How Shamseya is spearheading digital health in Egypt It was only recently that health tech startups began emerging in the Egyptian medical market. For Ayman Sabae, then a third-year medical student in Cairo, advancing medical services in the country was a dream. CAIRO | May Rostom It all started in 2008, when Ayman Sabae pursued a masterâs degree in health systems management and developed a thesis around healthcare systems in Egypt. After a year of training and rotation in Cairoâs most famous public hospitals, he was determined to turn his thesis into reality. âClinical rotations in my final year as a med student gave me insights on system defects in Egyptâs public hospitals. I was able to pinpoint what we lacked and what we needed to improve to put our patients at the centre of every solution or treatment we offer,â Sabae says.