Venture Summary
“Speetar is a telehealth platform that provides accessible, affordable quality healthcare in adverse conditions and creates centralized health data to protect increasingly mobile populations. We created Speetar to help limit exposure and provide quality care at a lower cost both on the patients’ end and at the point of care thereby, alleviating some of the strain health systems face in conflict-affected areas in an innovative way.
We offer accessible, affordable quality healthcare particularly in the adverse conditions of conflict-affected communities through our three-pronged model rooted in a drive for greater social, racial, and gender equality. It is (1) a patient mobile app (2) a doctor web-based app, and (3) an on-ground patient site so patients simply schedule, pay and receive timely medical consultations regardless of the low-resource setting they live in.”
Accelerator Participants
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“Libya-born surgeon turned health-tech entrepreneur. In 2016 he launched Speetar, an award-winning AI-enabled digital health platform. Piloted in Libya and is currently scaled across the Middle East and Africa. Speetar represents a disruptive healthcare model, breaking down economic, social, and geographic barriers that too often limit the options patients have when seeking quality care.
Dr. Aburawi’s passion for improving global healthcare outcomes continues to place him at the intersection of technology, business, and medicine. His work has been featured by Forbes, the BBC, PRI, and Aljazeera, among other global outlets. In 2018, he earned recognition from the Gates Foundation, Aspen Institute, and Ashoka for using digital tech to enhance healthcare access. He received the Harvard Medical School Dean's Award in 2019 and was a fellow at Legatum Center and Echoing Green.
A Harvard Kennedy School alumnus with a Master of Public Administration, Mohamed was a Center for Public Leadership Fellow and Edward S. Mason Fellow before pursuing an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. When he’s not in scrubs or (trying to) keep up with his role as the executive assistant of his two toddlers, Mohamed is in the air flying a Cessna-150 over the clouds of New England.”
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“As a global activist, advocate, and Changemaker, two time World Champion Poet, and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador I dedicate my time to fostering and facilitating the inclusion of marginalized voices in the private sector, health sector, public sector and media one collaboration at a time. As Senior Growth Manager at Speetar, I’ve led several of our initiatives including as an MIT Solve team lead and Johnson & Johnson Ventures Health Access Prize Awardee team lead; I’m passionate about delivering quality healthcare access to all and alleviating systemic disparities one solution at a time.”