Seminar Online

Young Professional Females Driving the Built Environment Innovation

by CIOB Sub-Saharan Africa

    Event details

    • Online
    • 21 May 2025
    • 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM SAST

    Event fees

    General Admission

    Free

    Summary

    An inspiring Women’s Day Webinar, proudly led by the CIOB Hub in Johannesburg.

    Join us for an inspiring webinar, proudly led by the CIOB Hub in Johannesburg, spotlighting the bold and brilliant young female professionals who are shaping the future of the built environment across Sub-Saharan Africa


    Hosted by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), this dynamic panel discussion highlights innovation, leadership, and the untold stories of women driving transformation in construction and infrastructure.


    What to Expect:

    · Inspiring stories from young women leaders across SSA

    · Real-world insights on innovation in the built environment

    · Live Q&A and audience engagement

    · A platform to connect, collaborate, and celebrate


    Who Should Attend?

    · Built environment students and graduates

    · Young professionals and emerging leaders

    · Industry stakeholders and advocates of innovation and inclusion

    · Anyone passionate about building a diverse, empowered construction industry

    Agenda

    • Agenda
      Welcome and Introduction
      • Langanani Muthambi
      Tomorrow's Leaders Representative : Johannesburg Hub
      Mee the panelist
      • Mmashaba Motimela
      Mmashaba Motimela is a certified project management professional, who holds a BSc (Honours) degree in quantity surveying and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in project management at the University of the Witwatersrand. With armory such as her PMP certification, and registration as a candidate construction project manager with SACPCMP, she combines academic insight, and a regulated approach with hands on experience to manage and deliver projects. Her excitement comes from turning ideas into something tangible and she is driven to execute by “leading to build dreams from grounded realities”, be it on projects, in people or in new spaces.
      Meet the panelist
      • Kafui Yawa Honu
      Kafui is an architect dedicated to advancing sustainable design and innovation in the built environment. With expertise in green building techniques such as passive design, modular construction, and renewable materials. Kafui explores solutions that harmonize architecture with ecological systems. Kafui actively engages in innovative research and practical applications of sustainable architecture, focusing on energy efficiency, climate-responsive design, and the role of architecture in achieving the desired outcome. She is passionate about redefining the relationship between built spaces and natural ecosystems, fostering a future where architectural innovation aligns with sustainability.
      Meet the panelist
      • Duduzile Maseko
      Miss Duduzile Maseko is a high performing Construction project Manager @ the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure Cape Town Region, with 7-year record of accomplishment of success in the construction industry. My key role involves overseeing vast/ complex construction project from initiation till close-out, communicate effectively and manage stakeholders performing variety of activities for consultants/ contractors/internal & external stakeholders while assuming both roles of principal consultant and principal agent. I’m particularly proud of obtaining my PR status as Construction Project Manager with SACPCMP and have undertaken approximately 20 projects, which includes construction of new buildings/refurbishments/ repairs/ maintenance/upgrade both green filed and brown field. Respectively, possesses interpersonal skills, assertiveness, emotional Intelligence, pays attention to detail, flexible and able to solve problems
      Meet the panelist
      • Charlotte Anie
      Charlotte Anie is a Professional Quantity Surveyor at Turner & Townsend, working on front-end loading (FEL) projects for Anglo American. She started her career as a bursary/ student intern and has almost 10 years of experience in the Energy and Natural Resources sector. Charlotte specialises in cost planning, budgeting, and strategic project support from early project stages through to execution of mining projects. She is also passionate about mentorship and youth development in the built environment

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