ICT in Algeria : reality and prospects

Abstract EN

Many countries in the Developing World, including the least developed ones, are making significant investments in ICT (information and communication technology),even with very limited financial resources and weak incomes of these nations, ICT uses contribute to their economic progress, social growth, and access to the digital economy in which information a competitive challenge for firms and economies.This economy is concretized in a high digital environment and a strong infrastructure, in which knowledge plays a key role in economy.

Algeria has made considerable efforts and initiatives to improve its digital environment and provide access to ICTs.

This research paper aims to study the reality of the digital environment in Algeriaand itsintegration into these technologies knowledge and information domain.It makes some concluding remarks about the current status of ICT in Algeria and the research needed to determine the contribution that ICT will make in this country.