Sisters In Conversation

Sinako is a member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates & holds chambers at Thulamela Chambers. She is an alumni of the University of Free State and holds and LLB and LLM. In 2016 she served as a law researcher to Justice Jafta at the Constitutional Court and went on to become a senior law researcher to Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo in 2017.

Sinako’s commitment to social justice and passion of uplifting the youth led her to establishing Sinako We Can Movement a registered NPO and empowerment program focussed on mentorship of aspiring legal practitioners.

Sinako's accolades include being awarded Mail & Guardians Top200 Young South Africans (2022); being shortlisted in the top 10 for the Mc Kinsey & Co Next Generation Women Leaders Award, a platform which explores the importance of women in leadership; an alumni of Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI); and Top Young Outstanding Young Persons of South Africa Award from the Junior Chamber International South Africa (JCI).

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Natasha Lorde is a tax specialist who focuses on empowering people with tax information giving them tools to address their taxes in a way that gives them confidence.

Her multinational accounting firm has been in business for 7 years and has worked with individuals and businesses in and around Johannesburg, Rustenburg, Cape Town, and Zambia where her team of professionals helps make the complicated tax stuff more simple through offering trustworthy tax, accounting, and business services.

She has built her career around helping others get an understanding of what's going on with their finances and tax so they can make smart decisions about how to move forward and be confident.

If you're looking for someone who can help you navigate the world of taxes and give you advice that will actually make sense, then look no further than Natasha Lorde.

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Titilope Martins-Wakwe is a legal professional with over a decade’s experience working as a corporate compliance consultant, board governance advisor and corporate governance specialist. She is a trusted board advisor with a wealth of experience working with boards, board committees and corporate stakeholders of local and multinational companies. She is focused on improving corporate performance and ensuring sustainability by advancing best governance practices. 

Titilope is an Associate member of Nigeria’s Corporate Governance Institute, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria and an Associate Member of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria. She is a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association – Section on Business Law and a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute Community. She is also a member of the Young Directors Forum of the Institute of Directors Nigeria. 

A Certified Corporate Governance Audit and Board Evaluation Professional, Titilope is the facilitator of the Company Secretarial and Business Advisory Course at the Legally Engaged Academy, an Emotionally Intelligence Certified Professional and author of various publications on corporate compliance, board and corporate governance and company secretarial matters. Titilope is also the founder of BeyondMyLawDegree, an initiative focused on personal and career development for lawyers and non-lawyers.  

An ESG enthusiast, Titilope is currently a Managing Associate at Dentons ACAS-Law , a top-tier law firm in Lagos, Nigeria .

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YORM Ama Abledu is an energy professional and a legal academic who teaches energy law among other modules at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA Law School). She holds a postgraduate degree in oil and gas law (international investment arbitration) from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where her outstanding academic performance won her the Ede & Ravenscroft 2014 Prize for Academic Excellence. Within the same period, Yorm attained certification from the Oil and Gas Academy of Scotland as an oil and gas contract negotiator. Over the past 7 years, she has achieved enormous success in oil and gas cases in Ghana. Yorm has a demonstrated history of championing compliance in oil and gas companies, project management, and legal entity management in the oil and gas and power sectors in Africa. She is a senior international attorney at Centurion Law Group, a pan-African law firm headquartered in Johannesburg with offices and partners across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, focused on energy and tax law practice. She is also a member of the AIEN (Association of Energy Negotiators, formerly formerly Association of Petroleum Negotiators).

A Harvard-certified negotiator, she has significant expertise that cuts across diverse sectors such as project finance, energy, infrastructure development, tax, real estate, and other key practice areas.

Yorm has provided advice on a variety of high-profile transactions, both domestically and abroad. She has been on various legal panels as a speaker or moderator and has significantly contributed to very important and topical issues in the energy industry, including the recent panel discussion on the role of the youth as drivers of the advancement of the African energy industry, energy transition, and the empowerment of the African people through the sustainable exploration of natural resources at the just-ended African Energy Week in Cape Town and also the panel on "the Future of Energy in the Carbon Era" organized by the British Ghanaian Lawyer’s Union (BGLU) in 2021.

Yorm is also certified in human rights and oil and gas law from Fordham University. Her passion for human rights law is reflected in how she has so far won a total of 57 human rights cases on behalf of several indigents over a 12-month period in her position as Assistant Public Defender under the Legal Aid Commission, where she continues her pro-bono service.

