Wamda

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

lebanon healthtech Nanoskin

Regional

Altibbi raises $6.5M through MEVP, DASH Ventures, and other investors

Altibbi Ltd., one of the Middle East’s largest digital health platforms, announced a new round of funding amounting to $6.5 million....

AlTibbi MEVP DASH Ventures

Bahrain

Tackling the region’s growing problem, diabetes

For years, Hussain Albar watched his mother suffer from diabetes. Each day, she would prick herself several times in order to log in a...

Healthcare Diabetes uae

Saudi Arabia

Big opportunities for startups in KSA [Report]

The number of entrepreneurship support organizations in the KSA, including funds, coworking spaces, incubators and accelerators, has nearly...

Saudi Arabia ksa Wamda Research Lab

Lebanon

AUB and UKLTH to fund diabetes solution

UK Lebanon Tech Hub (UKLTH) announced today that it will fund the research and development of Ediamond (electromagnetic diabetes monitoring...

news watch UK Lebanon Tech Hub aub

U.A.E

Telemedicine, coming together for the UAE?

Editor’s note: Telehealth, and telemedicine, are often used interchangeably and cover a broad category of solutions in the healthcare...

telemedicine digital healthcare health at hand

Palestine

Gaza’s Swift Braille helps the blind use smartphones

Swift Braille is a smartphone app that aims to help visually impaired and blind people communicate with others in writing. Worldwide...

SwiftBraille blindness Gaza

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