Social Entrepreneur · Systems Thinker

NADAIT GEBREMEDHEN

About

Dr. Nadait Gebremedhen is a medical doctor turned social entrepreneur. She is Founder and CEO of Hagush, a nonprofit social enterprise on a mission to build a just and inclusive economy by making digital technology access universal across Sub-Saharan Africa. She is also the creator of Toll, a diagnostic and process design platform that introduces a new measurement framework — the Burn Index — to make the collective cost of citizen-state interactions visible for the first time, giving agencies, advocates, and organizations a rigorous tool to assess whether public-facing processes are delivering the maximum public value they can deliver. She is Co-Chair of Shifting the Funding Paradigm, an initiative powered by Catalyst Now producing research, frameworks, and practical solutions to rethink how the social sector funds complex problem-solving at scale.

WORK

01
Alliance Magazine · 2025 — The hidden systemic cost of grant-seeking in the social sector
Essay
02
Alliance Magazine · Oct 2024 — Are organisations spending more applying than they receive?
Essay
Apr 2025 · Oxford
Skoll Week 2025 · The Sidebar, Oxford
Talk
Apr 2025 · Oxford
Skoll Week 2025 · The Sidebar, Oxford
Talk
Sep 2025 · NYC
UNGA · The Sidebar, New York
Talk
May 2025 · Berlin
re:publica 2025 · with Emilio Velis & Regina Sipos
Panel
Nov 2025 · CCW
Rethinking How We Fund Social Impact: Doing More with Less
Catalysing Change Week 2025 · Catalyst Now · with Michael Gilligan
Talk
May 2024 · CCW
Catalysing Change Week · Catalyst 2030 · with Dr. Faiz Kamaludin
Talk
Apr 2024 · New York
XXIII Infopoverty World Conference · OCCAM · United Nations Headquarters, New York
Panel
2024 · NYC
The Economic Impact of Tech Startups in Africa
AfricaTech NYC x Hagush · The People's Forum, New York
Panel
Dec 2025
Proximate Press
Interview
Mar 2024
Social Entrepreneurship & Sustainability Show · Season 2, Episode 8 · with Dr. Faiz Kamaludin
Podcast
Coming soon
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Founder & CEO
HAGUSH

A nonprofit social enterprise on a mission to build a just and inclusive economy by making digital technology access universal across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Visit hagush.org →
Creator
TOLL

A diagnostic and design platform that makes the collective cost citizens pay to access public value visible for the first time — and gives the state the tools to design better systems. It introduces a new measurement innovation, a diagnostic framework, and design principles for citizen-facing public systems.

fundingfootprint.org →
Co-Chair
SHIFTING THE
FUNDING
PARADIGM
Catalyst Now →

An initiative powered by Catalyst Now producing research, frameworks, and solutions around a single question: how do we design funding systems that enable effective problem-solving at scale?

Creator
FUNDING
FOOTPRINT
CALCULATOR
fundingfootprint.org →

A diagnostic and design platform that enables funders to build funding systems that are a net positive to society. It makes the collective cost individuals and organizations pay to access funding visible — and gives the social sector the tools to design better funding systems.

LET'S TALK.

Email [email protected] Instagram @_nadait LinkedIn Nadait Gebremedhen Toll fundingfootprint.org → Hagush hagush.org →