Webinar

Cameroon election: Change, but when?

8 October 2025 – 2.00pm SAST (Africa)

online

President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state at 92, is set to win an eighth term in office in the October 12 presidential election and to rule until he passes away.

This webinar will explore the possibility of any surprises, and then consider the different trajectories a post-Biya Cameroon could take.

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Speakers

Francois Conradie

François Conradie is a Lead Political Economist at OE Africa. He studied a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Stellenbosch, and holds an MPhil in Futures Studies from the same university. He began his career in marketing, then spent three years in financial services in Tunisia and Morocco. He started doing analysis for OE Africa in August 2011 and was Head of Research from 2016 to 2019. In his current role he pilots research on political risk in Africa, while covering politics in North and West Africa and economics in Morocco.

Lead Political Economist, OE Africa