During a recent stream in the Okavango Delta in Botswana as part of his tour of Africa, IShowSpeed explained why he does so many world tour streams.
“‘People dream to go to Africa safari, thank you for the live experience, Speed, love your work,’” said Speed, reading a comment from someone in his chat. “Thank you man. Chat, that’s what I’m here for. I’m for the people that can’t travel… I try to give y’all the best experience, I don’t make a cut-down video. I show y’all a live experience. A raw, true experience of me being at that certain location. Whether it’s a country, whether it’s a safari, whatever experience it is. I’m your test dummy.”
During the same livestream in Botswana, he shared that he’s found the tour in Africa “refreshing,” because it’s a different pace than he’s used to. “Y’all know me,” Speed explained. “My dopamine is fucked. I did a lot of shit. I went to the Champions League final, the World Cup final, I met Ronaldo… I did a lot of cool shit in my life… But this is refreshing for me. It’s such a new experience, and it’s so fun for me. … This trip has really opened up my eyes, man, seriously.”
Speed kicked off his Africa tour with a livestream in Angola last week, and he’s since hit up South Africa, Mozambique, and Eswatini. During his stop in Angola, he was challenged to a pull-up competition by a local, but when he lost, he decided to challenge him to a foot race to redeem himself.
When the 20-year-old streamer announced his Africa tour, he revealed that he’ll be hitting up a total of 20 countries across the continent in just 28 days. He’s previously done similar series across China and the United States, the latter of which he said was originally inspired by Dumb and Dumber.
