Rose Nabasirye Shapes Meals, Shapes Lives

The story highlights Rose Nabasirye, a vegetable vendor in Uganda with over twenty years of experience in the informal food economy, who uses her market stall as an informal classroom to promote healthy eating. Through daily interactions, she guides customers on dietary diversity, taste, and simple recipes, helping transform vegetables into an accessible and creative part of their daily meals. Her involvement with GAIN’s Fit Foods initiative has further enhanced her stall's visibility and credibility, demonstrating how market vendors serve as essential, trusted frontline influencers in improving community nutrition outcomes.

Jamada Nduga, The Supplier Behind Every Fresh Plate

As a vital bridge in Uganda’s local food system, supplier Jamada Nduga travels across rural villages to scout fresh, safe, and chemical-free produce directly from smallholder farmers. By connecting hardworking growers with market vendors through initiatives like GAIN's Fit Foods project, Jamada ensures fair market access for farmers and reliable, high-quality inventory for sellers while playing an essential upstream role in elevating community diets, food safety, and household livelihoods—one fresh vegetable at a time.

How A Market Stall Became A Wellness Classroom

This story highlights Rehema Nakamya, a long-time vendor at Wakiso Central Daily Market in Uganda, who uses her stall as an educational platform to promote community health and nutrition through the Vegetables For All project. Over fifteen years of market changes, Rehema adapted her business to sell both traditional local greens (nakati, dodo, buga) and exotic varieties (spinach, lettuce), while actively teaching customers how to properly wash, prepare, and incorporate leafy vegetables into their daily diets. By building trust and sharing practical advice on disease prevention and healthy habits, she transforms the simple act of selling produce into a powerful tool for shaping better diets and long-term community well-being.

Gender Analysis of Food Systems Policies:Supporting gender responsive policies and policy development processes in Nigeria.

- 22/12/2025

Nigeria’s food systems are critical for national development, yet women face deep-seated gender inequalities that restrict their participation, productivity, and access to resources, significantly hindering overall food security. Achieving a resilient and equitable food system requires moving beyond genderneutral rhetoric towards intentional policy shifts, fostering inclusive governance, and investing in gender equity across the entire food system. Prioritise equitable access to productive resources, strengthen women’s leadership in decision-making, enhance gender-disaggregated data systems, and champion community-led social norm change to build a sustainable food system where no one is left behind.

Belensesses Market — A Photo Story

In the heart of Nampula, an old market is shifting into something new and so are the lives within it. What began as an ordinary field visit became an unexpected turning point, captured through a lens that witnessed far more than change in bricks and sand. This photo story follows that quiet transformation: the people who have waited for it, the place that needed it, and the question that emerged and only later found its answer.

Community of Practice: Bringing together entrepreneurs for better food systems in Nigeria

Community of Practice: Bringing together entrepreneurs for better food systems in Nigeria As the world marks Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025 under the theme “Together We Build,” the SUN Business Network (SBN) Nigeria is taking a bold step toward strengthening collaboration among entrepreneurs driving change in the food system. With the recent launch of its website and Community of Practice, SBN Nigeria is creating a vibrant space where nutrition-focused businesses can learn, connect, and grow together. This milestone represents more than a digital achievement, it’s a movement toward building a community where shared ideas fuel innovation, partnerships inspire action, and entrepreneurs collectively shape a healthier, more resilient food system for Nigeria.

From sand to solar tent

Moma, Mozambique – When Islova Alberto Aly decided to venture into fish drying, her primary aim was to generate an income to support her children's education. Little did she know that her traditional fish drying methods—spreading fish on the ground by the Mucoroge beach, exposed to sand, dust, sun, and bacteria—would harm her community.

Incofin and GAIN expand nutrition-focused investments in East Africa’s dairy sector

Incofin Investment Management and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), through the fund ‘Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F)’, announce two new investments in East Africa’s dairy sector: Mujuni Ventures Limited in Uganda and Narumoro Dairy in Kenya. These investments will improve access to nutritious foods for underserved populations, while strengthening local food systems and supporting smallholder farmers. With these additions, the Fund now counts ten active investments across Sub-Saharan Africa.