African guy managed to import staff (7)
I believe the answer is:
rwandan
'african' is the definition.
(Rwanda is an African country)
'managed to import staff' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'to import' indicates putting letters inside.
'staff' becomes 'wand' (wand is a kind of staff).
'ran' enclosing 'wand' is 'RWANDAN'.
'guy' acts as a link.
This may not be right. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rwandan that I've seen before include "Eg, a native of Kigali" , "Kigali native, perhaps" , "African chap" , "African native" , "From a central African country" .)