Ms. Linda Jere is a Communications Assistant at the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) with over three years of experience in outreach and communications management. She focuses on building and strengthening internal and external communications at the institution. Ms. Jere is skilled in coordinating internal and external communications, developing effective corporate communication strategies, managing institutional media platforms, organising and coordinating events, developing campaign materials, developing content for institutional materials, designing infographics and photo taking and editing.  She holds a BMC. in Mass Communication from the University of Zambia. Ms. Jere is proficient in data collection, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word, ODK, and Kobo Collect, Illustrator, Canva and Lightroom.