Industry 4.0 : case of startups of the Middle East and North Africa

الملخص EN

The object of this paper is to present the fourth industrial revolution through its contents, its origins and future prospects, in order to be able to decipher the practices of them related to the latter on 17 countries of the area MENA through a sample of 110 startups.

The principal results of this analysis emphasize the prevalence of the United Arab Emirates in the field, as well as the activities related to the electronic networks and platforms, the orientation of the opportunities of the 4th revolution in the MENA region is more in the form of platforms, than revolution through the exploitation of the potential of the twelve disruptive technologies.