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WE ARE MAD.

IT ALL SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT'S DONE. 

WE KNOW IT'S NOT. 

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WE OBSESS WITH SEEING THE OVERLOOKED. EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE REALITIES, SHAPING EMERGING FUTURES. 

ADDRESSING CONFLICTS. WITHIN AND AROUND.

FACING UNIMAGINABLE CHALLENGES, TURNING THEM INTO MINDBOGGLING OPPORTUNITIES.

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THIS IS OUR BACKYARD, OUR DNA.

WE START AT MAD AND GO BEYOND. WE ARE MAD. 

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MAPPING THE MADNESS.
MAD TEAMS & COMMUNITY.
EXPONENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS.

 MAPPING THE MADness.

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 MAD Entrepreneurs in + 30 countries, leading + 50 organisations. 

 MAD people, most likely everywhere.  

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MAPPING MADNESS
PEOPLE BEHIND THE MADNESS

THE PEOPLE

BEHIND THE MADNESS.

 

We are a community of social justice activists and philosophers, provocative researchers and entrepreneurs, courageous migrants and company leaders, mind boggling artists and writers, creative engineers and lawyers, curious diplomats and backpackers. We've represented the United Nations, spoken at TEDx talks, won World Championships, been featured in New York Times, Harvard Business Review, National Geographic Traveller, Fast Company, BBC, and more. But more than anything - We are a family. Mad to Make A Difference. 

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MAD TEAMS

 

 Coming together to explore alternative realities from a Societal and Human perspective. 

 Catalyzing key events, driving series of breakthroughs. 

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EQUALITY TEAM

 MAD TEAM - A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE. 

 

 EXPLORING AND PROVOKING THE NEXT LEAP IN EQUALITY. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 OLUTUSIN ADEBOWALE 

 NIGERIA 

 MAD JOB  Founder & CEO Tosin Turns Trash to Treasure. Inaugurate annual board member MAD. 

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 MAD ABOUT  

Empowering victims of gender-based violence through  therapy and business training.

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 ALEKSEY FEDOROV  

 RUSSIA 

 MAD JOB  

Worldwide Pride Co-chair at Microsoft

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 MAD ABOUT  

Driving awareness and gender equality through promoting the  LGBTQIA+ community in 17 countries and 40 cities. 

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 AHMED ALI BABAR 

 PAKISTAN 

 MAD JOB  

Founder Lincoln School. Former member Pakistan Youth Parlament. 

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 MAD ABOUT  

Building a better future through women empowerment and education of girls. 

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 MAJD MASHHARAWI  

 PALESTINE, GAZA 

 ELIN VESTBERG 

 SWEDEN 

 MAD JOB  

Founder & CEO Greencake 

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 MAD ABOUT  

Rebuilding Gaza from within, through breakthrough innovation and female engineering  teams. 

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Board member of Fatta! the social activitst movement.  

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 MAD ABOUT  

Challenging norms and changing behaviours on Gender Equality and Sexual consent. 

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 ELSA D'SILVA 

 INDIA 

 MAD JOB  

Founder & CEO Safecity. 

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 MAD ABOUT  

Making cities safer for women and girls around the world through crowd-mapping incidents of sexual violence.

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 AND MANY MORE   AWESOME MAD PEOPLE 

 WANT TO JOIN THIS TEAM? 

 Don't be a stranger

- drop us a line! 

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SOCIETAL TEAM

 MAD TEAM - A SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVE. 

 

 EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ECOSYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 HENRY OTHINEO 

 UGANDA 

 MAD JOB  

CEO & Founder Tusafishe

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 MAD ABOUT  

Eliminating water borne diseases by providing safe water to vulnerable institutions 
and households. 

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 LENA EFIA  

 GERMANY 

 MAD JOB  

MAD researcher and adventurer

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 MAD ABOUT  

Exploring how sustainable development can be catalyzed through education and art.

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 ESSAM SHARAF 

 EGYPT 

 MAD JOB  

Fusing AI, Medicine and Social Entrepreneurship

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 MAD ABOUT  

How tech innovation and  entrepreneurship can change global  healthcare. 

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 JOANNE MAYHEW  

 UGANDA 

 MAD JOB  

Founder & Managing Director, Uganics

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 MAD ABOUT  

Local and organic herbal solutions to wash and hygiene, and women empowerment.

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 CARLO ABRATE  

 ITALY 

 MAD JOB  

MAD researcher and adventurer 

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 MAD ABOUT  

Understanding how data analytics and mathematics can be used to leap frog development. 

