Colin McElwee

Co-Founder, Social Innovation Barcelona

Colin co-founded Worldreader in 2010 and went on to create millions of readers in sub Saharan Africa, India, Middle East and Latin America. He was later part of a small group of social innovators that founded Catalyst 2030 in 2019 and is currently working with the City of Barcelona on positioning it as a global hub of social innovation. And in 2025 he is launching an initiative to drive better representation in medical clinal trials, with a focus on Africa.

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