Charitable making good in African country (6)
I believe the answer is:
benign
'charitable' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'good in african country' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'african country' becomes 'benin' (Benin is an example).
'g' going into 'benin' is 'BENIGN'.
'making' is the link.
(Other definitions for benign that I've seen before include "Mild and gentle, not malignant" , "Meaning no harm" , "Obliging" , "Innocuous, not malignant" , "'Pleasant and kind, not harmful (6)'" .)