We gather primary data from hard-to-reach communities, through a verified network of 3,000+ on-the-ground journalists and experts across 100 countries.

Whether you're shaping global health policy, assessing market opportunities, or conducting stakeholder consultations, you need primary data from communities that are difficult to reach. Getting quality responses from the right people across the Global Majority requires local trust, language access, and on-the-ground relationships.
Our journalists and verified experts are trusted, on-the-ground connectors who reach the people others can't, from policymakers and civil society leaders to consumers, business owners, and grassroots communities.
Large-scale quantitative data gathering across multiple countries and languages, from stakeholder consultations to market and consumer research.
Qualitative discussions with targeted stakeholder groups, recruited and facilitated through our on-the-ground network.
One-on-one interviews with verified specialists from our Global Majority Expert Network.
They delivered exactly what we needed under tight timelines.
Egab was founded by Dina Aboughazala, a former BBC journalist who spent 15 years working inside the international news ecosystem and saw firsthand how voices from the Global South were systematically underrepresented in global reporting.
Egab is backed by Google News Initiative, 500 Global, Media Development Investment Fund, and Den VC.


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