Chief Operations Officer – Carl Group Ltd<\/strong><\/p>\n Larissa Uwase completed an undergraduate course in Built Environment and Architecture in 2016, at the College of Science and Technology under the University of Rwanda. Her ambition has always been to eradicate poverty and feed the hungry. Currently, she is running her own company specialized in food processing, the Carl Group ltd, for which she has been awarded the title of \u201cBest Young Entrepreneur\u201d in the \u201cYouth Breaking the Cycle of Poverty\u201d competition, organized by Rwanda\u2019s Ministry of Youth and ICT. In the 2016 World Economic Forum on Africa, she was selected among Africa\u2019s top 5 women innovators thanks to her commitment in tackling children\u2019s malnutrition.<\/p>\n Before she started developing her idea, she did different entrepreneurship training under \u201cAfrican Innovation Prize\u201d and an international organization called \u201cThese numbers have faces.\u201d Recently, as an entrepreneur in food security, she took part in a participatory slum upgrading research in Kigali aimed at selecting the best project for feeding hungry cities.<\/p>\n Larissa is a member of Rwanda\u2019s National Youth Council and of the Bright Future Cornerstone network, as well as vice co-ordinator of the activities of \u201cLes Elites Slum Upgraders\u201d NGO.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Larissa Uwase completed an undergraduate course in Built Environment and Architecture in 2016, at the College of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19103,"template":"","team_group":[1822,507],"class_list":["post-19102","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team_group-advisory-board","team_group-our-experts"],"yoast_head":"\n