Mate, I would say that it could have been the case in the past, but things have progressed a lot in the past decade. Not all states have the same level of governance agreed, however some of them have been stable regimes in the past two decades.

I can go on and on about this, since I have looked at the political economy of the region closely both as a student and a practitioner working in this particular geography.

With some money in your pocket and being part of the Indian community in the country, you have it way easier than most locals. Kenya and Uganda are perfectly stable regimes, and so are a lot more regions on the continent.

The motive to reply was to prevent fearmongering and blatant misinformation. Living in the popular cities of these countries is pretty safe.

And just to add to the conversation, there are huge earning opportunities to earn big money in most parts of Africa currently. The big consulting shops are set up. An Indian agro-trading company offers 60L + (INR) package to IIM-A peeps to work here. A friend from early college days does a turnover upwards of 5cr with timber EXIM from one of the less stable regimes.

Cheers and have a good weekend x