The art of the assist — Dakar → Africa

From zero
to momentum.

I build your marketing, we run it together, then I hand it to your team. Twelve years of brand, growth and entrepreneurship, from Dakar to the continent: what stays when I leave is a team that knows how, and a system that runs.

  • Your team trained on its real work
  • A system that runs: dashboard, tools, AI agents
  • Handed over at your pace, usually in 3 months
Worked with
  • UNICEF
  • Samsung
  • AFD × Basketball Africa League
  • Socium
  • Brut Afrique
  • Keewu Production
  • Impact Hub
  • CFAO Motors
  • Women Investment Club
  • Palm Beach Hotel
  • Westerwelle Startup Haus
  • RAES
  • Creative African Exchange
  • So Fatoo
  • Sol Solat
  • Aarhus University
  • UNICEF
  • Samsung
  • AFD × Basketball Africa League
  • Socium
  • Brut Afrique
  • Keewu Production
  • Impact Hub
  • CFAO Motors
  • Women Investment Club
  • Palm Beach Hotel
  • Westerwelle Startup Haus
  • RAES
  • Creative African Exchange
  • So Fatoo
  • Sol Solat
  • Aarhus University
The scoreboard
12+ years in marketing, brand & entrepreneurship
100+ young girls trained with UNICEF
7 countries filmed for one TV series
27 countries explored
$400k+ in deals generated through ads (LinkedIn, Google…)
  • 10 × 52′ TV episodes written
  • 3 short films directed
  • 2 documentaries produced
  • 4 Basketball & BBQ editions
  • 24+ teams on our courts
  • 3 working languages
  • 169 videos produced
  • 2,000+ hours of editing
Sharing

What I learned, shared honestly.

No theory. What twelve years taught me, often the hard way: most growth problems aren’t marketing problems, a plan nobody measures is just a wish, and my failures taught me more than my wins. One obsession runs through all of it: create value people can see, and deliver results you can count.

  • Fix one thing at a timeThe projects that worked focused on what really blocked. The ones that failed tried to do everything at once.
  • If it isn’t measured, it didn’t happenNumbers before launch, every time. It saves budgets, and it ends debates.
  • Ship, then improveA good plan delivered this week beats a perfect plan next quarter.
  • People firstBrands, teams and events work when people trust each other. The rest follows.
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The library

The assist, free for all.

Articles, playbooks and a few free tools so your team can score without me, starting today. Field-tested in Senegal and West Africa.

  • “You’re absolutely spot on : tant que la distinction entre les 2 modèles ne sera pas claire dans la structuration même des mécanismes de support, on ne sera pas dans un sillage de durabilité.”

    Elena Dia · Principal Manager SME Finance & Development, EBRD
  • “De loin, l’un des meilleurs articles que j’ai lu jusque là sur le sujet des startups au Sénégal.”

    Derguene Mbaye · AI Postdoc Researcher, Apple · Ecosystem Builder
  • “Très belle analyse réaliste, à consommer sans modération.”

    Aziz Yérima · Co-founder & Board Member, PayDunya
  • “Merci d’avoir cité YumYum comme exemple de PME. Nous revendiquons absolument ce statut.”

    Jean-Noël Roffiaen · Founder, YUM-YUM
  • “Une analyse d’une lucidité brutale, et nécessaire. Vous mettez des mots exacts sur une confusion qui tue beaucoup de projets dans l’œuf.”

    Ibuka NDJOLI · Founder, Dukka & TEKKI Studio
  • “Merci pour ce décryptage, ça fait du bien de remettre de la clarté dans le débat. Elle fait avancer le débat.”

    Fatimata Habsatou Agne · Founder, MARAKY · President, Fondation Keba Mbaye
  • “Quel excellent article. J’en ai appris des choses. Merci pour ces enseignements condensés et limpides.”

    Fary Ndao · Ingénieur, économiste de l’énergie et auteur
  • “Super Amath, j’aime beaucoup le style.”

    Yann Le Beux · Co-founder, Kitala AI
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