Africa

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 9, 2021 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 103 times in 71 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Chamath Palihapitiya (27), David Friedberg (24), Jason Calacanis (12), Ken Jennings (5), Gavin Baker (4), David Sacks (4), Spencer Pratt (2), Ryan Petersen (2)

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2026 12 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
2025 24 mentions in 18 episodes 1 per episode
2024 10 mentions in 9 episodes 1 per episode
2023 11 mentions in 10 episodes 1 per episode
2022 26 mentions in 16 episodes 2 per episode
2021 14 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
2020 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about Africa, oldest first

Jul 9, 2021 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Severe global drought will force self-sufficient nations to import food
“There are many countries there that are actually self sufficient, which will then no longer be will have to import food”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 9, 2021 ▶ 11:35 E39: West coast super drought & climate crisis, Nuclear virtue signaling, chaos in SF & more
Dec 29, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath Palihapitiya predicts peer-to-peer payment disruption will originate in Africa
“Peer-to-peer payments the destruction of traditional rails it will come out of Africa.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 29, 2021 ▶ 1:04:26 E61: 2022 Predictions! Business, politics, science, tech, crypto, & more
Mar 29, 2024
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: 73% of global cocoa supply is concentrated in Africa
“73% of it's in Africa, mostly in Ghana and Ivory Coast.”
David Friedberg Mar 29, 2024 ▶ 1:12:46 E172: SBF gets 25 years, Trump's meme stock, RFK Jr picks VP, Biden's 2025 budget & more
Dec 31, 2025
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Nick Shirley: Minnesota grocery shops are used to wire money to Africa
“I've talked to people as well inside of these grocery shops where they have 10 different stores, and I ask them, like, what do they do? And they have these shops where they wire off the money to Africa.”
Nick Shirley Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 41:44 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
Jan 23, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Feldman: Huawei clobbered the U.S. in developing world telecommunications
“They clobbered us in Africa. They clobbered us in the developing world. They absolutely ran the table.”
Andrew Feldman Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 1:09:49 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
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