On April 26, 2025, Mr. Kamel Baddari, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, conducted a working and inspection visit to university and research institutions in Constantine. Accompanied by the Wali, he toured and inaugurated several institutions, student university projects, and start-ups, beginning with the Polytechnic National School at the “Salah Boubnider” University. Additionally, he inaugurated the Business Incubator and the Entrepreneurship Development Centre.
According to the presentation submitted to the Minister, over the past two years, the incubator documented a number of projects, including 49 projects, 23 prototypes, 7 projects awarded the “Label” for the academic year 2022/2023, and 31 projects, 5 start-ups, and one project that awarded the “Label” for the academic year 2023/2024. The school’s incubator also launched 45 enterprises with prototypes in two years, and ensured the provision of equipment to project holders, due to the substantial budget allocated by the Ministry. A total of 111 project holders have been trained, with 4 securing, and 10 currently in the process of obtaining funding.
The Minister attended presentations from the incubator’s subsidiaries, which included “POLYTECH SERVICE”, a subsidiary with shares to market prototypes and spare parts for start-ups. He was also informed about the concepts and projects of the students and their enterprises.
Mr. Kamel Baddari inaugurated the subsidiary workshops for the installation, repair and manufacturing of technical equipment. He listened to a presentation on innovative projects, and commended the first project for the production of “graphene” from organic materials, which is set to advance to industrial production. Additionally, he praised a prototype industrial project in aeronautics and multi-purpose rockets, including climate, which has won several distinctions, including the best report reward at the Algerian competition between universities in 2024, held at the “Saad Dahlab” University. This start-up project aims to produce the basic raw material required for manufacturing brake pads, using affordable local resources. The Minister urged the managers of the enterprise to progress towards industrial production and to innovate within the extractive industries, as well as to protect the pipes from damage and corrosion.
The official visit also encompassed the headquarters of Constantine “Technopole Hill”, where the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Wali and their accompanying delegation visited a special exhibition showcasing various innovations and projects awarded the Innovative Project label. This included a start-up and a business incubator, such as “Spark Spy”, a company dedicated to the integration of agriculture with robotics and transportation, “Guard IQ”, which features projects to equip vehicles with a black box for emergency interventions, and the innovative project “Azolleria”, which combines the cultivation of “Azolla” with red tilapia.
A presentation was made regarding the establishment of the “UNICO PHARMA” subsidiary at the Constantine “Technopole Hill”, following the instructions of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The activities of “UNICO PHARMA” include medical and pharmaceutical education and training, medical tests, various laboratory services, as well as the organisation of conferences and scientific events.
He also oversaw the closing activities of the fifteenth edition of the University Theatre Festival, in its Arabic edition, named after the late Professor “Ahmed Hamoumi”, attended by a notable assembly of Algerian artists from the theatre and cinema fields. The festival’s activities spanned ten days and attracted a strong and distinguished attendance of more than thousand students from different provinces of the country.