Tunisia-Leila Farah Mokaddem appointed new AfDB Director General for Southern Africa Region

Tunisian Leïla Farah Mokadem has been selected as African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s Director General for Southern Africa Region, the group announced in a statement issued Wednesday.

The African Development Bank Group moreover announced the selection of Directors General for the East and Central Africa regions and Deputy Directors General for the East, Central, Northern, Southern and West Africa regions.

“Leila will drive high-level dialogue and Bank’s operations, ensuring the Bank operates efficiently, effectively and successfully in the relevant countries, within the region. She will lead and monitor adaptation to specific requirements of individual countries/operations with greater efficiency, cost effectiveness and value addition in the use of resources, with downstream gains for Regional Member Countries, and the private sector in the Southern Africa Region,” the statement reads.