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The marketing department you don’t have to build.

Strategy, creative and marketing technology, run as one team inside your business. You focus on the business. We run the marketing.

Trusted by funded companies, established businesses and institutional teams

ZoneVeryPaySmartcomplyQuidaxMercurieSabiTrackTamy Consulting

The film

Ninety seconds on how we run marketing.

The model, the method and the people. Watch it before you book the call.

Who we work with

If marketing is nobody’s full-time job, it is ours.

  • 01

    You are the marketing department by default.

    We take it over, and you get your week back.

  • 02

    You have two people and four vendors.

    We become the department, and the vendors become our problem, not yours.

  • 03

    Mandates, programmes and public communication.

    Run with the governance, documentation and reporting the work requires.

  • 04

    You have the plan and not the delivery capacity.

    We become the team behind you, and you keep the credit.

We are not the right fit if you want a one-off campaign, the cheapest quote in the room, or a team that will not tell you when the plan is wrong. We will say so on the first call.

( The promise )

We own the outcome,
not the activity.

Strategy, creative and systems only count when something moves. Pipeline, adoption, reputation, enrolment, or whatever number you brought us in to change.

How we run

A rhythm you can set your watch by.

You will never have to ask us what is happening.

  1. Every Monday

    Priorities

    This week’s priorities, why they matter, and what we need from you.

    13× a quarter

  2. The 15th

    Written report

    Progress on the month’s plan, early KPI tracking, risks and adjustments.

    3× a quarter

  3. Month end

    Review

    The full picture, with the decisions attached. Board-forwardable.

    3× a quarter

  4. Quarter end

    Business review

    Results against strategic KPIs, lessons, and next quarter’s plan.

    1× a quarter

Where you are now

We start where you are, then build what comes next.

Same discipline, different starting point. Pick your stage.

The work, in numbers. Four claims, four sources.

Proof should be specific.

No blended averages, no vanity totals. Every number here is tied to a client, a period and the work that produced it.

Getting started

Your first thirty days, in order.

  1. Week one

    We discover

    Everything you have, everything you have tried, the numbers as they actually are.

  2. Week two

    We research

    Your market, your buyers, your competitors, and your current position in all three.

  3. Week three

    We bring the plan

    What we will do, in what order, and what each part is meant to move.

  4. Week four

    We start delivering

    Your rhythm begins. Monday priorities from that week on.

No three-month onboarding. No discovery phase that never ends.

Book a strategy call

Choose the model that fits the work

Different models solve different problems.

An in-house team, an outsourced marketing department, individual vendors and tools all solve different problems. Here is where each one is strong, and where we are.

Marketing ExtensionEmbedded working model

Strategic context
Strong fit: Leadership rhythm
Speed to start
Strong fit: Plug-in model
Capability range
Strong fit: Strategy, creative, systems
Coordination burden
Strong fit: One working rhythm
Capacity flexibility
Strong fit: Specialist bench
Human judgement and AI
Strong fit: Human-led; tools support

In-house teamInternal capability

Strategic context
Strong fit: Deep internal context
Speed to start
Partial fit: Hiring-led
Capability range
Partial fit: Team skill mix
Coordination burden
Partial fit: Managed internally
Capacity flexibility
Partial fit: Hiring or partners
Human judgement and AI
Strong fit: Team-governed

AgencyExternal delivery partner

Strategic context
Partial fit: Brief and remit
Speed to start
Partial fit: Scope-led start
Capability range
Strong fit: Broad or specialist
Coordination burden
Partial fit: Briefs and accounts
Capacity flexibility
Partial fit: Scope and resourcing
Human judgement and AI
Partial fit: Provider-dependent

FreelancersDefined specialist tasks

Strategic context
Partial fit: Access-dependent
Speed to start
Partial fit: Availability-led
Capability range
Partial fit: Specialist depth
Coordination burden
Varies by need: Managed by client
Capacity flexibility
Partial fit: Continuity varies
Human judgement and AI
Partial fit: Practitioner-dependent

Tools and AITask acceleration

Strategic context
Varies by need: Prompted context
Speed to start
Strong fit: Immediate setup
Capability range
Partial fit: Specific tasks
Coordination burden
Varies by need: Client-operated
Capacity flexibility
Strong fit: High task capacity
Human judgement and AI
Varies by need: Needs human direction

Indicators show a strong fit, a partial fit, or one that varies by need. The right model depends on the work, the team and the level of ownership required.

The team

The same senior people, from kickoff to quarter end.

Strategists, creatives and marketing operators, led from Lagos and working across Africa and the UK. You get the pace of an in-house team without the hiring, and the same people in every review.

About us
  • Olayiwola ‘Hugh’ Osoba

    Olayiwola ‘Hugh’ Osoba

    Principal Marketing Consultant

  • Adebola Olusunmade

    Adebola Olusunmade

    Director of Operations & Engagement

  • Temilade Adedire

    Temilade Adedire

    Business Operations Associate

  • Precious Atuonwu

    Precious Atuonwu

    Senior Associate, Accounts & Consulting

Client voice

What clients say when we are not in the room.

Smartcomply
We moved from just 'posting' to building a real pipeline engine.

Gbemisola

CEO, Smartcomply

Africa · RegTech / Cybersecurity

Zone
They helped us look like the infrastructure giant we are.

Oluwatobi

Corporate Comms Manager, Zone

Nigeria · Fintech Infra

VeryPay
Launched in 4 countries at once without breaking.

Head of Marketing

VeryPay

Africa · Fintech / Payments

Mercurie
The story that unlocked our seed round.

CEO & Co-founder

Mercurie

Nigeria · B2B SaaS

Tamy Consulting
Finally, our digital presence matches our reputation.

Kunle

Managing Director, Tamy Consulting

Nigeria · Consulting

SabiTrack
From idea to investor-ready in weeks.

Rayo

Founder & CEO, SabiTrack

UK · B2B SaaS

Before you book

The four questions everyone asks.

Still have a question?

Ask it on the first call. We will tell you what is realistic before you commit to anything.

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The community

For the people building African marketing.

A community of marketers, founders and operators sharing what works. Free to join.

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Tell us what you’re trying to move.

One call. We will tell you what we would do, what it would take, and whether we are the right team for it. If we are not, we will say so and point you somewhere better.