Carlton Centre toppled as tallest in Africa

Towering 270m over the Algerian capital, the new Great Mosque of Algiers will be the tallest building in Africa once it is completed later this year. The new Great Mosque will surpass Africa’s current tallest building, the 223m Carlton Centre in Johannesburg. The...

Algeria to roll out ultra-broadband network

Alcatel-Lucent and Ooredoo Algeria, a subsidiary of Ooredoo group, have built a high-capacity optical transport network to connect Algeria’s mains cities of Algiers, Constantine and Oran – as well as smaller cities – with high-speed ultra broadband mobile...

Gemalto selected for Algerian e-passport

Gemalto has been chosen to help Algeria roll out its ambitious e-passport strategy. The Algerian governmental agency, Hôtel des Monnaies de la Banque d’Algérie, has selected Gemalto’s Sealys eCover for e-passports and embedded e-travel software to support its...

The malware threat in Africa

Algeria leads Africa in terms of local and Web threats – well ahead of Egypt in second place. South Africa, followed by Kenya, saw a significant number of security incidents, though the number of users affected is one of the lowest in the region. Africa...