Minister of Finance Abedelkarim Bouazra stated that Algeria is actively working towards building a modern and stable financial market. He emphasized that the stock exchange, as a key component of this market, is now expected to provide crucial support to emerging and medium-sized businesses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The stock exchange has a significant role to play in facilitating the growth of SMEs and startups,&#8221; said Minister Bouazra. &#8220;By providing access to capital and offering a platform for investment, the exchange can contribute significantly to the diversification of the Algerian economy and the creation of new jobs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Minister&#8217;s remarks highlight the government&#8217;s commitment to creating a more dynamic and inclusive financial ecosystem. This includes reforms aimed at streamlining regulations, improving market transparency, and encouraging greater participation from both domestic and foreign investors.<\/p>\n<p><em>The call for greater stock exchange involvement comes at a time when Algeria is seeking to reduce its reliance on hydrocarbons and promote the development of other sectors, such as technology, agriculture, and tourism.<\/em> SMEs and startups are seen as vital engines of innovation and growth in these sectors, and their access to finance is critical to their success.<\/p>\n<p>The government is expected to announce further measures in the coming months to support the development of the financial market and encourage greater participation from SMEs and startups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers \u2013 The Algerian stock exchange has been called upon to play a pivotal role in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups, as part of the country&#8217;s efforts to foster productive investment.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Algiers on Saturday, Minister of Finance A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}