Previously chaired by former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, AGRA works towards a vision of self-sufficiency in Africa. Helping millions of small-scale farmers stave off poverty across the continent, it has worked on a number of successful high-profile initiatives.

As the organisation’s general counsel, Victoria is commended for her commitment to the cause and for her ability to ‘speak the language of agriculture’. Sabula, having led a 38-strong team in one of Kenya’s banking sector’s biggest in-house legal functions, advocates an efficient balance between in-house and outsourced legal services to add value and reduce costs’.

Law firms’ expertise and services are good but could still be better, in Sabula’s view. ‘Whereas there is an acceptable level of specialisation in the Kenyan private practice market, there is still a lot of room for firms to manage clients’ expectations more effectively’.