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.

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Ghana is one of the largest exporters of shea nuts and shea butter in the world, and women traditionally play a central role in every part of the value chain. Across Africa, about 16 million women ...

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 ...

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 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.

The majority of participants are women, as they traditionally play a central role in every part of the value chain, from harvesting shea nuts to producing shea butter.

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.

Ghana's shea industry has a rich history. Shea – nkuto, karite, galam in some west African languages – is deeply embedded in the culture and traditi ...