Here’s to Growth, Global Ambition & What’s Next

Happy New Year From Mbfp

Naomi Osode

January 13, 2026

As we welcome the new year, we’re taking a moment to reflect on how far My Big Fat Pop Up has come and more importantly, where we’re headed.
This past year marked a powerful chapter in MBFP’s journey. We deepened our mission to spotlight emerging brands, creators and entrepreneurs, while building the infrastructure needed to scale our impact beyond borders.

A Year of Meaningful Wins

In 2025, MBFP achieved several key milestones that continue to shape our future:

Grant Win: Securing funding that validated our vision and strengthened our ability to support African-owned brands.
Website Launch: The debut of our digital home – designed to spotlight brands, tell deeper stories and connect our community globally.
Wellness & Lifestyle Weekend: A successful, community-driven experience that brought together brands, creatives and shoppers around culture, wellbeing and commerce.

Each of these moments sharpened our focus: building a curated ecosystem for African, BIPOC and female-led brands that value craft, culture and global relevance.

Building with Intention: Growth isn’t just about doing more - it’s about doing better.

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Growth isn’t just about doing more – it’s about doing better.

This year sharpened our focus, strengthened our operational discipline and clarified the kind of platform MBFP is becoming: one that prioritizes sustainability, long-term value and meaningful opportunities for the brands we support.
Every decision we make is guided by one question: Does this move African creativity forward on a global stage?

We’re Back & Moving Forward

We’re also happy to share that we’ve regained full access to our Meta and Instagram platforms!🎉 Our digital channels remain a core part of how we connect and we’re excited to re-engage our community there.

Looking Ahead

The year ahead is about expansion, collaboration and visibility:

More opportunities for emerging brands

More storytelling through content and experiences

More global touchpoints connecting local brands to global buyers to our community, partners and brands – thank you for believing in the vision and building with us.

This is only the beginning.
Happy New Year,
My Big Fat Pop Up