Alternative Data: How Digital Technology Is Reshaping Consumer Lending in Egypt and Expanding Its Risks

This paper explores how technologies are reshaping the consumer lending landscape in Egypt by expanding access and raising important questions about data protection, algorithmic bias, and the gap between financial inclusion narratives and social justice realities.

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A Guide to Website Licensing in Egypt: What Website Owners Need to Know

This guide addresses a longstanding knowledge gap by offering a clear overview of the legal and regulatory environment shaping their operation.
It explains the scope of the law, identifying which entities are subject to licensing and which are exempt, and outlines the legal, administrative, and financial requirements for obtaining a license.

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Internet Governance and Gender Justice: Representation Gaps and the Limits of the Multistakeholder Model

This paper examines the complex relationship between internet governance and gender justice. It begins by outlining the importance of fair gender representation within internet governance spaces. It then analyzes the current state of such representation, highlighting the persistent gender gap within a governance landscape that remains largely institutional and structurally exclusionary.

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How Do Internet Pricing Policies in Egypt Undermine the Right to Access?

This paper discusses internet access pricing and service provision policies in Egypt, from a perspective fully committed to ensuring that Egyptians enjoy their right to fair and meaningful access to the internet, at a time when this right has become the fundamental guarantee for interacting with a rapidly evolving digital world.

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Court of Cassation Rules Against Expansive Use of Website Blocking Regulations

. This paper examines how the judiciary has approached blocking as an exceptional measure that directly affects freedom of expression and access to information, and it traces the legislative context that enabled the expansion of blocking practices, from national security cases to disputes involving intellectual property and unfair competition.

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