Sonatrach
Algeria’s state-owned oil & gas group — Africa’s largest energy company and a strategic anchor for industrial software, energy-tech and digital-twin startups.
Profile
Sonatrach is the gravitational centre of Algeria’s industrial economy. Its digital transformation agenda (predictive maintenance, IIoT, satellite analytics, hydrogen pilots) creates direct procurement opportunities for deep-tech founders building solutions for upstream/downstream operations and the wider energy transition.
Algerian link
Group HQ at Djenane El Malik, Hydra, Algiers; sites in Hassi Messaoud, Arzew, Skikda and across the Sahara.
Sectorenergy
Stagegrowth
FundingState-owned
Employees50,000+
Founded1963