Fighting Food Waste in Uganda

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast · Jul 4, 2026 · 7m

Shifra Ainomugisha grew up on a tomato farm in western Uganda and saw first hand the enormous amount of food waste that kept her family in poverty. Now she runs a social enterprise which uses centralised cold storage facilities powered by solar energy to improve farmer's yield and their profits. Guest: Shifra Ainomugisha, founder and CEO of Solafam, and 2026 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year.