African has time to drive (5)
I believe the answer is:
motor
'to drive' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'african has time' is the wordplay.
'african' becomes 'moor' (I've seen this before).
'has' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'moor' enclosing 't' is 'MOTOR'.
(Other definitions for motor that I've seen before include "(Transport using) engine" , "Car (colloq,)" , "Engine of vehicle" , "Drive" , "Travel by car, engine" .)