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South Africa will host world leaders at the first G20 summit in Africa as it contends with its own leadership challenges at home.

Gallup surveys show South Africans are disenchanted with their current leadership and a plethora of other issues as they head to the polls next week.

While sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the least connected parts of the globe, internet access grew substantially in five countries in the region between 2019 and 2021.

South Africans haven't seen much change on key issues -- such as corruption -- and this will likely be on their minds Wednesday as they vote.