US influencer shares ‘another’ Africa on tourIShowSpeed’s African tour is breaking through outdated views of the continent, boosting its international presence to a new generation and attracting new visitorsAFP, COTONOU, BeninIShowSpeed, a 21-year-old African-American influencer, has raced a cheetah, leapt with Maasai warriors and drawn huge crowds in a month-long tour of Africa that has also busted cliches about the continent. Photo: AFPHe hit 50 million YouTube subscribers last month, Rolling Stone magazine named him the Most Influential Creator of last year and Forbes estimates his net worth at US$20 million. “He shows another Africa, an Africa on the move, modernising, eager to achieve great things. In Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity of about 20 million inhabitants, the influencer celebrated his birthday as well as hitting 50 million subscribers on YouTube. As his Africa tour drew to a close recently, the streamer planned to take a DNA test which he hoped would reveal his origins on the continent.

Source: Taipei Times February 07, 2026 17:29 UTC