{"id":66161,"date":"2026-07-25T14:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=66161"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:02:24","slug":"algeria-launches-first-presidential-award-for-the-countrys-best-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=66161","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Launches First Presidential Award for the Country\u2019s Best Startup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Algeria\u2019s Ministry of the Knowledge Economy, Startups and Micro-Enterprises has officially opened applications for the <strong>first edition of the President of the Republic\u2019s Award for Best Startup<\/strong>, a new national competition designed to recognize and support the country\u2019s most innovative entrepreneurial ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a ministry statement issued on Friday, applications will be accepted <strong>from July 24 to August 23, 2026<\/strong>. The competition is open to innovative project owners, outstanding startups and high-potential scale-ups seeking national recognition for their achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries will be evaluated by an <strong>independent jury<\/strong> composed of technology and innovation experts from Algeria and abroad. The panel will assess candidates based on innovation, growth potential, impact and overall business excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition features three award categories with significant financial prizes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Best Scale-up (Scale-up Label):<\/strong> 3 million Algerian dinars (300 million centimes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Best Startup (Startup Label):<\/strong> 2 million Algerian dinars (200 million centimes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Best Innovative Project (Innovative Project Label):<\/strong> 1 million Algerian dinars (100 million centimes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry said the initiative aims to encourage innovation, strengthen Algeria\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem and support the development of high-value businesses capable of contributing to economic diversification and job creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications must be submitted <strong>exclusively online<\/strong> through the official digital platform, which provides detailed information on eligibility requirements, evaluation criteria and the application process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award forms part of Algeria\u2019s broader strategy to promote innovation and position startups as key drivers of the country\u2019s knowledge-based economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dzwatch.dz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria\u2019s Ministry of the Knowledge Economy, Startups and Micro-Enterprises has officially opened applications for the first edition of the President of the Republic\u2019s Award for Best Startup, a new national competition designed to recognize and support the country\u2019s most innovative entrepreneurial ventures. According to a ministry statement issued on Friday, applications will be accepted from &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66162,"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":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economie-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66161","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=66161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66163,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66161\/revisions\/66163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}