Egab

Egab is a journalism platform founded in late 2020 and headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, that connects local journalists across the Global South — the Middle East, Africa, and beyond (60+ countries) — with international media outlets. It specializes in solutions journalism, offering journalists mentoring, editorial support, skills development, and fair compensation from pitch to publication, while giving newsrooms cost-efficient access to authentic, exclusive stories and diverse local contributors without flying in reporters.

Egab is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Journalism, Media, News, and Solutions Journalism.

Egab’s developer surface includes support, engineering blog, signup flow, and 7 more developer resources.

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14.9/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyJournalismMediaNewsSolutions JournalismGlobal SouthPublishingNewsroomsContent Marketplace

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Composite quality — 14.9/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

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Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

About

About

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: egab
name: Egab
description: Egab is a journalism platform founded in late 2020 and headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, that connects local journalists
  across the Global South — the Middle East, Africa, and beyond (60+ countries) — with international media outlets. It specializes
  in solutions journalism, offering journalists mentoring, editorial support, skills development, and fair compensation from
  pitch to publication, while giving newsrooms cost-efficient access to authentic, exclusive stories and diverse local contributors
  without flying in reporters.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/egab/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/690ce1e6f0839cc2541ed34f/69557070762b9f9bd91c12a7_default%20egab.png
tags:
- Company
- Journalism
- Media
- News
- Solutions Journalism
- Global South
- Publishing
- Newsrooms
- Content Marketplace
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://egab.co
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/egab-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/egab-llms.txt
- type: About
  url: https://www.egab.co/about
- type: Support
  url: https://www.egab.co/contact-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.egab.co/news
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.egab.co/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.egab.co/terms-conditions
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.egab.co/auth/journalist?action=signup
- type: Login
  url: https://app.egab.co/auth/journalist
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence