Editorial Policy

Purpose

Cairo Stream aims to provide independent reporting and analysis about Egypt's telecom and technology ecosystem for an English-reading audience, in plain and accurate language.

Independence

Editorial decisions are made by the newsroom. No advertiser, operator, vendor, investor or institution has any influence over what we cover or how we cover it. Any commercial relationship that could be perceived as a conflict of interest will be disclosed in the relevant article.

Sourcing and attribution

• Factual claims are attributed to a named source and, where available, linked.
• We prioritise primary sources such as regulator and ministry publications, operator announcements, filings and official reports.
• We do not invent quotes, statistics, sources or documents.
• We do not publish press releases as if they were independent reporting.

Why it matters

Some articles carry an optional “Why it matters” section explaining, in simple language, the significance of a development. It is clearly labelled and is used only where it adds genuine explanatory value.

AI use

Cairo Stream does not publish AI-generated articles as journalism. Any editorial use of automated tools remains under human review and responsibility.

Bylines

Articles are published under the collective Cairo Stream Newsroom byline because reporting and editing are carried out by the editorial desk, which takes collective responsibility for what is published. We do not create fictional authors or credentials. This is explained in full on the newsroom page.

Dates and timestamps

Publication dates reflect when Cairo Stream published an article. Before publishing, the date of the underlying source is verified against that source. Articles are never backdated or forward-dated. Substantive post-publication changes carry a visible updated timestamp.

Commercial separation

Cairo Stream carries no advertising, sponsored articles, affiliate links or paid placements. Should that ever change, any commercial content would be labelled unambiguously and kept separate from editorial coverage.

Updates

Developing stories may be updated. Substantive updates carry an updated timestamp; factual errors are handled under our corrections policy.

Reaching the newsroom

Editorial correspondence, including challenges to our reporting, goes to editor@cairostream.com. Right-of-reply requests from organisations named in our coverage are read by an editor.