Wayne Visser was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, raised in Cape Town, South Africa and now lives in London, United Kingdom.

Wayne Visser completed his high school at Fairbairn College in 1987 and went on to study marketing and economics as part of a Business Science Honours degree at the University of Cape Town.

Visser's early career was spent as a management consultant, first as a strategy analyst for Capgemini and then as director of sustainability services for KPMG in South Africa.

[22] His poem "I Am An African",[23] from his anthology of the same name,[24] was the basis for a dance theatre production at South Africa's 2012 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

[25] and an inspiration behind Heleen du Plessis's Cello for Africa CD [26] Visser was a producer on the 2015 climate change documentary Sinking Nation,[54] along with Emmy Award-winning director, Graham Sheldon.