UAE's first community app 'Mama Me' introduced for mums and mums to be.

Dentist turned tech entrepreneur Sumayya Sarwar - who gave birth to her first born in backseat of Uber - is founder of UAE's first community app 'Mama ME' for mums and mums to be, available free on the app store for women across the emirates.

The app connects UAE women with like-minded parents, offers a safe space to connect, clusters users by geographical location, age of children.

Sumayya, 32, is a self-taught tech entrepreneur juggling her duties as a dentist and young Mother while turning her efforts to app development.

Sarwar said: "Managing my day job as a dentist and role as a first time mother spurred me to create a platform where like-minded and expectant mothers in the same boat as me could connect, share their experiences and form a community.We are so fortunate in the UAE, which is one of the world's most child-friendly places to live, but I felt as though my friends were leading a very different life to me as a new mum with a young baby. This spurred me to do some market research, brainstorm ideas for a community app and create a focus group with whom I could test out my ideas."

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