Inatel gets approval to install payment terminals in Algeria

Inatel, a company based in Tlemcen wilaya, has received approval from the Economic Interest Group for Monetics (GIE Monétique) to install class V electronic payment terminals (TPE) in Algeria.

Maghreb Emergent reported this, citing a statement from the company carried by the Algeria Press Service (APS) on Sunday. The statement said the approval confirms the skills of its managers and technical teams.

The approval lets the company take part in installing the terminals, as part of the growth of electronic payments in Algeria. For traders, this means they will be able to take electronic payments once the terminals are installed in their shops.

The company's operations department plans to use its staff, logistics and technical teams to speed up the delivery and distribution of the devices. The services will cover installation, setting up and training traders in how to use the terminals.

Support will also be given so that users can learn to use the equipment easily in their daily work. According to the statement, the aim is to spread electronic payments as quickly as possible, while keeping the work of high quality.

The company places the approval within the digital transformation under way in Algeria. A secure and reliable payment system depends on terminals being available, working properly once installed and users being supported.

Inatel belongs to the public group ELEC El-Djazaïr. It works in electronics and digital solutions for companies, public bodies and large infrastructure projects.

The company also works abroad. In September, it signed an agreement with the Permanent Coordination of the Strategic Committee for the extension of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The deal is part of a consortium with PGS Africa and DABYAN, covering a digital, industrial and technology programme linked to the new city project "Kinshasa Kia Mona". Earlier, the company exported electronic payment terminals to Nigeria.