10 Startups Rethinking Access to Mental & Physical Health-Tech

These 10 startups are finding innovative healthcare solutions for both doctors and patients through digitised systems across the Arab world. Entrepreneurs between Egypt and the Gulf are using tools like AI and tele-consultations to manage the entire patient experience from initial diagnosis, to treatment, to maintenance. This list also extends beyond physical healthcare to include mental well-being through support such as bilingual therapy sessions—because one cannot exist without the other.

Vezeeta, Egypt

Vezeeta is a digital healthcare platform that helps patients find doctors, book appointments, manage e-pharmacy orders, and schedule tele-consultations. It has expanded across multiple countries in the region, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon with significant funding.

Altibbi, UAE

Altibbi is a major health information platform that offers remote medical consultations in Arabic, where patients can call an accredited doctor either over a direct phone call or over text 24 hours a day. They draw from over one million pages of Arabic medical content online, and serve Arabic-speaking patients across the world.

Clinicy, Saudi Arabia

Clinicy is a digital platform that helps health clinics work more efficiently through automated scheduling, communication, and billing, bypassing the need for large administrative teams. They also make access to healthcare services easier for patients through online appointment bookings, personalised treatment plans, and telemedicine consultations.

Athir, Saudi Arabia

Athir Healthcare Information System is digitising the health sector through AI and other modern technologies. The Saudi startup offers a one-stop platform for all stakeholders—healthcare service facilities, clinicians, patients and medical insurance entities—streamlining an otherwise complicated process.

Dawatech, Jordan

This health-tech startup caters to the needs of pharmacies. They provide a cloud-based ERP system that integrates accounting, inventory, analytics, and fintech tools to help operations run smoothly. They operate across Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Chefaa, Egypt

Chefaa addresses issues of healthcare accessibility and affordability across every city in Egypt. The 24/7 nationwide service provides a digital pharmacy and care platform with GPS-enabled delivery and AI dose reminders, especially useful for people who suffer from chronic illnesses.

O7 Therapy, Saudi Arabia 

O7 therapy is combating barriers to therapy—such as stigma, affordability, and convenience—in the Middle East and around the world. They offer bilingual therapy sessions, peer-support chat, and corporate wellness solutions. Founded in Egypt, and now based in Saudi, the platform serves people in over 110 countries.

Daleela by Motherbeing, Egypt

Daleela is an Arabic speaking AI-powered health assistant for women launched by Egyptian platform Motherbeing. It focuses on sexual and reproductive health, answering questions using a comprehensive knowledge database developed by local doctors and experts.

Promamec, Morocco

Promanec specialises in manufacturing and distributing medical devices, equipment and consumables in both the public and private sector. They recently secured an $8.5 million dollar investment from AfricInvest.

DeepEcho, Morocco

This company utilises AI to enhance ultrasounds, aiming to improve pre-natal care and reduce infant and maternal mortality rates. This technology helps prevent birth defects and manage challenges like preterm birth and low birth weight.