Eligibile candidates must be resident in and nationals of the following countries:
| Angola |
Djibouti |
Madagascar |
Senegal |
| Benin |
Ethiopia |
Malawi |
Seychelles |
| Botswana |
Gabon |
Mali |
Sierra Leone |
| Burkina Faso |
Gambia |
Mauritania |
South Africa |
| Burundi |
Ghana |
Mauritius |
South Sudan |
| Cameroon |
Guinea |
Mozambique |
Swaziland |
| Cape Verde |
Guinea Bissau |
Namibia |
Tanzania |
| Central African Republic |
Ivory Coast |
Niger |
Togo |
| Chad |
Kenya |
Nigeria |
Uganda |
| Comores |
Lesotho |
Rwanda |
Zambia |
| Congo |
Liberia |
Sao Tome |
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