Pros
- Noble and valuable mandate focused on a region of great international importance - Organization undergoing many changes hence it can be an interesting place to work - Opportunities to assist African governments and travel widely within the continent addressing important development challenges - Diverse organization with opportunity to work with anglo and francophone nationals from across Africa as well as non-regional member countries
Cons
- Top-down management - lack of distributed leadership and management where most major decisions are taken from the top and then past down the chain of command - Excessively bureaucratic and slow with many (perhaps too many) rules and regulations - Lack of transparency in internal organization - often promotions and changes in management positions lack clear reasoning - Lack of trust within the organization means that many issues are not openly discussed among management and staff and among staff