Prime Highlight
- Moroccan startup iAvicenne secured first place at the QABF 2025 Startup Competition, earning a $40,000 prize.
- The company’s medical superintelligence platform is gaining recognition for easing doctors’ cognitive workload and improving clinical decision-making across Africa.
Key Facts
- Over 200 startups applied to the international competition, with only 10 reaching the finals; Egypt’s Wafeeq placed second and Morocco’s Nexa IA finished third.
- iAvicenne operates within UM6P’s NextAfrica program and provides an ultra-secure cloud system that reduces diagnostic errors and speeds up medical analysis for healthcare professionals.
Background
Moroccan startup iAvicenne took first place in the Startup Competition at the fourth Qatar Africa Business Forum (QABF) 2025 and won a $40,000 prize. The event in Johannesburg, South Africa, gathered leading entrepreneurs, investors, and decision-makers from all over Africa.
The international competition received more than 200 applications, with only 10 startups advancing to the final round. iAvicenne, part of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University’s (UM6P) NextAfrica program, claimed the top award. The Egyptian startup Wafeeq won second place, while Nexa IA, another Moroccan startup from UM6P’s The Forge program, finished third.
iAvicenne specializes in medical superintelligence technology designed to ease the cognitive workload on doctors. The company operates an ultra-secure private cloud system that helps physicians make faster and more accurate clinical decisions. Its platform reduces diagnostic errors, speeds up medical analysis, and improves patient management by giving practitioners quicker access to expert-level support.
Founder Othman Harit built the company using his 15 years of clinical experience in France, along with strong software development skills. He said the technology aims to support doctors rather than replace them, offering a safe and reliable tool in increasingly complex healthcare environments. Harit added that the QABF recognition proves the startup’s solutions address real needs in Africa and beyond.
The company works within UM6P’s NextAfrica program, which focuses on scaling high-impact African startups to global markets. iAvicenne targets challenges such as specialist shortages and overloaded hospitals across the continent.
Moroccan startups are showing strong results, which show a change in Africa’s innovation scene. More local companies are now creating technologies that can grow and reach the market, showing that Africa can develop global tech solutions instead of just using them.
