The fixer you choose determines whether your African shoot runs like clockwork or unravels at the border. Ask these ten questions before you commit:
- Do they have a genuinely local team in your shoot country — or a contact of a contact?
- Can they show permits they’ve secured there in the last 12 months?
- Do they handle drone permits and customs carnets themselves?
- Can they produce references from international clients?
- Do they offer line production, or only fixing?
- How do they manage security assessments and medical contingencies?
- Can they source crew AND equipment locally, with shipping as backup?
- Do they manage casting, including street casting?
- Will you get one accountable producer as your contact?
- Do they know the incentive and rebate landscape?
African Fixer answers yes to all ten — in every one of Africa’s 54 countries, since 2005, with credits including Coke Studio Africa, Nike Football and DSV. Wherever your production is headed — Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, Tanzania, Nigeria or anywhere else in Africa — start with one conversation.
