Philadelphia · Field interview
"The numbers don't add up to work for nobody."
Volume X — The Crew
The team. One network.
Maceo plus seven, working across the United States, Nigeria, and Kenya. Each one a contributor, an editor, an operator on the ground.
The Crew
Eight people · three countries
Small team. We hit hard.
Maceo
Founder · Lead reporter
Founder. Lead host. Forty hours a month behind the camera, writing the plan as I build.
Philadelphia, USA
Marissa
Project manager · Team accountability
Runs the cadence and holds the team to its promises. The glue. Without her this thing falls apart.
USA
Devin
Community & journalism lead
Producer, director, filmmaker. Carries the journalism program day to day and supports the creator community.
USA
Aziz
Broadcasts & livestreams
Weekly livestreams. Monthly 24-hour activations. Turning the channel into a community TV station.
Nairobi, Kenya
Fidesio
Catalogue editor
Long-form to short-form. Podcast clips and catalogue assets that keep distribution consistent. Also building Hustle Yangu, telling the stories of African entrepreneurs.
Nairobi, Kenya
Bayo
Creative Director
Sets the visual direction across the network. Currently completing the back catalogue: the Nigeria content and the global travels.
Nigeria
Wuraola
Street content editor
Junior editor. Turns street content into long-form edits and quality shorts.
Nigeria
Gift
Social media
Platform management, engagement, and amplification across every channel. The voice in the feed.
Nigeria
Three countries, all coordinating online. They’re peers. They run things, they don’t take orders.
Show cohosts
The cohosts on Let’s Talk About ETH.
Not WTM staff. Their own founders, their own brands. Cohosting the show with Maceo because the conversation is bigger together.
BetterCallZaal
Cohost · The ZAO
Founder of The ZAO. Building tools that bring profit margin, data, and IP rights back to independent artists.
On the LTAE roster
Ohnahji B
Cohost · Ohnahji University
Founder of Ohnahji University. A safe space for Black, Brown, and allied folks to learn and grow in emerging tech, running since 2022.
On the LTAE roster
The community · 700+ members across 22 countries
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