Manuel “Manu” Joao Agosthino with 20 years of mine action experience, joined APOPO in January 2019 as the new Mine Action Program Manager for Angola. Previously Manu worked for for mer partner Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) for 15 years where he eventually became Deputy Program Manager. He then continued on to take up a Degree in Law while also working part time for UNDP and CNIDAH on mine action related issues. On completing his studies and graduating as a lawyer, Manu worked as a liberal professional lawyer whilst also teaching law at University level in Luanda, before accepting to become our full time Program Manager in Angola.