Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fitness app Rumbl raises $1.07 million Seed funding

Saudi Arabia-based health and fitness startup Rumbl has raised $1.07 million (SAR4 million) in a Seed funding round led by...

Rumbl fitness Health

Saudi Arabia

Sanar raises Seed funding from Impact46

Saudi Arabia-based healthtech app Sanar, has raised an undisclosed Seed round led by Impact46. Launched in 2019, the online healthcare...

Saudi Arabia app Health

Pakistan

AimFit raises $1 million to scale across Pakistan

Pakistan-based AimFit has raised a seed round of $1 million, becoming the first venture capital-backed fitness startup in the country. The...

Health fitness

Palestine

Ibtikar Fund invests in Inggez

Ibtikar Fund has announced its investment in Palestine-based Inggez, a mobile app offering on-demand access to gyms and fitness classes,...

fitness Health

Saudi Arabia

Nala Raises $1 million in funding

Source: finsmes Nala, a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based digital health service, raised $1m in its first financing. The round was led...

digital Health Funding

Egypt

The Egyptian startup encouraging pharmacies to go online

By Ahmed Gabr Inconsistencies have always plagued access to healthcare services in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region. A...

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Regional

Convenience and efficiency drive Mena's health tech innovations

Where and when the world’s first hospital was established is frequently disputed, but there is little doubt that the Middle East was...

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi-based biotech startups raise $10 million

Saudi-based biotechnology (biotech) startups incubated by Badir Biotech Incubator, under the Badir Program raised close to $10 million...

biotech Investment Funding

U.A.E

In conversation with Fodhil Benturquia of the UAE's Okadoc

Okadoc is an online medical booking system launched in 2018 by Fodhil Benturquia. It aims to simplify the process of booking an appointment...

Health health tech medical solutions

U.A.E

Medicus AI closes first tranche of Series A

Source: Arabnet Medicus AI announced the completion of the first tranche of its Series A funding round at €2.75M (just over...

Artificial intelligence Health healthtech

U.A.E

New platform for healthy food launched from Dubai

Plotos, a digital nutrition and wellness platform and app, launched today with funding of $100,000 to address the UAE’s growing...

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Jordan

Altibbi opens Pandora’s box on MENA’s healthcare questions

From a doctor's office, to your PC to your phone - the changing face of medicine. (Image via Jacqueline Sofia) A young mother in Saudi...

digital health MEMakersGE Diabetes Healthcare

Egypt

A global fitness platform from the streets of Cairo

The Jumpsuite team, left to right, Nabil Rostom, Norshek Fawzy and Kareem Abou Gamrah. (Images via Jumpsuite) We all know working out...

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Jordan

Hikma Pharmaceuticals launches $30M digital health venture fund in Amman

Hikma Pharmaceuticals has launched a $30 million strategic venture capital fund focused on digital health, therapeutics, and diagnostics...

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Egypt

Hack4Egypt tackles the big issues

Mentor Tarek Amin, digital group head for Adline Media Network, offers some advice. (Images via Hacka Mena) Hack4Egypt is a chance to...

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Saudi Arabia

Meet Fatima Batook: the woman who helped make Saudi women’s gyms a reality again

Women in Saudi Arabia who wish to go to the gym can do so once again, thanks to the lobbying and entrepreneurial efforts of one woman:...

Saudi Arabia Health Women

Maghreb

Morocco's online health service DabaDoc expands its reach

When Zineb Yacoubi returned to Morocco after eight years abroad, she was struck by how difficult it was to book a medical appointment....

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Global

4 trends from LeWeb that could make waves in the Arab world in 2015

The end of the year is always an interesting time. Some like to go back on what happened in the year gone by, while others try to predict...

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Lebanon

Innovation fills the prescription: 6 tips on building a wearable from CardioDiagnostics

Most of the entrepreneurial activity in the region focuses on ecommerce or online services, and software development and services...

CardioDiagnostics Beirut Digital District Wearable devices

Jordan

After recent award, Altibbi announces funding round

The Arabic medical portal Altibbi has closed a round of funding that is set to further shape the online medical information...

Health Investment Medical

Saudi Arabia

A day in the life of a top Saudi businesswoman

Speaking with Yasmin Altwaijri is a breath of fresh air. The vibe and the enthusiasm took me back to Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor...

Saudi Arabia Health Women

Not another social network: Doxunity wants to help doctors do their jobs better

Regional

Thought Leadership

Saudi fitness app Rumbl raises $1.07 million Seed funding

Sanar raises Seed funding from Impact46

AimFit raises $1 million to scale across Pakistan

Ibtikar Fund invests in Inggez

Nala Raises $1 million in funding

The Egyptian startup encouraging pharmacies to go online

Convenience and efficiency drive Mena's health tech innovations

Saudi-based biotech startups raise $10 million

In conversation with Fodhil Benturquia of the UAE's Okadoc

Medicus AI closes first tranche of Series A

New platform for healthy food launched from Dubai

Altibbi opens Pandora’s box on MENA’s healthcare questions

A global fitness platform from the streets of Cairo

Hikma Pharmaceuticals launches $30M digital health venture fund in Amman

Hack4Egypt tackles the big issues

Meet Fatima Batook: the woman who helped make Saudi women’s gyms a reality again

Morocco's online health service DabaDoc expands its reach

4 trends from LeWeb that could make waves in the Arab world in 2015

Innovation fills the prescription: 6 tips on building a wearable from CardioDiagnostics

After recent award, Altibbi announces funding round

A day in the life of a top Saudi businesswoman

Not another social network: Doxunity wants to help doctors do their jobs better

WebTeb goes mobile with Arabic language app

Four tactics to make niche Arabic content work, from health platform Anakeef

Thought Leadership

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