U.A.E Sukooni: a local approach to mental healthcare Mental health has long been considered taboo in the culture of the Middle East, and so has seeking help. With the rise in telehealth... Dunya Hassanein • 21 December, 2023 mental health Sukooni
Regional How our world is changing: the digital revolution in healthcare Jalil Allabadi is the co-founder and CEO of Jordan-founded and Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Altibbi As the digital revolution... Thought Leadership • 04 September, 2023 AlTibbi healthtech
U.A.E Will the world's smartest contact lenses emerge in Dubai? In a lab in Dubai, a Russian entrepreneur and a Ukrainian material scientist are working together on a project that may very well... Triska Hamid • 10 August, 2023 deeptech XPANCEO Russia
Global Employee mental healthcare: digital tools or workplace culture? By Professor Paul Hopkinson, head of Edinburgh Business School, and the School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University There is no... Thought Leadership • 10 October, 2022 mental health
Regional The startups 3D printing new smiles When 3D printing technology started to become more ubiquitous around the world, many claimed that there would come a day when every... Dunya Hassanein • 28 July, 2022 healthtech eon dental Basma
U.A.E Nabta Health raises $1.5 million as femtech gains ground worldwide Fertility rates across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) are in decline, partly for socio-economic reasons and increasingly due to... Triska Hamid • 22 February, 2022 Nabta Health femtech
Egypt The issue of e-pharmacy in Egypt When Amazon acquired US-based e-pharmacy startup PillPack in 2018 in a deal valued at $753 million, it sent repercussions across the... Dunya Hassanein • 20 January, 2022 e-pharmacy B2B marketplace Chefaa
Regional Mental health startups in Mena To mark World Mental Health Day, we have mapped the mental health startups in the Middle East and North Africa. Wamda also recently... Wamda • 10 October, 2021 mental health
U.A.E Can Dubai become the capital for next-gen healthtech startups? Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi is the managing director of Dubai Science Park Medical innovation has surged as the world’s greatest minds... Thought Leadership • 25 July, 2021 Dubai healthtech
Morocco Orange and AXA CIMA to acquire majority stake in DabaDoc Orange Middle East and Africa and AXA Assurance Maroc, an AXA CIMA entity, have agreed on a joint acquisition for a majority stage in... News • 07 June, 2021 healthtech dabadoc
U.A.E uMore raises $120,000 from TheVentureCity UAE-based healthtech startup uMore has raised $120,000 from TheVentureCity accelerator, an international venture acceleration programme... News • 01 April, 2021 uMore healthtech
Regional Is the Mena region ready for femtech? Amid the boom in healthtech over this past year, there is one sector that is now experiencing greater interest - femtech. This sector... Nagham Al Eithan • 01 April, 2021 femtech healthtech
Regional Can the healthtech sector maintain its momentum? Health is typically one aspect of life that most people only consider when things go wrong, this is true on an individual level and on a... Shaimaa El Nazer • 15 March, 2021 healthtech AlTibbi Okadoc
Regional Techne Summit Alexandria 2020 Techne Summit is coming to you this year on November 7-8-9 as a Hybrid Event! So, if you can't attend in person, you can... Annelies Docx • 26 October, 2020
U.A.E Raising the bar for women’s healthcare Investment in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) healthcare sector is booming. Over $144 billion will be ploughed into Mena-wide... Alicia Buller • 22 June, 2020 healthtech
Regional The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem [Survey] As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact the way we live, work and operate, very few startups in the region have managed to escape... Wamda • 06 April, 2020
Tunisia The Tunisian invention bringing hope to epilepsy sufferers Millions of epilepsy patients across the Arab world are in daily danger of suffering a potentially fatal seizure, with multiple factors... Matt Smith • 06 February, 2020 health tech Tunis Tunisian entrepreneurs
U.A.E Innovations in Health Hackathon The “Innovations in Health” hackathon is an initiative that is part of the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP)... Wamda • 05 February, 2019
Tunisia For every human need comes a robot Robots may not rule the world (anytime soon) but they are gradually excelling at a number of human tasks such as helping human resources... Reine Farhat • 11 October, 2018 robots robotics AI
Regional Vezeeta secures $12m in series C Egypt-based healthcare company Vezeeta has raised $12million in a Series C round led by Saudi Technology Ventures (STV). Launched in... Wamda • 19 September, 2018 Healthcare Series C
Regional Will the growing need for wearables in the MENA push hardware startups forward? The wearables market in the MENA region is quickly evolving. According to figures shared by the International Data Corporation (IDC), a... Rana Freifer • 08 February, 2018 Wearable devices Technology healthtech
Regional HR tech startup Bayzat receives $5M funding from venture investors Bayzat, a provider of insurance and HR solutions in the MENA region, announced it has secured an additional $5 million in funding led by... Staff writer • 05 December, 2017 Bayzat VC silicon badia
Lebanon The MENA embraces more healthtech advancements The global healthcare expenditure will be growing from $7.7 trillion in 2013 to $9.6 trillion in 2018. Digital transformation is... Rana Freifer • 08 November, 2017 lebanon robotics SASHA
Lebanon Nanotech is emerging in the MENA’s healthcare sector accentuating inventions and opportunities The global nanotechnology industry is expected to grow to reach almost $76 billion by 2020. But what is it exactly? Nanotechnology is... Rana Freifer • 20 November, 2017 lebanon healthtech Nanoskin