Ange Nadine Umugwaneza has a keen interest in agribusiness. Upon completing her BSc studies in Crop Production at the University of Rwanda, she teamed up with nine other agriculture graduates to found Agrocare Cooperative. The team of young women decided to create jobs for themselves while sharing their agricultural knowledge with the farming community. In 2012, with initial funding from the faith-based organization St. Vincent De Paul, the group started three greenhouses, growing mushrooms, tomatoes, and peppers in Nyarugenge district. “In 2013, the district offered us two more greenhouses and a year later, after realizing that we were managing them well, they supported us to put up three more greenhouses on the same site,” says Umugwaneza.
Vincent De Paul, the group started three greenhouses, growing mushrooms, tomatoes, and peppers in Nyarugenge district. “In 2013, the district offered us two more greenhouses and a year later, after realizing that we were managing them well, they supported us to put up three more greenhouses on the same site,” says Umugwaneza.
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AWARD has opened my eyes wider—there are some opportunities that came our way that we did not exploit.