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<p>Department for International Trade (DIT) had 86 staff based in Africa in 2018,
84 staff in 2019, 102 staff in 2020, 123 staff in 2021 and 122 staff in 2022. The
breakdown by each African nation is presented in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>DIT Overseas Staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>African
Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31
March 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31
March 2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or
less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cote
d'Ivoire</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritania</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>5 or
less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or
less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5
or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td><td><p>5 or less</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand
total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>84</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>102</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>123</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>122</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>These figures are as of 31 March each year and include both UK based overseas
staff (Civil Servants) and country based overseas staff who work on Department for
International Trade objectives but are not Civil Servants.</p><p> </p><p>These figures
do not include UK Export Finance staff, Trade Remedies Authority Staff, those on Loan
from other government departments who remain on their home departments payroll, contractors,
military staff, people on secondment from other organisations, those who are on loan
or secondment out of DIT, or on unpaid special leave or career break.</p><p> </p>
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