AK (Angela) Mutsotso

Angela is an experienced energy and natural resource lawyer specializing in policy engagement, stakeholder coordination, and project leadership in the extractives and energy sectors. Her academic and professional work has focused on the socio-economic impact of resource extraction on host communities. She has led multi-stakeholder initiatives, ensuring effective engagement between civil society, international financiers, and governments in the energy and extractives sector.

Angela holds a Master’s in Energy and Natural Resources Law from Queen Mary University of London, where her research examined the impact of IFC Environmental and Social Performance Standards on the oil and gas industries in Ghana and Kenya. She is currently an external PhD student at Wageningen University and Research, exploring the influence of international financial institutions on social and environmental governance in Africa’s extractive sector.