About Ehgzli - Our story, mission, and team

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How Ehgzli began

Ehgzli was born in Riyadh in 2023, founded by three healthcare and engineering professionals who had spent over a decade watching MENA patients struggle with fragmented booking systems, clinics drowning in paperwork, and pricing opacity that eroded trust.

The moment that crystallized our purpose: a family member needed a specialist appointment. Across seven phone calls to four clinics, nobody could quote a price, confirm a time, or explain insurance coverage. Three weeks later, the condition had worsened. We knew this was not a marketing problem - it was an infrastructure problem.

We chose to build differently: open source (AGPLv3), bilingual day-one (Arabic-first, not Arabic-translated), and radically transparent about pricing, data, and decisions. We chose Frappe and ERPNext as our foundation because they belong to the community, not to a venture-capital roadmap that might leave the region behind.

Today, Ehgzli serves clinics across Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Jordan, and growing. We are certified by ZATCA (Saudi Arabia) and ETA (Egypt) as approved e-invoicing providers. We have grown without sacrificing the principles that made us start: patients are always free, clinics get fair pricing, and every line of our platform is auditable.

Our mission

We believe every citizen in our region deserves equitable and dignified healthcare access - in their language, on their terms, with prices they can see.

Mission

Make healthcare access in MENA as simple as booking a meal - transparent, multilingual, and respectful of every patient.

Vision

By 2028: 1 million active patients, 500 partner clinics across 7 MENA countries, AI-assisted triage in Arabic and English, and open-source infrastructure trusted by ministries of health.

Our values

Transparency

Transparent prices, open source, audit trails.

Patient dignity

Every patient deserves respectful care in their language.

Sustainability

Carbon budget per feature.

Local team

Built by people from the region, for the region.

Our roadmap (2023-2028)

2023 Q2
Achieved

Ehgzli founded in Riyadh

Founded to build open-source digital infrastructure for MENA healthcare.
2024 Q1
Achieved

First partner clinic

Operational pilot in a Riyadh family clinic.
2025 Q1
Achieved

Expansion to Egypt

Launched in Cairo and Alexandria with ETA integration.
2025 Q3
Achieved

Saudi Arabia GA launch

GA in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam with ZATCA e-invoicing.
2026 Q1
Achieved

ZATCA Phase 2 certification

ZATCA Phase 2 e-invoicing certification achieved.
2026 Q2
Achieved

Egypt ETA tax certification

Certified by Egyptian Tax Authority as approved provider.
2027 Q4
Roadmap

Reach 100,000 active patients

2027 target: 1M bookings and 100k MAU.
2028 Q4
Roadmap

500 partner clinics across MENA

2028 target: 500 clinics across 7 countries.