• Senegalese computer scientist Yacine Sarr founded WER, a digital health operator improving access to care in Africa.

• The platform combines a rechargeable health account, a digital card, and a unified medical record for better patient management.

• Sarr has received multiple innovation awards, including the 2025 Nana Anè XV African Women’s Excellence Prize.

Yacine Sarr, a Senegalese computer scientist and tech entrepreneur, is the founder and manager of WER, a digital health operator aiming to modernize access to healthcare across Africa.

Launched in 2023, WER offers a digital platform featuring a rechargeable health account and a digital card that allow users to prepay for consultations, medicines, and medical services while ensuring expense tracking and continuity of care. The platform also integrates a unified digital medical record, accessible and updated at each visit, along with a geolocation tool that directs users to nearby healthcare providers.

WER is developed by Fiditech, an IT agency led by Yacine Sarr, which designs digital tools such as websites and mobile applications and provides IT services and hardware solutions.

Sarr holds a master’s degree in mathematics and computer science from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, earned in 2017. She began her career in 2013 at Orange as a technical support specialist and later served as an IT consultant at the National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD) between 2016 and 2021.

Her achievements have earned her several distinctions. In 2023, she won the first prize for innovation at the Dakar Innovation Days and was named a laureate of the African Women of the Future (AWF) program. In August 2025, she received the Nana Anè XV African Women’s Excellence Award at the International Women’s Entrepreneurship Fair in Lomé, Togo.