Creating Startups In Algeria: Diagnosing The Obstacles Along The Entrepreneurial Path And Ways To Overcome Them
Auteurs : Abdaoui Hana . Benghalem Abdelhadi .
Résumé
Since 2020, Algeria has made startups central to its strategy for diversifying an economy long dependent on hydrocarbons, creating a legal framework, a labelling system, a public venture capital fund, tax exemptions and a wide network of incubators. Yet Algerian startups raise far less capital than those of neighbouring countries, and most still rely on their founders’ savings. Using a qualitative, descriptive-analytical approach based on legal texts, official guides, reports, peer-reviewed studies and field-based theses, this paper classifies the obstacles to startup creation along five stages of the entrepreneurial path. The results show that obstacles arise at every stage and reinforce one another, that the funding gap partly reflects weak project readiness and founders’ reluctance to share ownership, and that public policy has favoured the supply of entrepreneurs over demand for their products. The paper ends with measures organised by actor.
Mots clés
Startups ; Entrepreneurial ecosystem ; Startup financing ; Public policy ; Algeria
