About Me
Who Am I?
Hi Fellow, Multi-Hyphenate.
I’m Amanda Tayte-Tait — a writer, producer, and founder building a media and learning company for multi-hyphenate women. My work sits at the intersection of marketing psychology, storytelling, and African identity. I help women and brands use strategy, systems, and AI to save time, make more money, and build lives that actually fit them.
For over ten years, I’ve championed women’s voices through various media platforms. My work has been featured in The Feminist Leadership Journal, Amaka Studio, Black Ballad, and countless others. I’m also a certified Gender and Media and Digital Marketing expert, so I know the ins and outs of crafting a powerful message that gets heard.
I didn’t set out to build a “personal brand.”
I was just trying to survive.
I dropped out of school before my O’Levels. At nineteen, I hit a point where I didn’t see a future for myself, because everyone around me made it seem like a degree was the only doorway that mattered. What kept me here was the internet. Random PDFs. Forums full of strangers. Videos at 2 a.m. That became my classroom before I even had the language for what I was learning.
The first thing I ever built was an online magazine. It was tiny and scrappy, but it gave young people — especially young women — a place to talk about mental health, survival, sexuality, work, and identity without judgment.
The team spanned the US, New Zealand, India, Bangladesh, South Africa, and more. None of us were trying to be influencers. We were just trying not to disappear.
Since then, I’ve spent over ten years working across communications, digital marketing, marketing psychology, video production, events and project management.
- I’ve produced shows.
- I’ve led global campaigns working with brands like Sony & Volkwagen.
- I’ve managed global teams.
- I’ve self-published a book that ended up being studied at Portland State University.
- I’ve worked with creators and organisations across Africa, the UK, the US, and beyond.
- I’ve also built businesses that looked impressive from the outside and quietly folded when the exhaustion outweighed the income.
I don’t hide the messy parts. I live with PCOS, endometriosis, ADHD, BPD, and eyesight loss. I’ve had to build a career with a nervous system that doesn’t always cooperate, and a financial background that forced me to learn how to stretch a single idea into multiple income streams.
That’s why I created Multi-Hyphenate Women.
Not as a shiny brand, but as a real solution. A media and learning company that helps women like me — women with ambition, complexity, and real-life responsibilities — build a life that doesn’t swallow them whole. We use stories, psychology, community, and AI to help women save time, make money, and design a life they can actually live inside of.
My work is grounded in this simple idea:
Women deserve rest, resources, and room to be more than one thing.
My journey is living proof that you can build a successful, impactful career on your own terms. Just like many women before me, I started from scratch – no degree, no funding, just a whole lot of ambition and a drive to see women thrive.
I have been homeless twice but today, I’m an award-winning tech entrepreneur, award-winning TV producer, speaker, presenter, author, and all-around creative.
Outside of work, I’m usually reading messy women in fiction, binge-studying something for fun, watching psychological thrillers, or annoying my friends with new business ideas.
If my work speaks to you, stay around. I’m building a company for women who refuse to shrink themselves just to get through the day — and I want you in the room.
Here are a few other highlights from my journey:
- Best Documentary Short Winner- European Film Festival (2023)
- Best Documentary Short Nominee – Zimbabwean Film & Television Awarss (2023)
- Africa Innovation Week: Global Ambassador (2020)
- The Better Tomorrow Movement: Global Ambassador (2019)
- Digital Spaces Lab Residency (2019)
- Zim Blog Award Nominee (2020)
- Entrepreneurship National Award Winner (2020)
- Globee Business Award Nominee (2021)
Let’s connect, share stories, and rewrite the rules of success together. This is your space to claim your power and build a legacy that inspires.
