my goal is to do the same get into a Multinational with an African presence and go from there. Microsoft would be ideal but I noticed most of there stuff on the continent is Sales focused.
Yea these companies are trying to break in and get business. They need sales.
I think there are two ways you can break in
1. Startup scene. This is actually quite big. My boy was a software developer in DC and is working for a mobile payments company in Nigeria. Their company secured a couple million in funding from a large mobile payments company based out of the UK. Company has gotten close to $12 MM in funding.
2. Independent Consultant. No brainer here. You pitch your services directly.