In the presence of Yacine El-Mahdi Oualid, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister responsible for the knowledge economy and startups, Algeria’s national startup accelerator “Algeria Venture” officially launched a startup acceleration program in partnership with the “Google for startups MENA” network on Tuesday in Algiers.
This program, dubbed “Boost Competencies Entrepreneurship (BCEP),” which has already promoted 14 startups from seven provinces across the country, aims to accelerate the growth of these startups by training and assisting them in acquiring and developing necessary skills through courses and workshops.
Oualid highlighted during a press conference held on the sidelines of the ceremony that this program enables startups to benefit from training provided by Google executives with the goal of increasing managerial and technological abilities.
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According to Sid Ali Zerrouki, Managing Director of Algeria Venture, this program, in collaboration with the Google network for MENA startups, enables the provision of “quality training and effective acceleration with the support of pioneering international skills and expertise in the formation of world-leading ecosystems.”
“Today marks the launch of the inaugural campaign, which brings together 14 entrepreneurs operating in a dozen distinct sectors. New promotions will begin shortly with the goal of achieving 100 accelerated startups before the end of the year,’’ Zerrouki stated.
Salim Abid, the representative of Google responsible for the growth of the startup ecosystem in the MENA area, emphasized the computer giant’s support for Algerian startups “for several years.”
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“At the moment, we’re interested in assisting all startups, project leaders, and students. We’ve trained approximately 100,000 project leaders and Algerian students over the last two years on the most cutting-edge technologies, from artificial intelligence to clouds (virtual storage), using the Android platform, in order to transfer the Google experience to these entrepreneurs,” Abid explained.
It’s worth noting that the program’s first promotion will focus on entrepreneurs operating in ICT, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, logistics, and education.
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