Wamda

Egypt

Ibnsina Pharma acquires 3elagi Tech

Egypt-based pharmaceutical firm Ibnsina Pharma has acquired a 75 per cent stake in its compatriot digital pharmacy marketplace 3elagi...

Ibnsina pharma 3elagi tech healthtech

Jordan

Aumet acquires Uniorders

Jordan-born healthcare marketplace Aumet, has acquired its compatriot healthcare startup Uniroders. Launched in 2015 by Yehya Aqel,...

healthtech Aumet Uniroders

Egypt

Rology raises $860,000 in pre-Series A

Egypt-based health technology (healthtech) startup Rology, has raised $860,000 pre-Series A investment in a round led by Egypt-based...

Rology healthtech DAI

U.A.E

UDENZ raises $100,000 bridge round

Dubai-based dental app UDENZ has raised a $100,000 bridge round, led by Global Ventures UAE and several angel investors. The company...

Udenz healthtech

U.A.E

Sehteq raises $20 million

Dubai-based health insurance tech startup Sehteq, has secured a $20 million investment from its anchor investor 971 Capital. Launched in...

Insurtech Sehteq healthtech

Egypt

Rology raises investment from Dubai Angel Investors

Egypt-based healthtech startup Rology, has raised investment from Dubai Angel Investors. The amount raised was not...

Rology Dubai Angel Investors healthtech

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

Egypt

Chefaa secures pre-Series A investment

Spurce: Afrikanheroes Egypt-based on-demand medicine delivery platform Chefaa, has raised a seven-figure (USD) Pre-Series A, without...

healthtech Chefaa Vision ventures

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

Hikma Ventures invests in US-based Altoida

Hikma Ventures, the venture capital arm of Jordan-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals has invested an undisclosed sum in US-based Altoida, a...

Hikma Ventures healthtech Altoida

Global

Global Ventures invests in African healthtech startup

Source: Zawya Dubai-based Global Ventures has co-led a $7 million investment with AAIC Japan in Helium Health, West Africa's largest...

healthtech covid-19

Regional

Covid-19: Ushering in a new era for healthtech

In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis and resulting lockdown, it is not just the global economy and healthcare systems that are suffering...

healthtech covid-19 coronavirus

Global

Mubadala Capital invests in US-based Unlearn.AI

Source: Techcrunch Unlearn.AI, which has built a machine learning platform that builds “digital twin” profiles of...

Mubadala Capital healthtech UnlearnAI

U.A.E

Okadoc closes $10 million Series A

UAE-based doctor booking platform Okadoc has closed a $10 million Series A round, following a $2.3 million seed round in 2018. The...

Okadoc healthtech

Egypt

Yodawy raises $1 million in Series A

Egypt-based online pharmacy Yodawy, has raised $1 million in its Series A round led by Egypt’s Algebra Ventures and CVentures,...

healthtech Insurance Series A

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...

Health health tech healthtech

Egypt

Chefaa closes a six figure seed funding round

Source: Disrupt Africa Egyptian e-health startup Chefaa has closed a six-figure US dollar seed funding round from Flat6Labs and 500...

Investment seed Médecine

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

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

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

U.A.E

Six healthtech startups pitch during Dubai 100 finale

Investors and healthcare industry leaders from UAE and around the world came together for the finale of Dubai 100’s second...

Dubai 100 pitch event healthtech

Lebanon

Proximie’s AR tool delivers healthcare to war zones

The idea came about during a 2012 mission to El Salvador. As a volunteer with the Global Smile Foundation, Boston-based Lebanese...

healthtech Augmented Reality Proximie

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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