Ifrikya FM · Season 2 — September 2026
Africa Tech
African technology, country by country, every week. Produced and presented from Algiers, broadcast across the continent.
Broadcast
Ifrikya FM is an Algerian public radio station with a pan-African mandate, launched in May 2023. It broadcasts on FM in Algiers (105.6) and Tamanrasset (98.4), on shortwave and via the AlcomSat satellite, with eleven correspondents across nine countries and five on-air languages: French, Arabic, Tamasheq, Bambara and Hausa.
Wednesday · 1:05pm · Starting in September
Season 2
One country a week.
36 episodes, thirty-two countries. Each week, an interview with someone building in that country, a three-voice debate, and five things looked at closely.
Season 1 · Selected episodes
15 season-1 episodes to grasp the body of work.
Starlink and Africa's telecom operators
Global Africa Tech 2026 and the Algiers Declaration
Is the developer's job disappearing?
AI and digital transformation: Algeria's sovereignty bet
Alamine Mahamat · Djallal Bouabdallah · Gaoua Abdelouahab · J'aime Dangui
Post-quantum cryptography and the .gn domain repatriation
Digital sovereignty: Gabon takes action
ZIM SAT-2 launch and smart management in Senegal
Alamine Mahamat · Jeanicia Matondi · Rute Zonou
Cybercrime in Niger: law, liberty and awareness
BurkinOS and Starlink explained
Emerging technology development in Africa
Hadjer Boumeshad
Digital health and startup health
Adel Mebarki
Immersive reality and heritage preservation
Feriel Tounsi
Incubation and startup support
Wassila Knatef
Digitising stock exchange orders and cybercrime in Zambia
Yazid Benmouhoub · Joseph Aonda
Digital innovation and artificial intelligence in Africa
Chérifa Obone · Mounir Ammari
Season 1 · Geographic coverage
17 African countries covered in season 1, across five sub-regions.
The countries listed below are those covered in season 1. Season 2 will cover thirty-two.
Season 1 · Guests (19)
Feriel Tounsi
Co-founder — immersive reality and heritage
Shédio Design Solutions · DZ
Adel Mebarki
Co-founder and CEO
Foresight Data Agency · DZ
Wassila Knatef
Head of incubation
ANPT · DZ
Hadjer Boumeshad
CEO and founder
HR Technology · DZ
Yazid Benmouhoub
Chief Executive Officer
Bourse d’Alger (SGBV) · DZ
Chérifa Obone
Columnist — Ifrikya FM panels
Ifrikya FM · GA
Karen Novelle
Columnist — Ifrikya FM panels
Ifrikya FM · MZ
Mounir Ammari
CEO and co-founder
Slick-PAY · DZ
Saleh Mahamat Issaka
Guest host — Ifrikya FM panels
Ifrikya FM · TD
Alamine Mahamat
Columnist — Ifrikya FM panels
Ifrikya FM · CM
Djallal Bouabdallah
Digital transformation expert
Aryade / Digital Bridges · DZ
Gaoua Abdelouahab
President of GAAN
GAAN · DZ
J'aime Dangui
DevOps engineer
CG
Joseph Aonda
Columnist — Ifrikya FM panels
Ifrikya FM · CM
André Molélé
Columnist — Ifrikya FM panels
Ifrikya FM
Yelessa Ngakala
Guest of the show
Mehdi Gaham
Advisory — Startup ecosystem, R&D, Industry 4.0
MECSME · DZ
Jeanicia Matondi
Columnist — Ifrikya FM panels
Ifrikya FM
Rute Zonou
Columnist — Ifrikya FM panels
Ifrikya FM
All guests from season 1.
Related essays
One article in seven episodes on African tech sovereignty.
Method and charter
Two commitments of the same kind.
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