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.

Set up in 1990 to teach women to read and write, it is now essentially dedicated to shea butter production. As of its last count it had 1 174 members, 60 of them living in urban Gounghin, the ...

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A woman cooks the shea nut paste to extract the oil, which will be used to make Karite butter. AFP According to the Global Shea Alliance, 16 million Africans living in the region from Senegal to South ...

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 ...

Shea Network Ghana Ghana’s shea industry has a rich history. Shea – , , in some west African languages – is deeply embedded in the culture and tradition of the country’s northern regions.

Deforestation and competition from bigger companies are threatening the livelihoods of women shea butter-makers in Ghana.

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.