I wondered how some people may of got work in these markets in the past with little Total time.
Went out to whatever poxy third world African country they were targeting, hung around the towns where the jobs are, swept hangar floors, bought beers for chief pilots, generally kissed ass and lo and behold a few weeks later they were in paid employment.
Buying TR's is speculative at best even in the Euro 737/A320 market - but if your plan is honestly to get into an ATR in Africa / Asia and you've just bought a UK type rating for a UK licence with no time on type, then you have done nothing but utterly squander your money.
Every respectable turboprop operator in Asia / Africa that operates half decent modern gear like ATRs, already has a line a mile long of experienced and hard working GA pilots, locals and expats, already working for the smaller operators in country, making the good networking connections and they are just about invariably first in line for any jobs that come up.
Anyway, now that you've spent the money, you need to act fast before you get too uncurrent. If your game plan only consists of sitting on your ass in Europe sending CV's to third world operators, and complaining on pprune about lack of response to your CV's, then you are naive beyond all possible comprehension. Get on a plane and get out there to the country you want to fly in and start talking to people, and do it quickly.