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Team

Reporters on their own streets.

Nobody here covers a place they don't live in. This is who's holding the cameras.

The Crew

Small team. We hit hard.

Maceo Whatley, founder, Philadelphia, USA
Maceo
Founder · Lead reporter
Founder. Lead host. Forty hours a month behind the camera, writing the plan as I build.
Philadelphia, USA
Marissa Stewart, network coordinator, USA
Marissa
Chief Operating Officer
Runs the rhythm. Owns the production schedule across the network, the Promise Tracker, the weekly Briefing, and the field logistics for contributors on the road. The connective tissue between social, written, brand, livestream, and editorial.
USA
Bayo, Head of Branding & Media, Abuja, Nigeria
Bayo
Head of Branding & Media
Sets the visual direction across the network and owns the brand identity system. Templates, color, typography, motion, video framing, the visual language contributors pull from so the masthead reads as one voice across surfaces. Also leads SuperBio · the production partner that handles B2B client work (Mikano x FIRS, Aquari) on behalf of We Them Worldwide LLC. Holds the aesthetic bar on every piece WTM ships.
Abuja, Nigeria
Wuraola, street content editor, Maiduguri, Nigeria
Wuraola
Street content editor
Junior editor. Turns street content into long-form edits and quality shorts. Reporting from Maiduguri.
Maiduguri, Nigeria
Gift, Head of Social Media, Ogun State, Nigeria
Gift
Head of Social Media
Owns voice, cadence, and the cross-pollination calendar. The editorial decision-maker for what goes out under @wethemmedia. The audience growth across our 10 target countries is hers to grow.
Ogun State, Nigeria
Kafani, editor and social media strategy at We Them Media
Kafani
Editing · Social Media Strategy
Editing across the catalog and running social media strategy for the network. Supports Gift on the social engine. Brings AI tooling that scales the team's output. Runs Kafani Tries (a web3 educational series) and an AI extinct civilizations project. SheFi Season 16 alumna.
Lagos, Nigeria
Production partners · SuperBio

Bayo (visual lead, listed above in the main team) also runs SuperBio in Abuja with Musah and Yama. SuperBio is the production services partner We Them Worldwide LLC subcontracts for B2B engagements: large-scale brand documentaries, series production, short form at volume, color grading.

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Musah
Series Production · Short Form · SuperBio
High-quality short form and series production at volume. Produced the 6-part Mental Health in Abuja editorial series and founder/brand storytelling work (Comfort, Abuja real estate). Built for multi-part editorial that holds tonally across episodes.
Abuja, Nigeria
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Yama
Editor & Colorist · SuperBio
Editing and color grading on SuperBio's commissioned production work. Cinematic finishing on Mikano x FIRS (federal client) and Aquari (impact documentary). The hand that takes raw footage to delivery-ready master.
Abuja, Nigeria

Three countries, all coordinating online. They’re peers. They run things, they don’t take orders.

Editorial advisors

Senior editorial voices shaping the standards we hold ourselves to.

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Arikia
Editor at Large
Brings real experience, expertise, and editorial context, helping shape interview standards, event journalism, training, and editorial review across the network.
Editorial advisor
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 of Let's Talk About ETH
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 of Let's Talk About ETH
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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