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

TechCrunch

Nigeria-based health tech startup Helium Health has acquired Meddy , a Qatar-headquartered and UAE-based doctor booking platform for an undisclosed amount. Over 7,000 medical professionals from these facilities now provide care to more than 300,000 patients monthly. Nigeria’s Helium Health raises $10M Series A for Africa expansion.

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Interview: Kedar Iyer, PickyPolly

Amy Sample Ward

His learnings come from experiences that span an education in electronics and telecommunications, multi-cultural professional engagements in software development and communications, a business administration student life in pretty Paris and experiments in implementing technological solutions for social challenges.

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

TechCrunch

The moniker became so ubiquitous, both at home and abroad, that “Israel Startup Nation” is now the name of the country’s professional cycling team. From age 13 Israel’s students are exposed to advanced computing studies, and the cultural push to go into tech is strong. Waze’s 100 employees received about $1.2