Wamda

Egypt

Shezlong launches AI therapy assistant for mental health care

Press release: In another bold step toward transforming mental healthcare, Shezlong – the first platform to introduce online...

shezlong healthtech mental health

Regional

Mena entrepreneurs' battle for a safer mental environment

An article by Omar F. Koudsi, Chief Business Officer & co-founder of Arab Theraby. The entrepreneurial landscape in the Middle East...

Opinion mental health

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...

mental health Sukooni

Regional

Do you need to work on your personal leadership?

David Godfrey is a mentor at Peak Performance and co-founder of Chase Life Consulting Effective leadership is something many...

Leadership mental health

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...

mental health

Egypt

O7 Therapy raises $2.1 million Seed round

Egypt-based healthtech O7 Therapy has raised a $2.1 million Seed round, led by Hikma Ventures, with the participation of C-Ventures,...

O7 Therapy Hikma Ventures mental health

U.A.E

UAE-based Takalam raises $1 million pre-Seed round

UAE-based healthtech Takalam has raised $1 million in a pre-Seed round, led by Emirates Angels members, along with Nowaisi Investments,...

Takalam healthtech mental health

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...

mental health

Regional

What is the main cause of stress for founders?

Mental health has long been a taboo subject in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, but attitudes are changing. Wamda recently...

mental health EMPWR

Regional

What is the state of mental health and wellbeing of entrepreneurs in Mena?

Wamda and Microsoft for Startups have published a research report on the impact of Covid-19 on the state of mental health and...

mental health

Egypt

Shezlong raises investment to expand operations

Cairo-based Shezlong, an online mental health platform, has raised a new investment round. The round saw participation from...

mental health healthtech shezlong

Global

Mental health and entrepreneurship - how much do entrepreneurs struggle?

Reem Shaheen is the founder of BE Psychology Centre in Dubai and is a US-trained counseling psychologist Recent research...

mental health entrepreneurs entrepreneurship

Regional

Founders depression: The dark side of the startup hype in MENA

Sitting at a startup accelerator program aimed at supporting young entrepreneurs in Jordan, Ala’a Suleiman, cofounder and CEO of...

Founders depression mental health Jordan

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