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.
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MAD Entrepreneurs in + 30 countries, leading + 50 organisations.
MAD people, most likely everywhere.
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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MAD TEAM - A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE.
EXPLORING AND PROVOKING THE NEXT LEAP IN EQUALITY.
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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MAD JOB
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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MAD TEAM - A SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVE.
EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONAL ECOSYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES.
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.
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.
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.
EMELE K. EKBLAD
FIONA HAZELL
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)