Regional

4 startups that are changing Maghreb healthcare

A woman fainting at a railway station in Morocco, while waiting for the train that would take her three hours away for dialysis treatment,...

Lilia Blaise • 25 April, 2017

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Morocco

The Moroccan doctor who wants to rethink medicine

Next year should be the first time a 100 percent Moroccan made medicine will be commercialized. Adnane Remmal, a biology researcher,...

Yassine Bakir • 28 September, 2016

biotech drugs Medical

U.A.E

Physicians and the future with 3D printing

How soon before the doctors of the Middle East embrace the possibilities of 3D printing? (Images via Jacqueline Sofia) Covering everything...

Jacqueline Sofia • 01 February, 2016

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Jordan

Health monitoring device takes first place at Amman’s Maker Hackathon

Attendees experiment with littleBits while developing preliminary prototype designs. (Images via Dina Al Zubi) A health-monitoring...

Melanie Butcher • 03 March, 2015

amman Healthcare Medical

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...

Wamda • 04 December, 2014

Health Investment Medical

Regional

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

Over the past few years, Wamda has covered a lot of medical startups that provide patients with information on different health topics,...

Reine Farhat • 24 August, 2014

webteb Health Medical

Egyptian surgeon turns his passion for driftwood into a business

“My passion for wood is something I’ve had for as long as I can remember, and I’ve been making small projects since I was seven,” says Shah...

Ahmed Gabr • 29 January, 2014

Hardware Handicrafts Egypt

Can Egypt's first online medical community succeed?

As technology becomes integral to everyday life more than ever before, the need for digitizing healthcare is ever increasing. While the...

Eman Mostafa • 23 January, 2014

Egypt Mobile Medical

Sohati wants to break the taboo of online medicine

Many entrepreneurs in are now trying to find solutions to make healthcare more accessible throughout the Middle East, a region facing...

Aline Mayard • 05 January, 2014

Media Health Medical

Healthcare portal WebTeb closes Series B round from Siraj Palestine Fund

On top of reaching over 3.5 million unique visitors per month, Arabic medical content portal WebTeb just announced new investment from...

Glen Dalakian II • 03 October, 2013

Healthcare Content Portals Health & Beauty

Lebanon's Myschoolpulse Brings Education to Children in Hospitals

Not every startup idea begins with a happy epiphany. Daniele Diab was first inspired to start Myschoolpulse when her cousin was...

Fernande van Tets • 10 December, 2012

Education Medical

DoctorUna Helps Dubai Find and Book Trusted Physicians

I vividly remember the first time I fell sick when I moved away for college. It was just a seasonal cold, but it felt like death,...

Rania Habib • 06 December, 2012

Medical

Customized Medical Advices: Adnan Abou Sharar of Axein [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] Adnan Abou Sharar, Managing Director of Axein, talks about the mobile app that gives medical advices tailored for each user, based...

Maya Rahal • 12 October, 2012

Advice Arabnet Medical

Agzakhana Offers Egyptian Pharmacists an Online and Mobile Pharmacy Platform

Agzakhana.com is about to launch a new electronic system to manage Egyptian and Arab pharmacy sales and orders. Designed by a group of...

Hanan Solayman • 11 September, 2012

Medical

Palestine

Palestinian Entrepreneur Leaves Medical Practice to Bring Health Advice to the Masses

Update September 26, 2012: WebTeb announced the launch of its Symptom Checker, TebChecker. This tool includes extensive information...

Nina Curley • 30 August, 2012

Medical

Entrepreneur of the Week: Ziad Sankari of CardioDiagnostics [Wamda TV]

This week's entrepreneur of the week is Ziad Sankari of CardioDiagnostics.  At QITCOM, Qatar's IT-focused conference, he describes how he ...

Nina Curley • 05 June, 2012

Entrepreneur of the Week Medical

Jordanian Entrepreneurs Launch Startup Enabling Global Access to Healthcare

"We want to export U.S.-quality healthcare to the rest of the world," says Ayman Sharaiha, explaining his startup, Clinical Fellows. The...

Nina Curley • 30 May, 2012

Medical

Arabic Medical Portal AlTibbi Launches Breakthrough Symptom Checker and Social Network

Arabic medical portal Altibbi.com has just launched two major improvements to its comprehensive diagnosis platform: the first Arab...

Nina Curley • 15 May, 2012

Social Media Endeavor Medical

Building the WebMD of the Arab World in Jordan

When Lebanon-born, Amman-raised entrepreneur Jalil Allabadi first decided to put his father’s Arabic medical dictionary online, he focused o...

Nina Curley • 07 February, 2012

Medical Endeavor

Egyptian Startup Ekshef Eases the Pain of Finding a Doctor

In the heart of Cairo stands Ramsis Building, an imposing office-block whose four faces are covered in a jumble of signs for the dozens of...

Omar Aysha • 03 February, 2012

Medical

How WebTeb is overcoming challenges to starting up in Palestine [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] At the World Economic Forum Meeting in Jordan this May, Mahmoud Kaiyal, founder of Palestinian medical Arabic platform WebTeb, di...

Wamda • 25 July, 2013

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