Mohamed Aburawi

Health | Libya

2020 New Voices Fellow

Portrait of TEDFellow Mohamed Aburawi. TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant. April 15-19, 2024, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Ryan Lash / TED

Dr. Mohamed Aburawi, a Libya-born surgeon and tech entrepreneur, is the founder and CEO of Atarona Ventures, where he leads the creation and scaling of transformational, high-impact ventures across global health, education, financial inclusion, and energy access. Passionate about bold ideas that accelerate social progress, Mohamed’s work is dedicated to fostering inclusive prosperity for the next billion people in some of the world’s most impoverished regions.

Recognized as an Aspen and Echoing Green Fellow and WEF Young Global Leader, Mohamed’s ventures, including Speetar, an AI-powered digital health platform, have revolutionized healthcare delivery in conflict-affected and low-resource settings, serving millions and connecting medical providers from all over the world. His innovative work has garnered international acclaim, with features on TED, Forbes, BBC, and Al Jazeera, as well as accolades from the Gates Foundation, MIT Solve, and Ashoka. In addition to his background as a physician and Harvard researcher, Mohamed holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. When not building, he enjoys flying a Cessna-150 and balancing life as a father of two.