She is a human rights advocate with a particular interest in the diversity and inclusion of women in the energy sector. Her passion for helping others has led to further voluntary work as the Policy and Advocacy Team Lead of the African Women in Energy Development Initiative (AWEDI), where she advocates for the inclusion of female professionals in the energy sector.

She recently received a global honor, the 2022 International Bar Association (IBA) Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, in recognition of her work mentoring the next generation of legal minds, her dedication to professional and ethical standards, and her service to the country at large. "With this rare feat, she becomes the only Ghanaian female lawyer and the first female African lawyer to have been honored with this prestigious award." Yorm was appointed the African Regional Form Officer of the IBA’s Young Lawyer’s Committee, where she serves as a liaison between the Bar Associations in Africa and the Young Lawyer's Committee of the IBA.

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Palesa Ledwaba is currently the CEO of Maponya Attorneys. She obtained her LLB from UNISA and graduated top of her class in 2012. Soon after graduated she attended law school, wrote her board exams and started serving articles at Maponya Attorneys.

Her areas of practice include tax law, administrative law and contract law. Palesa currently provides legal services for entities such as the South African Revenue Service (SARS), Eskom, South African Broadcasting Commission (SABC), and Sefako Makgato University (SMU) as an external legal advisor and legal representative.

In addition, Palesa is an entrepreneur and is involved in numerous outreach and philanthropic activities.

Dr Ninakhulu Ntsanwisi holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and a Diploma in Primary Emergency Care (DipPEC) from the Colleges of Medicine South Africa (CMSA). She is a medical practitioner with a combined 9 years worth of experience in the public and private health sectors.

Following her time practicing medicine, and with that invaluable experience, Dr Ntsanwisi embarked on a fascinating journey on a path toward the legal profession, by obtaining her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Dr Ntsanwisi is now an admitted legal practitioner, particularly an attorney, and she practices at one of the highly recognisable and respectable big 5 law firms in South Africa.

Currently, Dr Ntsanwisi’s exciting legal practice focuses on general and insurance dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, and governance and business practices.

Dr Ntsanwisi also advises on asset and liability insurance, medical malpractice, all risks cover, professional indemnity insurance, product liability and personal injury matters.

Dr Ntsanwisi is a member of both the Health Professions Council of South Africa and the Legal Practice Council.

She believes that life is for the service of others, be it as a lawyer or doctor, ours is to pay it forward, to be better equipped to empower others.

Rebecca is an attorney in the Labour and Litigation Department at ABC Attorneys in Tanzania. Her experience includes reviewing employment contracts for employees, advising on various employee contracts and employment laws, drafting opinions on various employment-related matters, and writing articles on current issues related to employment issues around Tanzania.

Rebecca is experienced in Will drafting, contracts drafting as well as drafting opinions on various family and probate laws and advising clients effectively.

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Nonkululeko Zondo is an Associate in the Energy Transactions and Projects team at Vinson and Elkins. She has experience in complex, cross-border private and public M&A transactions in the oil and gas, metals and mining industry. Before joining V&E, she was at Freshfields in London and Bowmans in Johannesburg.

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She holds an LLB degree from the University of Cape Town and is an admitted attorney of South Africa. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town, focusing on the structuring of fiscal terms for oil and gas projects in South Africa, Tanzania, and Ghana.

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Katlego is a 27 year-old Public Prosecutor, stationed at the Soshanguve Magistrate's Court.

Katlego obtained a BCom Law degree from Eduvos, (formerly known as Pearson Institute of Higher Education) in 2017. She further obtained her LLB degree from the University of South Africa in 2020, following which she was admitted to the National Prosecuting Authority Aspirant Prosecutor programme. Upon completion of the programme in January 2022, she was permanently appointed as a District Court Prosecutor and placed in Soshanguve where she has been working to date. Having grown up witnessing crime and injustice, Katlego has grown passionate about criminal law and restoring faith in the criminal justice system, and this has driven the tireless work towards ensuring that the fight against the miscarriage of justice is one that will be won.

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Lulama Robertson joined Nedgroup Investments in July 2022 as a Responsible Investment Analyst. She focuses on implementing responsible investment objectives on behalf of clients within the Core Range (Local and International). Prior to Nedgroup, she was a Manager Researcher at Alexforbes where she looked after multiple asset classes for local and global funds. Additionally she's held several roles as a stock picker (Equity Analyst) in single asset class managers since 2016. She holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Economics and from Rhodes and is a Masters candidate at UCT.

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