Editorial standards

How MENA AI Hub reviews and publishes directory data.

This page explains what qualifies for the directory, how profile facts are checked, when pages become eligible for search indexing, and how readers can challenge inaccurate information.

Eligibility

A listing must represent a real company, product, or specialist service connected to the Middle East or North Africa. It must have an accessible official website and a clear relationship to artificial intelligence. Generic lead-generation pages, inactive projects, duplicate submissions, and unverifiable claims are not eligible.

Evidence

Editors compare submitted information with official product pages and other attributable sources. Public profiles distinguish directory-written summaries from company claims, retain the sources used for review, and show a verification date when a profile has passed the publication gate.

Indexation

Approval for the directory does not automatically mean approval for search indexing. A profile must contain a substantive description, useful categorization, at least one review source, and a current verification date. English and Arabic readiness are reviewed independently.

Maintenance

Company information changes. Profiles may be updated, returned to review, or removed from search indexing when facts become stale. Corrections are evaluated against attributable evidence, and material updates receive a new verification date.

Review workflow

  1. Confirm that the submitted organization and official website exist.
  2. Check regional relevance and the claimed AI product or service.
  3. Normalize the company name, country, categories, and official URLs.
  4. Write or review the summary against attributable source material.
  5. Record sources and a verification date before marking a page indexable.
  6. Review Arabic content separately; untranslated profiles are not advertised as Arabic equivalents.

Sponsorship and ranking

Featured placement is a presentation option, not an editorial endorsement. Payment or commercial interest does not bypass eligibility, evidence, translation, or indexation requirements. Directory ordering and related-company modules may use name, recency, country, category, or declared featured status; sponsored placement should be visibly identified wherever it appears.

Corrections and removals

Company representatives and readers can request a correction through the contact page. Include the profile URL, the disputed field, the proposed correction, and a source that supports it. Requests are reviewed before publication. MENA AI Hub may remove misleading, duplicated, inactive, or unverifiable listings.