The Algerian Air Group signed two cooperation agreements in Addis Ababa on Monday, February 16, formalizing its partnership with the African Business Council (AfBC) and the African Prosperity Network (APN) as part of a strategic drive to strengthen Algeria’s national airline as a central mobility partner in promoting African continental integration.
The agreement with APN strengthens both organizations’ shared commitment to championing the free movement of people, goods and services across the continent, a key pillar of the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Recognizing that air connectivity is a key enabler of integration, this partnership will support initiatives aimed at enhancing intra-African mobility and strengthening trade and cargo flows across Africa.
Based on this framework, Air Algérie and its partners will consider preferential arrangements for the carriage of passengers and cargo, while complying with operational and regulatory requirements. The partnership will also include training programs, organizational visibility initiatives, and the mobilization of economic delegations to continent-wide platforms and events, providing structured opportunities for African businesses to connect across borders.
The timing is intentional. APN has officially launched “Make Africa Borderless Now!” Campaign at the African Prosperity Dialogue (APD) 2026 held in Accra from February 4 to 6 under the patronage of President John Dramani Mahama. At the heart of the campaign is a 12-pillar roadmap aimed at accelerating the implementation of existing African Union agreements and protocols, including pan-African visa-free travel, air route liberalization, intercontinental biometric passports, a single African customs union, harmonized trade standards, seamless digital payments, and a trans-African infrastructure corridor.
The APN is targeting more than 10 million signatures from across the continent and the diaspora, and plans to present its mandate to African heads of state at the 40th African Union Summit, scheduled for February 2027 in Addis Ababa. The partnership with Air Algerie is one of several institutional endorsements the campaign has received in quick succession. The African Prosperity Network also met with Ethiopian Airlines on Monday at its headquarters in Addis Ababa to explore similar strategic cooperation, with the continent’s largest airline invited to become a key partner in the movement.
Algérie’s ambitions on the continent are underpinned by its own growth objectives. The company aims to transport almost 10 million passengers in 2026 through network expansion across North, West and Central Africa and a deliberate strategy to reduce dependence on connectivity hubs outside Africa. Algeria’s geographical location as a crossroads between north and south makes its airline a natural organizational ally for a movement whose central argument is that African flows of commerce and people no longer need to pass through Paris, Dubai, or Istanbul.
