Country Programmes Division - Africa

UK HQ supervision of Africa country offices

Country office: Heads of Office

Director-General Country Programmes Division: Mark Lowcock

Tel: 020 7023 0407 | Fax: 020 7023 0371

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.

Beverley Warmington (Director)

Tel: 020 7023 1159 | Fax: 020 7023 0342

East and Central Africa

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

Joy Hutcheon (Director)

Tel: 020 7023 1269 | Fax: 020 7023 0223

Pan Africa Strategy and Programmes

Marcus Manuel (Director)

Tel: 020 7023 1265 | Fax: 020 7023 1396

Africa Regional Department

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

John Burton

Tel: 020 7023 0518 | Fax: 020 7023 1396

Africa Conflict and Humanitarian Unit

Advisory and programme support on all Conflict and Humanitarian issues within Africa.

Desmond Curran

Tel: 020 7023 0747 | Fax: 020 7023 0424

Africa Directorate

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

Mark Mallalieu

Tel: 020 7023 1060 | Fax: 020 7023 0342

Heads of Office

DFID Angola Field Office (Luanda)

Angola Country Representative:

Anna Walters

DFID Botswana Field Office

Botswana Country Representative:

John L Riley

DFID Burundi Field Office (Bujumbura)

Burundi Country Representative:

Elizabreth Carriere

DFID Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in DRC:

Phil Evans

DFID Ethiopia (Addis)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Ethiopia:

Howard Taylor

DFID Ghana (Accra)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Ghana:

Eric Hawthorn

DFID Kenya (Nairobi)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Kenya:

Alistair Fernie

DFID Lesotho Field Office (Maseru)

Lesotho Country Representative:

Toby Weaver

DFID Malawi (Lilongwe)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Malawi:

Gwen Hines

DFID Mozambique (Maputo)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Mozambique:

Keith MacKiggan

DFID Nigeria (Abuja)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Nigeria:

Richard Montgomery

DFID Rwanda (Kigali)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Rwanda:

Elizabeth Carriere

DFID Somalia Field Office (from Nairobi)

Somalia Country Representative:

Alistair Fernie

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:

Helen Mealins

DFID Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Tanzania:

Darren Welch

DFID Uganda (Kampala)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Uganda:

Jane Rintoul

DFID Zambia (Lusaka)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Zambia:

Mike Hammond

DFID Zimbabwe (Harare)

Responsibility for DFID-supported development activity in Zimbabwe:

Dave Fish

Please note: unless otherwise given, email enquiries should be sent to enquiry@dfid.gov.uk.