Veronica Gundu Jakarasi, 2017 fellow of Zimbabwe, was nominated as a policy fellow with the Africa Climate Change Leadership Program (AfriCLP), where she shared her TechWomen leadership experiences during the inception training. AfriCLP is an initiative that seeks to support climate action in Africa by supporting low carbon and climate resilient strategies throughout the continent.
Veronica also began a new position as manager of the climate finance division with the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ). She used the skills from TechWomen mentor Sheila Jordan, Chief Information Officer of Symantec, to pitch a proposal to IDBZ’s executive committee to establish a Climate Finance Facility.
