“I want @Wimbart to win”. That’s what Tolu, a Wimbart alumnus, said when we asked him to reflect on our ten-year anniversary. What a line. What a way to feel about a company you once worked for.
And this sentiment permeated across many of our clients, ecosystem partners, colleagues, past & present.
Thanks so much to @DrDotun, @PreciousOLade, @JasonNjoku, Andrew Fassnidge, @TheModernKnight, @yewiedewie, @joekinvi, @Uzoma_Sparkle, @adiaspeaks, Dadeola Sogbetun, @Zain_Verjee, @Towsynn, @TSRufai, and Tolu Olorunmoteni for speaking to us. We loved having you tell the Wimbart story with us.
We’ve grown with the ecosystem and become part of it, thanks to the hundreds of founders and VCs trusting us with their stories. It has now metamorphosed into one of the most prominent tech and B2B communications agencies for the continent:
- 230+ clients
- 20,000 + pieces of coverage secured
- 16 countries across Africa, MENA, the US & UK
- $1.5B+ funding announcement
As we kick off our #Wimbartat10 celebrations, we’ve taken some time to look back and celebrate ours and our community’s successes. We want to work on how we can all win, as an ecosystem. And as you’ll hear from Jess, our founder and CEO, we’re really just at day one.
Happy birthday to us. 🎉🎈 🥳
#Wimbartat10 #WimbartVersary #AfricanPR #AfricanTech
🇫🇮 After helping secure promotion to the Eredivisie this week, ADO Den Haag centre-back Diogo Tomas gave one of the all-time interviews.
✅ Smoking
✅ Swearing
✅ Referring to himself in the third person.
🗣️ "I AM WHO I AM."
🚨| Sir Lewis Hamilton: "I think (Africa) is the most beautiful part of the world and I don't like that the rest of the world owns so much of it and takes so much from it and no one speaks about it. And I'm really looking forward to and hoping that the people that are running those different countries all unite and come together and take Africa back."
"That's what I want to see. Take it back from the French. Take it back from the Spanish. Take it back from Portuguese and the British."
"It's so, so important for the future of that country and for that continent. I mean, they have all the resources to be the greatest and most powerful place in the world and that's probably why they are being controlled the way they are."
[F1 2026 Australia Press Conference]
🚨 Gregory Van der Wiel's incredible testimony about his career 😳🥺
𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗬 read this 👇
🗣️ “I won 16 trophies. And I felt nothing. No joy, no pride, no relief. Nothing. I couldn’t enjoy a single moment of my career. Because I was too busy… wearing a mask. Pretending to be okay. Avoiding anything that might unsettle me. Showing that I had everything under control.
I wore that mask for so long that I eventually became the mask itself. A robot playing a role without feeling a thing.
If you feel this way, that mask isn’t protecting you. It’s killing you. Take it off.
What would you give to play without fear? To step onto the field and feel totally FREE. No pre-game anxiety. No post-game depression. Just you. Fully present. Fully focused. Fully yourself.
Most athletes will never know that feeling. They’ll spend their entire careers playing in fear. Fear of the coach’s reaction. Fear of the fans’ judgment. Fear of the media headlines. Fear of their own thoughts.
And they’ll call it ‘pressure.’ They’ll say: ‘That’s just football.’
It’s not. It’s a prison. And I lived in it for 15 years.
I played stiffly when I should have played freely. I held back when I should have exploded. I doubted myself when I should have had confidence.
The version of myself I could have been? It still exists, somewhere. It never saw the light of day. It still torments me, it still haunts me.
But you? You still have time.
You have time to develop the mindset that will set you free. You have time to perfect the tools that will make you invincible in every match.
This inner work is demanding. It’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do in your life. And it’s truly the only thing that changes everything.”
Mispronunciation of our names is nothing new, but given the entire point of this update was to share his name, you’d think a tiny bit more effort would have been made to get it right. It is well.
Madueke after first #AFC goal “I want to thank my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ”
@BallersinGod “What is happening at Arsenal is special”
- Bible study
- praying at team hotels
- words from Saka, Eze and Timber
Story on #Arsenal’s ‘Bible brothers’ ✝️ https://t.co/f95YfMofMI
🚨 IAN WRIGHT: “Certain people are NOT ready for a black superstar in England.
Everyone loves N’Golo Kante, he’s a humble black man, it’s how he is. But when we Paul Pogba or Jude Bellingham, that energy does not fit well with these people, it FRIGHTENS these people.
Jude’s too “uppity” for these people.
As a black man when you go out, you are told to keep your head down. If you are black man who’s outspoken at this level, it scares certain people.
This person I’m referring to is obsessed with Jude Bellingham. He’s moving off this energy, he can’t see a black man doing what Jude’s doing.”
It’s so uncomfortable yet too familiar watching the attack on Jude Bellingham‘s character because he won’t just smile and be grateful to be playing for England.
Because he won’t contort to fit in the box some want to squeeze him in.
Because he dares to back himself, to know his worth, to do things that are right for him even if it’s different or unpopular.
Because he decided against the Premier League to go from Birmingham City to Borussia Dortmund then Real Madrid. Because his close circle don’t subscribe to being matey to get good PR.
Because adidas made an advert about him. Because he declined doing media duties at the Euros, directly addressed the pile-on he faced, and called out being scapegoated.
Because he didn’t just let people talk “rubbish,” he responded.
Because he is HIM - but he’s just meant to smile and be grateful to play for England.
Check your microaggressions, not Jude Bellingham
Guess how many betting shops I found on the high street in Hampstead?
You won't find a single one.
Lower-income areas don’t get that luxury, they’re flooded with them.
It’s time to end ‘Aim to Permit’ and give communities a real say.