Creative Strategy Lead · Founding Partner
Dean Jackson
Long-form brand storytelling and live-TV pedigree. Operator who turns verb-first booking into a watchable show format. First mandate: wanago fly.
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nxt360 · investor
investor room.
Everything you need to evaluate wanago in one place. Documents are confidential — please don't redistribute. Questions: partners@wanago.africa.
seed round
ZAR 18M
~USD 1M · 18-month runway
market
$73B → $130B
african inbound · 2024 → 2030
serviceable
$22B
experiences + premium stays by 2030
the documents
1-pager
investor teaser
The single page. Problem, opportunity, why now, unique value, rollout, ask. Open this first.
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12 slides · landscape
pitch deck
Cover → problem → product → supply → demand → model → market → rollout → team → ask → close.
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long-form
business plan
UVP, market sizing, regional rollout (ZA → MZ → BW → NA → ZW → Y2 → Y3), business model, partner program, trip-creator economy, Tembi multilingual plan, founding team, ask.
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founding partners
Full proposals live in the team room. Summary below.
Founding Partner · Lead Host
Nico Panagio
Recognisable SA broadcast face with proven range across studio and rugged outdoor formats. Brings audience + sponsor relationships. Lead host on wanago fly.
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Production Partner
MySky.africa
Experience creator and production house. Gyrocopter operator. Available as on-demand production for any trip creator who wants polished assets.
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Strategic Logistics Alliance
HeronAfrica.com
Hospitality collective across SA, Mozambique and Botswana. 20+ vetted sites, named on-the-ground curators, off-grid infrastructure. Heron assembles every itinerary wanago books — transfers, lodge sequencing, ground crew.
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Anchor Broadcast Partner
WildEarth.TV
Live wildlife storytelling. First broadcaster on the 50/50 net-shareable model — every booking driven by their show pays back to the channel.
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regional rollout
- phase 1 · m0–m6south africawanago fly + wanago dive · cape, karoo, kruger, wild coast
- phase 2 · m6–m12mozambique · botswana · namibia · zimbabwewanago dive, track, gallop · first cross-border bundle
- phase 3 · year 2tanzania · kenya · uganda · zambiawanago see (gorillas, migration), wanago balloon
- phase 4 · year 3west africa + outbound aggregationmultilingual tembi opens non-english source markets
next step