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Lots of oil and gas jobs over there, I have some friends who worked in west Africa (mostly Nigeria and Angola but also offshore Ghana and Ivory Coast) and made a killing, some of the expat packages are very well compensated. There's a lot of drilling going on in East Africa too, Uganda and Mozambique mostly. Just check out the job sections of Rig Zone and Oil Careers. Most of the jobs are for experienced personnel so if you want to work there, you'd be best off putting in a few years in your local oil patch if you're in Canada, USA, Oz or the UK.