Africa

9 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Feb 3, 2022 by Ambassador Kelly Craft · said 74 times in 22 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Joe Lonsdale (29), Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (18), Coleman Hughes (5), Peter Thiel (3), Kimbal Musk (3), Ambassador Kelly Craft (3), Hayes Barnard (2), Dr. Mark Esper (2)

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2026 7 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2025 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2024 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2023 42 mentions in 5 episodes 8 per episode
2022 11 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode
2021 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about Africa, oldest first

Feb 3, 2022 bearish
Opinion
Craft: Indebted African nations are resisting Chinese asset seizures
“Now we're seeing that the countries, yes, they, they're in terrible debt to China. However, they will not allow them to come in and take some of their strategic areas, whether it's the ports, whether it's their airports”
Ambassador Kelly Craft Feb 3, 2022 ▶ 28:42 Peng Shuai, Beijing Olympics & Holding China Accountable with Former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft · Joe Lonsdale
Jan 18, 2023 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Aboyeji: Africa will have the majority of the global workforce by 2035
“In fact, just in the next 15 years, Africa is already majority of the world's working population.”
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Jan 18, 2023 ▶ 14:33 The Greatest Entrepreneur You've Never Heard Of · Joe Lonsdale
Jan 18, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Aboyeji: Car ownership in target African markets is just 2%
“Car ownership is two percent.”
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Jan 18, 2023 ▶ 34:10 The Greatest Entrepreneur You've Never Heard Of · Joe Lonsdale
Jan 18, 2023 negative
Opinion
Aboyeji: University education in Africa is largely a waste of money
“University education in Africa and most parts of the world Is a waste of people's money. Especially in, in countries where the incomes are not large enough and the state is not rich enough to be able to afford, you know, to educate people just for the sake of …”
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Jan 18, 2023 ▶ 10:10 The Greatest Entrepreneur You've Never Heard Of · Joe Lonsdale
Jan 18, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Aboyeji: Flutterwave is Africa's most valuable tech company
“The most valuable company on the continent.”
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Jan 18, 2023 ▶ 22:08 The Greatest Entrepreneur You've Never Heard Of · Joe Lonsdale
Jan 18, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Aboyeji: My personal goal is raising Africa to 30% of global GDP
“My goal, personal goal, is if God helps me. Africa today produces three percent of global GDP. How do I get that number from three percent to 30%? That is what I wake up in the morning and think every day.”
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Jan 18, 2023 ▶ 37:23 The Greatest Entrepreneur You've Never Heard Of · Joe Lonsdale
Jan 18, 2023 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2100
Aboyeji: Africa will hold the majority of the world's population by 2100
“Because by the end of the century, right, Africa is the majority of the world's population.”
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Jan 18, 2023 ▶ 14:27 The Greatest Entrepreneur You've Never Heard Of · Joe Lonsdale
May 16, 2024 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Hughes: Most slaves brought to America were enslaved by African tribes first
“Most, all the slaves that were brought here were already slaves in Africa. Okay. They weren't captured like Kunta Kinte. They were slaves enslaved by other African tribes and then sold for goods to Europeans.”
Coleman Hughes May 16, 2024 ▶ 18:37 Why Reparations Won't Work & Why Standardized Tests Help Minorities -- Coleman Hughes · Joe Lonsdale
Jan 23, 2025
Insight
Lonsdale: Inflow of Massive Aid Money Directly Incentivizes Regional Corruption
“I think a lot of places where you're sending in so much money that you actually like create a culture of corruption because that becomes like the default incentive if that's what's going on.”
Joe Lonsdale Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 11:29 $2B Gov Tech CEO's Warning for DOGE · Joe Lonsdale
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