DzairAI

Building an NLP Model for Algerian Darija from Scratch

Editorial

12 min read

NLP

Building an NLP Model for Algerian Darija from Scratch

In this post I walk through the challenges and lessons of training a BERT-based model on Algerian Arabic social media text — from data collection to deployment.

Amina Bensalem

2 months ago

State of AI in Algeria: 2026 Landscape Report

Editorial

8 min read

Opinion

State of AI in Algeria: 2026 Landscape Report

A comprehensive look at Algeria's AI ecosystem: startups, research centers, talent pool, policy landscape, and challenges ahead.

Karim Hadjadj

2 months ago

MLOps on a Budget: What Works for Small Algerian Startups

Editorial

10 min read

MLOps

MLOps on a Budget: What Works for Small Algerian Startups

You don't need a Google-scale infra team. Here's how our 3-person team at AnavTech ships ML models weekly using free and open-source tools.

Riad Boutaleb

2 months ago

Why Tamazight ASR Is One of the Hardest NLP Challenges Today

Editorial

14 min read

NLP

Why Tamazight ASR Is One of the Hardest NLP Challenges Today

Reflecting on our journey building the first public Tamazight speech dataset and the unique challenges of low-resource Afro-Asiatic languages.

Youcef Bellal

2 months ago

Shipping CV Bots for Export Teams: Lessons from Local Pilots

Editorial

9 min read

CV

Shipping CV Bots for Export Teams: Lessons from Local Pilots

How two Algerian SMEs deployed lightweight CV copilots to automate screening, candidate ranking, and interview prep while keeping recruiters in control.

Nadia Kherbache

1 months ago

Optimizing RAG Pipelines for French-Arabic Knowledge Bases

Editorial

11 min read

RAG

Optimizing RAG Pipelines for French-Arabic Knowledge Bases

A practical guide to chunking, embedding selection, and hybrid retrieval for bilingual enterprise knowledge assistants.

Sofiane Merabet

2 months ago

Community Blog

Building an NLP Model for Algerian Darija from Scratch

State of AI in Algeria: 2026 Landscape Report

MLOps on a Budget: What Works for Small Algerian Startups

Why Tamazight ASR Is One of the Hardest NLP Challenges Today

Shipping CV Bots for Export Teams: Lessons from Local Pilots

Optimizing RAG Pipelines for French-Arabic Knowledge Bases

Community Blog

Building an NLP Model for Algerian Darija from Scratch

State of AI in Algeria: 2026 Landscape Report

MLOps on a Budget: What Works for Small Algerian Startups

Why Tamazight ASR Is One of the Hardest NLP Challenges Today

Shipping CV Bots for Export Teams: Lessons from Local Pilots

Optimizing RAG Pipelines for French-Arabic Knowledge Bases