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 SAMUEL MALINGA  

 UGANDA 

 MAD JOB   

Managing Director of Sanitation Africa Limited, 

UN Young Leader for SDG 6, Sanitation & Clean Water

 

 MAD ABOUT  Enabling low-income households access to decent and affordable sanitation facilities.

 AND MANY MORE   AWESOME MAD PEOPLE 

 WANT TO JOIN THIS TEAM? 

 Don't be a stranger

- drop us a line! 

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MAD COMMUNITY

 SOME OF THE REMARKABLE HUMANS   THAT BUILD THE MAD COMMUNITY.  

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 TRANSCENDING INDUSTRIES, SECTORS, DISCIPLINES AND GEOGRAFIES. 

 

 

 

 

 

 TINA THÖRNER 

 SWEDEN 

 MAD JOB  

World Championship Rally co-driver. Social Entrepreneur.

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 MAD ABOUT  

Providing access to modern quality eduction for children through scalable platforms.

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 ANJA ABU BAKAR 

 MALAYSIA 

 MAD JOB  

Sustainability Director,

Athena Pads

 

 MAD ABOUT  

Empowering young girls from within through self-development programs and better access to education through scholarships.

 GREGG VANOUREK 

 USA 

 MAD JOB  

Vice Center Director SSES, Writer featured in e.g. NY Times, HBR.

 

 MAD ABOUT  

Life entrepreneurship, supporting people and businesses to discover a meaningful path. 

 CHARLIE MALMQVIST 

 SWEDEN 

 MAD JOB  

Freelance Photographer, Contributor to National Geographic Traveller. 

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 MAD ABOUT  

Exploring the unexpected, capturing the raw and beautiful in every day chaos. 

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 NINA OTHMAN 

 MALAYSIA 

 MAD JOB  

Founder of Grow The Goose

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 MAD ABOUT  

Raising the next generation of social entrepreneurs through financial literacy training and social entrepreneurship workshops for kids. 

 MILTON SOTO 

 BOLIVIA 

 MAD JOB  

Ambassador for Bolivia

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 MAD ABOUT  

Improved equality for indigenous groups and environmental sustainability through diplomatic bilateral approaches. 

 HERMINE COYETE 

 SWEDEN 

 MAD JOB  

Former Editor in Chief, ELLE​

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 MAD ABOUT  

Experimenting with technology to enable new ways of direct communication and interaction.

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 REEM ALFRANJI 

 JORDAN 

 MAD JOB  

Founder and Managing Partner, Habaybna.net 

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 MAD ABOUT  

Social Inclusion of Children with different abilities. Empowering parents through an international network.

 SONGUL CAN 

 TURKEY 

 MAD JOB  

Head of Fair Trade at IM, Swedish Development Partner

 

 MAD ABOUT 

Working for equality and improved living conditions for challenged groups through fair trade.

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 MATHIAS STRAND 

 SWEDEN 

 MAD JOB   

Head of Legal Microsoft Western Europe. 

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 MAD ABOUT  

Catalysing social businesses and driving impact through smart legal solutions.

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 CHRISTINA FELDT 

 GERMANY 

 MAD JOB   

Freelance photographer, Contributor to National Geographic, UNDP and UNHCR

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 MAD ABOUT  

Documenting our world and its people. Finding stories of hope and beauty in countries affected by conflict, war and instability. 

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 PETYA THORNE 

 BULGARIA 

 MAD JOB  

Community & Communications Manager

 

 MAD ABOUT  

Celebrating people and ensuring their unique story is told.

AND THE COMPLETELY MAD ONES. 

 MAD ABOUT 

Brining MAD people together Today, to Make A Difference for Tomorrow. Seeing the overlooked. Exploring and addressing conflicts. Within and around. Turning the biggest societal challenges of our time into abundant opportunities. 

 

p.s. We left our corporate careers and went off business backpacking, supporting local entrepreneurs across Africa, Middle East, Latin America and Asia. As our roads crossed, we went completely MAD and founded MAD.  

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EXPONENTIAL PARTNERSHIP

TIME FOR YOUR ORGANISATION

TO GO MAD?

 THE MAD PARTNERSHIP CRITERIA 

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1. You are MAD (have a deep desire to Make A Difference) 

 

2. Win-win-win is the baseline, catalyzing exponential impact. For everyone.

P.S. With Win-win-win as the baseline,

we reach new dimensions. 

(put the glasses on and give it a try) 

ADD VALUE TO THE   

MAD ENTREPRENEURS. 

 

 Through sharing key resources: 

 Know how, Market access, Tech, Impact Investment, and more. 

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