Africa Division

UK HQ supervision of Africa country offices

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Director-General Africa, South and East Asia and Western Hemisphere Division: Joy Hutcheon

Tel: 020 7023 0407

UK HQ Supervision of Africa Country Offices

West and Southern Africa

Strategic responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Southern Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Susanna Moorehead (Director)

Tel: 020 7023 0343 | Fax: 020 7023 0291

East and Central Africa

Strategic and policy responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

Rachel Turner (Director)

Tel: 020 7023 1465 | Fax: 020 7023 0744

Africa Regional Department

Responsibility for: Africa-wide and cross-cutting Africa issues; regional strategies and organisations; IMFUNDO: Partnership for IT in Education.

Andrew McCoubrey

Tel: 020 7023 0360

Africa Directorate

Management of the Department's resources (human, capital and financial) in Africa.

Andrea Ledward and Anna Wechsberg

Tel: 020 7023 0636

Heads of Office

DFID Angola Field Office (Luanda)

Angola Country Representative:

vacant

DFID Burundi Field Office (Bujumbura)

Burundi Country Representative:

vacant

DFID Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in DRC:

Christopher Pycroft

DFID Ethiopia (Addis)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Ethiopia:

Melanie Robinson

DFID Ghana (Accra)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Ghana:

Sally Taylor

DFID Kenya (Nairobi)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Kenya:

Alistair Fernie

DFID Lesotho Field Office (Maseru)

Lesotho Country Representative:

vacant

DFID Malawi (Lilongwe)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Malawi:

Sarah Sanyahumbi

DFID Mozambique (Maputo)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Mozambique:

Alicia Herbert

DFID Nigeria (Abuja)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Nigeria:

Richard Montgomery

DFID Rwanda (Kigali)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Rwanda:

Mike Hammond

DFID Sierra Leone and Liberia (Freetown)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Sierra Leone and Liberia

Phil Evans

DFID Somalia Field Office (from Nairobi)

Somalia Country Representative:

Joanna Reid

DFID South Sudan (Juba)

Reponsibility for DFID-supported activity in South Sudan:

Elizabeth Carriere

DFID Southern Africa (Pretoria)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in South Africa; management of DFID Field Offices in Botswana and Lesotho; regional programmes for Southern Africa and regional initiatives undertaken by the Southern African Development Community and similar organisations:

Sarah Dunn

DFID Sudan (Khartoum)

Responsibility for DFID-supported activity in Sudan:

Ben Mellor

DFID Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Tanzania:

Marshall Elliott

DFID Uganda (Kampala)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Uganda:

Daniel Graymore

DFID Zambia (Lusaka)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Zambia: