Open Startup

From a PhD lab in Egypt to global health stages, Salma Tammam’s journey carries the kind of momentum needs more of.

Science moving into systems.
Research becoming access.
Diagnostics built for real health needs. 🧬

As Founder and CEO of Reme-D, Salma is expanding access to affordable, high-quality PCR testing across .

Reme-D develops diagnostic solutions for infectious and genetic diseases including HIV, TB, hepatitis, and newborn screening, with technologies and mobile laboratory systems built for scale and real-world health settings.

With Open Startup, Salma has been part of BRAIN and several ecosystem moments that helped connect the work to markets, partners, and global health conversations.

The trajectory speaks for itself.

• $2.6M+ in funding
• LEAP 2024 winner
• Selected among Africa's Business Heroes Top 100 entrepreneurs
• Cartier Women's Initiative’s 2026 Fellow and MENA first-place awardee
• Bayer Foundation Women Entrepreneurs Award 2025 winner
• Featured at Clinton Global Initiative 2025
• Convened a WHA79 side session in Geneva with Health Innovation Exchange - HIEx
• Operating across , , , and
• Serving 92 healthcare facilities and around 50,000 patients monthly

Ten years of Open Startup is also ten years of people like Salma, founders who kept building, growing, and taking their work further.

Bravo Salma for all the hard work, consistency, and impact. 🌍

A YES to science moving beyond the lab.
A YES to diagnostics built closer to the realities they serve.