Chefaa
Retail Health and Personal Care ProductsCairo, Egypt51-200 Employees
Chefaa is a Cairo-based, tech-enabled platform in the retail health and personal care sector that focuses on pharmacy benefits and the digital transformation of healthcare and supply chains across Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2017 by Dr. Doaa Aref and Dr. Rasha Rady, it aims to provide patients and healthcare entities with an end-to-end healthcare experience through a comprehensive set of essential solutions. The service enables users to order, schedule, and refill recurring prescriptions—insured or non-insured—while supporting a broad network of healthcare stakeholders. In Egypt, Chefaa connects more than 1.5 million monthly users with over 1,500 pharmacies, and its mobile app has been downloaded over 800 times. It has earned recognitions in the regional health-tech community, including the Cartier Impact Award (2022), a Cartier Women's Initiative fellow (2020), and the Falak Hub Women in Tech award (2023), and in 2023 formed a partnership with Paymob to advance digital payments for pharmaceutical transactions.