Tezzeta N'gungwa Mbuya

Biography

Tezzeta is a doctoral researcher at the University of Essex, School of Law. Her thesis concerns the Africanization of the International dispute settlement mechanism in light of the adoption of the AfCFTA Investment Protocol, and his supervised by Dr Jessica Lawrence and Dr Fikayo Taiwo. Before joining the University of Essex, Tezzeta was a Member of the Kinshasa / Gombe Bar Association for over ten years and a member of the civil society in her home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She earned a significant experience as a private practitioner in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the UK . In this context, she intervened as a counsel in advisory and contentious matters on behalf of private companies, public institutions and local communities. Tezzeta holds an LLM in Environmental and Natural Resource from the University of Oregon in the United States and an LLM in Oil, Gas and Mining Law in the United Kingdom. In addition , she completed several certificate programs in International Arbitration, including a Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration from American University in the United States. Prior to attending Postgraduate school, she earned a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at the University of Lubumbashi. She was the recipient of several awards such as the Fulbright Grant from the US Department of States and the University of Essex Inclusivity in research scholarship. She is also part of the first cohort of the ICC Hold the Door open initiative, a program nurturing dispute resolution talents in Africa.

Qualifications

• LLB University of Lubumbashi (2010)

• LLM in Environmental and Natural Resource Law University of Oregon (2016)

• LLM in Oil, Gas and Mining Law Nottingham Trent University (2017)

Thesis