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Nigeria’s Helium Health acquires Qatar’s Meddy in rare Africa-GCC deal

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Nigeria-based health tech startup Helium Health has acquired Meddy , a Qatar-headquartered and UAE-based doctor booking platform for an undisclosed amount. According to both founders, the Helium Health and Meddy teams are identical in operations, technology execution, culture and market price points. The company, backed with just $1.8

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Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

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Israel’s heady mix of questioning culture, tradition of national military service, higher education, the widespread use of English, appetite for risk and team spirit makes for a fertile place for fast-moving companies to appear. Since the recent normalization pact between Israel and the UAE, relations with Arab states have begun to thaw.