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Sub-Saharan Africa

7 statements across 6 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Benedict Evans · said 19 times in 11 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Benedict Evans (7), Alec Ross (5), Alan Knott Craig (3), Alex Rampell (2), Evan Burfield (1), Angela Strange (1)

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2019 14 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode

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Jul 15, 2017 positive
Prediction Held up
Evans: Most Sub-Saharan Africans will gain 3G coverage within years
“Even in Sub-Saharan Africa, 70% of the population is now under cellular coverage, and in the next few years, most of those people will get three G coverage as well.”
Benedict Evans Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 1:47 Mobile Is Eating the World, 2014
Jul 15, 2017
Assertion Partly supported
Evans: Sub-Saharan Africa cell phone access exceeds electricity and water access
“That's more than have improved water, more than have electricity, and already 40% of people in Africa have cellular phones Sub-Saharan Africa have cellular phones.”
Benedict Evans Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 1:55 Mobile Is Eating the World, 2014
Jul 15, 2017 positive
Assertion Supported
Evans: Sub-Saharan Africa cellular coverage exceeds access to water and electricity
“So even in sub-Saharan Africa, 70% of the population today is under cellular coverage. Not all of that is three G yet, but it will be three G soon, and even four G. And that's more than have access to improved water, more than have access to grid electricity,”
Benedict Evans Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 2:39 Mobile Is Eating the World, 2015
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Held up
Evans: Most sub-Saharan African cell coverage will be 3G within five years
“Even in sub-Saharan Africa, 70% of the population is under cellular coverage, and most of that will get three G in the next five years, and 40% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa has a cellular phone today.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:19 a16z Podcast | Enough with the Old Stuff -- Time for New Questions in Mobile
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2020
Evans predicts mobile penetration in sub-Saharan Africa will reach 70 to 80%
“You look at sub-Saharan Africa, it's already at 40% population penetration of mobile phones, and that will go up to the same 70, 80% that you have in Western Europe.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:59 a16z Podcast | A Copernican Update ... In Tech, the Smartphone is the Center
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Opinion
Knott Craig: English-speaking sub-Saharan Africa is largely a homogeneous market
“From our perspective, we kind of very much kind of think, you know, at least from an English speaking perspective, sub-Saharan Africa is as close to a homogenous market as you can get.”
Alan Knott Craig Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:58 a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Burfield: 80% of Sub-Saharan FMCG and Produce Flows Through Informal Markets
“80% of all fresh fruits and vegetables and fast-moving consumer goods in sub-Saharan Africa go through informal markets.”
Evan Burfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:35 a16z Podcast | The Art of the Regulatory Hack
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