The Future of Integrated Healthcare in Ethiopia
One seamless platform where technology meets wisdom. Accessible, modern medical care from anywhere in Ethiopia.
- Unified Care Ecosystem (3-in-1): A single unified platform seamlessly connecting consumer pharmacy fulfillment, multilingual telehealth, and B2B wholesale logistics under one account.
- Local-First Architecture (Offline-First): Engineered for real-world infrastructure. Local pharmacies never go dark during internet outages—they continue processing orders offline and sync automatically to the AWS cloud.
- Closed-Loop Fulfillment & Diaspora Gateway: Guaranteed stock verification, 10-minute motorcycle doorstep delivery, and remote care funding for the Ethiopian diaspora via Telebirr, CBE Birr, and international cards.
About TibebMed (ጥበብ)
Tibeb (ጥበብ) — "Wisdom in Your Hands" — is Ethiopia's unified health-tech platform connecting chronic patients, licensed pharmacies, and verified doctors into a single cohesive ecosystem. By blending clinical public health leadership with resilient modern software engineering, we make life-saving medication and reliable primary care guaranteed, transparent, and effortlessly accessible.
The Healthcare Fragmentation Crisis We Are Solving
In Ethiopia today, accessing life-saving prescriptions is an exhausting, uncertain ordeal for over a million chronic patients and families:
- 1.6M+ Chronic Patients in Need:
- In Addis Ababa alone, 1.6 million patients struggle constantly to locate and refill regular prescriptions for chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases.
- 1 in 6 Prescription Availability (3/10 Score):
- Only 1 out of 6 neighborhood pharmacies has the exact medication in stock when a patient arrives, triggering endless citywide searches.
- 28 km Average Search Radius:
- Patients and families waste critical hours, high taxi fees, and vital stamina physically visiting 30+ pharmacies across the city.
- 0% Live Data & Fragmented Market:
- Without real-time inventory, transparent pricing, or telehealth in local languages, healthcare access remains an unpredictable gamble.
The Reality: Without real-time stock data, transparent pricing, or health consultations in local languages, patients face an exhausting and unreliable healthcare journey.
Our Solution: The Fulfillment Engine
Not just a static directory, but a complete fulfillment ecosystem connecting the entire care chain with guaranteed medicine access and reliable primary care.
- Marketplace & 10-Minute Delivery: Real-time stock verification across verified pharmacies with direct doorstep delivery via dedicated motorbike fleet, slashing the 28km search down to minutes.
- Telehealth in Amharic & Local Languages: Virtual consultations with certified Ethiopian doctors in native languages, complete with digital prescriptions and unified electronic health records (EHR).
- Local-First & Offline-Sync Resilience: Proprietary architecture ensuring neighborhood pharmacies keep operating smoothly during internet outages, syncing automatically to the cloud upon reconnection.
- Diaspora Healthcare Gateway: Integrated payments via Chapa supporting Telebirr, CBE Birr, and international cards—empowering the global Ethiopian diaspora to directly fund care and medicine for loved ones.
The TibebMed Ecosystem
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Status: Active & Fully Functional
Shop for medicine, compare real-time prices side-by-side, and manage prescriptions seamlessly with guaranteed doorstep delivery.
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Status: In Development
High-fidelity virtual consultations. Connect with verified medical professionals instantly from anywhere with built-in electronic health records.
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Status: Coming Soon
Real-time inventory tracking, wholesale price analytics, and bulk procurement empowering clinics and pharmacies.
Leadership & Founders
Uniting 15+ years of WHO field epidemiology and public health leadership with advanced full-stack software and AI engineering.
Alemayehu Ayenew Haimanot — CEO & Co-Founder
15+ years of distinguished experience in public health and e-pharmacy. Former WHO Field Epidemiologist holding MPH and MBA degrees, bringing deep EFDA regulatory mastery and supply chain expertise to transform Ethiopian healthcare access.
LinkedIn Profile | Email: aaalemayehu@gmail.com
BetreMariyam Yosef — Founder & CTO
Full-stack developer and security researcher with specialized expertise in AI integration, local-first resilient architectures, and scalable monorepo systems. Passionate about engineering high-uptime, mission-critical platforms for African infrastructure.
LinkedIn Profile | Email: betre@afrodigital.dev