
Larry Tweed
Larry Tweed is an international development consultant with over 13 years of experience leading teams in Africa and Asia.
In 2014, he led one of Africa’s largest ever pilot projects in Nigeria. The innovative project utilized digital wallets and a network of 250 staff to assist 500,000 farmers to buy subsidized seeds and fertilizers in a transparent, traceable manner from private sector agro-dealers.
Larry currently lives in Kazakhstan where he serves as a Market Systems Advisor on USAID’s Competitiveness, Trade and Jobs (CTJ) project in Central Asia, which includes the partnership project with CILT covering learning and development activities through CILT Kazakhstan.
Larry obtained his B.A. degree in Philosophy from Saint Olaf College in 1997 and his law degree from William Mitchell College of Law in 2002. After law school, Larry worked as an attorney in Minnesota before volunteering for the Peace Corps in Osh, Kyrgyzstan from 2004-2006.