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Uwase LarissaCofounder & COOKK712
Rwanda, Kigali Tel: +250789356449 Office: +250783712602 E-mail: uwaselari@gmail.com |
Larissa is the cofounder and Chief Operations Officer at Carl Group, mostly known because of her marvellous ability to impress her audience with her kind smile and shining expression.
Larissa who was born on 28th April 1993, is a student at the College of Science and Technology under the University of Rwanda, where she will complete her undergraduate course in July 2016 in Built Environment and Architecture. Her ambition has always been to eradicate poverty and feed the hungry. She is a person who likes to travel and experience other cultures and ways of living. Uwase is a good leader and plays an important role in her community, where she is now in the advisory committee of the sector and in committee of National Youth Council on sector level. She was a Head prefect in high school ( in Byimana School of Sciences from 2009-2011), and played an important role in the entrepreneurship club at her University. Larissa is also a member of Brighter Future Cornerstone.
Before she started developing her idea, she trained under the “African Innovation Prize” as well as with an international organization called “These numbers have faces”, where she put into practice the knowledge she learnt there.
More recently, Larissa has been involved in the participatory slum upgrading research in Kigali, organized by Studio Rosa from the Netherlands. Alongside other multinational participants, she participated as an entrepreneur in food security - looking at the best project for feeding hungry cities. Larissa also presented at the AU-EU 'Investing in a Food Secure Future' conference this 2016, that was held in Netherlands. In addition, she participated in the World Economic Forum on Africa, 2016 where she was selected among Africa’s top 5 women innovators because of her project that tackles malnutrition. Larissa is also frequent speaker at Les Elites Slum Upgraders and serves as vice co-ordinator in its activities.
Larissa is passionate about acoustic music, playing guitar herself and currently learning to play the violin.
Let's get in touch!
Please feel free to contact us.
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carlgroup.info@gmail.com
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+250 783712602
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KK 712 St.
Kigali, Gikondo Rwanda |