Paulo Niva Tanganha

Director Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, Angola

Paulo Niva Tanganha is Angolan, graduated in Geology and Computer Science from the University of Namibia in Windhoek, Namibia and owns a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) specialized in “Strategic Management” from the University of Roehampton in London, United Kingdom.

He has 18 years of experience in the mineral resources sector, of which 9 years in the Private Sector with De Beers Angola Prospecting. Lda, where since 2006 He started as a Junior Geologist and rose to Senior Geologist positions, performing the functions of Director for Reconnaissance and Prospecting Stages and later Director for Exploration Data Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC). At the Strategic Management Level, he served as Technical Assistant to the Board of Directors.

Other 9 years were spent in the Public Sector, where He served as Technical Advisor to the Secretary of State for Mines at the former Ministry of Geology and Mines for 3 years and in 2017 joined the Geological Institute of Angola (IGEO) as Technical Advisor for the Board of Directors and at the same time, performed the role of Administrator of the Angola´s Geoscientific Database, called BADAGEO.

Currently, He is performing the role of National Director for the National Directorate of Mineral Resources at the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas of Angola.