Congo Brazzaville coach Claude Le Roy says African countries need to show more respect to their own coaches if they are to excel at domestic and international level.

Only three African coaches were in charge at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea -- Honour Janza of Zambia, Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba of South Africa and Florent Ibenge of DR Congo.

Frenchman Le Roy has worked in Africa for over 30 years with countries like Cameroon, Senegal and DR Congo but has now called for local coaches to be given more of a chance if they are to aspire to reaching the top of their profession.

"There has to be respect for the local coaches. In some clubs in Africa, you could have as many as six, seven changes of the coach in a year," lamented the 66-year-old Le Roy.

"With me, you cannot interfere in my job, even to suggest the name of one player. The only person who decides is me. I take the final decision.

"But the local coaches come under huge pressure. The president could call them when they are on the bench and say he wants a player changed. That's unacceptable!

"If you give me a job, you have to give me a 100 percent chance to do this job. After that you could take any decision you want depending on the result."

Le Roy was speaking ahead of Congo Brazzaville's quarter-final tie against Ibenge's DR Congo on Saturday in Bata.