Josephine Takundwa, the Zimbabwean entrepreneur specializing in the protection of electrical power

Josephine Takundwa is a Zimbabwean businesswoman who founded Earthlink Technologies, a company specialising in the protection of electrical power against lightning strikes, surges…

By embarking on the protection of electrical energy, Joséphine Takundwa broke the codes in her country where she is also a pioneer in the sector of the protection of electrical energy. It was in 2004, after working for 6 years in the electrical protection industry, that the Zimbabwean founded Earthlink technologies. A company offering its services to the mining, health, telecommunications, education, etc. sectors in Zimbabwe, helping them to protect their sensitive equipments against surges and lightning; as well as providing emergency power supplies and voltage regulation.

After noticing the lack of reliable brands of electrical protection equipments on the Zimbabwean market, she set up her own company. After contacting the local representative of American Power Conversion, she offered to market one of their protection products. To date, the company offers more than 100 product ranges, including surge protection, power back-ups, voltage stabilisers and alternative energy in the form of rechargeable solar lamps and solar lighting systems.

Josephine holds an MBA from the University of Zimbabwe in 2004, a diploma in strategic management (Sweden). She has been rewarded for her company’s contribution to the development of the electrical industry in her country through several awards, including the Best Woman Leader Award in the ICT field in 2016 ; 2nd place for Businesswoman of the Year – ZNCC Mashonaland Region in 2014; Best Businesswoman of the Year in ICT in 2012, as well as 1st place in the Services category of the Women in Enterprise Awards in 2013.

She was also vice-president of the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce of the Mashonaland region.

Josephine Takundwa is also the founder of “Sesame for life Foundation”, an NGO working for the improvement of livelihoods and the empowerment of rural families in Zimbabwe thanks to the cultivation and marketing of sesame. Over the past two years, her foundation has distributed free seeds to several farmers to promote sesame cultivation.