If your skin or hair is feeling or looking dull and parched, shea butter can help bring it back to life. "As an emollient, shea butter locks in moisture to your skin and prevents transepidermal water ...

According to experts, over 16 million women are involved in the processing of shea butter across the sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 1.84 billion shea trees.

Off a dirt track in the ochre-coloured shanty-town of Gounghin, on the edge of the sprawling capital of Burkina Faso, Evelyne Kabole and Honorine Ilboudo hauled heavy buckets of water and kneaded shea ...

Niagale Camara places nuts into a basin, working with her colleagues at a cooperative near Bamako, Mali, to transform the fruit into a highly prized vegetable oil: shea butter. Shea, a tree indigenous ...

3. Promotes Hair Growth. Shea butter’s rich nutrients, including vitamins A and E, help boost the overall health of the scalp and hair. It can stimulate hair follicles, encouraging hair growth ...

Similarly, a shea butter extractor earned Gh₵ 1.92 (8 cents) while a middleman earned Gh₵ 63.42 (US$6) on a 25kg box of shea butter. This is aptly captured in an interview: ...

Women in Ghana have been turning shea nuts into butter for centuries. People across Africa have used it for skin and hair care, food, and medicine for at least 700 years.

Shea butter is obtained from the nuts of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa), native to West Africa. It is traditionally harvested and processed by women, making it a vital economic resource for ...

But the women in the cooperative of producers of shea butter at the rural community of Siby, despite having set up in 2003, are struggling to profit from this windfall. There are nearly 1,000 ...