On 25 September 2025, Mr. Kamel Baddari, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, received students Aymen Hamidi and Abderraouf Aroua to the ministry’s headquarters. They are the founders of the “KABAS” start-up, which is based at the National Polytechnic School in El Harrach. This company specialises in integrating artificial intelligence to transform and improve industrial processes and offers smart solutions for efficiency and innovation.

The minister congratulated the students on being selected as one of the twenty-five start-ups worldwide specialising in deep tech field. They are heading to Moscow to participate in the international artificial intelligence start-up competition. Mr. Kamel Baddari wished them of success and prosperity in representing Algeria at the sixth edition of the Sber-500 Program, one of the world’s leading business acceleration programmes.

The 25 best start-ups will be presented at the Moscow Startup Summit, which attracts thousands of start-ups and investors from around the world.