Pressure at the ballot box: Critical elections in Sub-Saharan Africa

Our sub-Saharan research team discusses the current political challenges connected to elections, and pre-elections, in South Africa and Nigeria. What are the main social and economic policy issues for the coming year? Is the Covid-19 pandemic still creating social and economic complications and how will this influence voters? And most critically, what role will fuel price pressures and fuel subsidies have on the outcome of these elections? Langelihle Malimela, Country Risk Senior Analyst– Africa, IHS Markit https://experts.ihsmarkit.com/experts/malimela-langelihle Martin Roberts, Country Risk Principal Analyst, Deputy Head - Sub-Saharan Africa, IHS Markit https://experts.ihsmarkit.com/experts/roberts-martin Thea Fourie, Economics Associate Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, IHS Markit https://experts.ihsmarkit.com/experts/fourie-thea