Africa

5 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 9, 2020 by Sharon Chuter · said 67 times in 31 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Guy Raz (25), R.V. Xiongwe (6), Pierre Thiam (6), Sara Menker (4), Jimmy Wales (4), Shimon Elkabetz (3), Sharon Chuter (3), Todd Carmichael (2)

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2025 11 mentions in 2 episodes 6 per episode
2024 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2023 7 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2022 26 mentions in 7 episodes 4 per episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 14 mentions in 10 episodes 1 per episode
2018 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2017 1 mention in 1 episode

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Everything said about Africa, oldest first

Jul 9, 2020 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Skin bleaching products are the largest skincare category in Africa
“The biggest skincare product in Africa is skin bleaching products.”
Sharon Chuter Jul 9, 2020 ▶ 6:55 How I Built Resilience: Live with Sharon Chuter
Jun 9, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Google uses AI to map African buildings for the UN
“We are mapping buildings in Africa, and these are hard to do, and we're using AI to really scale up the number of buildings we are mapping, and we are sharing the data with the World Bank and the United Nations to use for nonprofit purposes.”
Sundar Pichai Jun 9, 2022 ▶ 16:54 HIBT Lab! Google: Sundar Pichai
Nov 10, 2022 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Elkabetz: Tomorrow.io satellites will create a binary improvement in global weather monitoring
“In most of the world, it's going to create a binary improvement. What do I mean by that? You go south of the border to Mexico, believe it or not, it's pretty challenging to understand what's happening in real time. If it's raining or not, in Mexico City is an …”
Shimon Elkabetz Nov 10, 2022 ▶ 25:05 HIBT Lab! Tomorrow.io: Shimon Elkabetz
Dec 8, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Menker: Gro insights outpace foreign government agricultural reports by two years
“In places like India, in places like Russia, in places like China, in places like Africa, our lead time for sort of our insights is one to two years at times.”
Sara Menker Dec 8, 2022 ▶ 31:26 HIBT Lab! Gro Intelligence: Sara Menker
Sep 4, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Xiongwe: Perdub Optics Services Over 100 Safari Lodges Across Africa
“So a big part of our model is going directly to the safari lodges. So we servicing currently over a hundred safari lodges throughout Africa, right?”
R.V. Xiongwe Sep 4, 2025 ▶ 25:56 Advice Line: Playing to Your Strengths
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