From Rotten Tomatoes to AI: Ugandan Commonwealth Youth Award Winner Takes Aim at Hunger Across Africa By Kizito Makoye Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

From Rotten Tomatoes to AI: Ugandan Commonwealth Youth Award Winner Takes Aim at Hunger Across Africa By Kizito Makoye Shifra Ainomugisha from Uganda is the 2026 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year. Her award was announced at the 2026 Commonwealth Youth Awards ceremony in London, where she was also named the Africa Regional Winner. GeographicReference LONDON & DAR ES SALAAM, Jun 25 2026 (IPS) - Before anyone called her an innovator, before artificial intelligence entered the conversation, before solar-powered cold rooms, before the language of sustainable development, Shifra Ainomugisha knew food loss in its painful form. At dawn, she would grab a bucket and walk into rows of tomato plants on her family’s farm in Western Uganda to collect what had already been lost. https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/06/from-rotten-tomatoes-to-ai-ugandan-commonwealth-youth-award-winner-takes-aim-at-hunger-across-africa/ Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -