Issue 006

A lot of the challenges will sound familiar: manual processes, disconnected systems and the search for better ways to get work done. As Usman put it, there's often a gap between where organisations are now and where they want to be technologically.

Algeria is uncharted territory for a lot of the tech world, which is exactly why it interests us. Together with NexAtlas, we're exploring where we could do some genuinely ambitious work there.

The summit is focused on how regional collaboration can support innovation, investment and growth. It's a chance to hear from people building the North's tech scene, as well as meet others doing the work.

The North's tech scene gets stronger every time the people in it actually talk to each other, and this time it's happening on our doorstep. If you spot Tanvir or Usman, come and say hello.

A fifth of its staff say their job has shifted from doing the work to managing Claude, and the company says human attention and judgement are now the bottleneck. More work gets produced, which means more to read, check and agree on, so people are meeting more, not less.

AI was meant to clear our calendars. Instead, the work that's growing is judging what it produces - and with fewer juniors coming through, it's worth asking where tomorrow's judges are going to learn.