Please contact your nearest IOSH branch or Member who has worked there with adequate experience before being placing yourself at risk.

I am British and have worked across the length and breadth of Africa, and sadly, it is British financed and /or run concerns that do little to comply with national or internationally required safety norms, the most glaringly neglected being, the need to make all potential hazards known to expat employees on arrival in that country. (Colonialism is long gone). The general attitude of employers is that 'It is Africa' and one will deal with the consequences when they occur. It places employees, especially those required to drive vehicles for the first time, at the mercy of, corrupt and often violent locals. Two wheel drive sedans are NOT practical modes of transport in Africa.