Its a pitty
The Agent thing was certainly dubious, I hope something works out for you.
I didn't knew that Singapore Airlines and Singapore was like that, i did see the cadet ship for the indians and other citizens. That certainly sucks.
In my country, it has to be the citizen of the country that gets the job first. No matter what, else as per the new democrazy the government would be beaten up. They are few expats but very few to jst finish up the initial hours or till the time the pilots are ready and only if its a new kind of aircraft that doesnt fly in the country.
Did you check in botswana? they is a charter company that has a good procedure to hire. You can try.
and as per the previous posts, jobs like those do come from contacts and your network.
Btw why not join the airforce? that would give u jet hours straight right?