Thomas Jakel is active mental health and inner work coach and entrepreneur. He co-founded EcoToiletten, Strandschicht, Non-Water Sanitation and the YES Founders Foundation. In 2012 he cycled from Germany to India on a bicycle and in 2014 hitchhiked from Germany to Pakistan on a different occasion, both to raise funds for charity. In 2019 he drove an electric motorbike from Morocco to South Africa, en route interviewing 100 changemakers and entrepreneurs in 20 African countries.