The Shea Butter Experts

Expanding Global Market for African Shea

Posted on 13. May, 2010 by funlayo.

0

African Shea producers and marketers maintaining a presence at the New York Cosmetic Scientist Suppliers (NYSCC) Day

Local Technologies Boost Shea Butter Production

Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by funlayo.

0

The most successful technologies in rural production should be easy to use and not require large amounts of electricity, water or fuel to function.

One of the main focal points of Global Shea 2010 in Bamako, Mali was to discuss the branding of Africa Shea and to form an alliance of the Shea butter stakeholders to better promote this brand. The goal is to bring more visibility to the use and sources of Shea butter anywhere it is used.

Continue Reading

Focus on Mali – Shea Butter Cooperative in Djiola Targets Regional Markets

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by funlayo.

4

Regional demand for shea in West Africa can provide market for women producers. Djiola cooperative focuses current production to meet the needs of the local market

Continue Reading

Rural women process and sell shea butter / Radio Scripts / Farm Radio International

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by funlayo.

0

Rural women – who are the people most affected by poverty – lead the efforts to process shea nuts into shea butter. When women sell shea butter in the marketplace, the income allows them to support their families.

Continue Reading

Burkina Faso’s shea butter producers go online — International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)

Posted on 13. Feb, 2010 by funlayo.

0

Excerpt taken from:Burkina Faso’s shea butter producers go online — International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD).
The Song-Taaba Yalgré organisation represents the interests of Burkina Faso’s shea butter producers, most of whom are rural women, by helping them to improve production and boost sales. Song-Taaba Yalgré itself is based in Ouagadougou, but most of its [...]

Continue Reading

DEVELOPMENT-GHANA: Women Ideal Shea Butter Producers – IPS ipsnews.net

Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by funlayo.

1

The cooperative, known as the Ideal Woman Shea Butter Producers and Pickers Association is the product of a poverty eradication initiative for rural women in Northern Ghana. The initiative is backed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Japanese government under the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). TICAD is a global framework for collaboration between Asia and Africa to promote economic development in Africa.

Continue Reading

Nigeria finally gets serious about Shea Butter trade

Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by funlayo.

1

Post taken from West African Trade Hub
West Africa Trade Hub – Conference connects the industry – and business does the rest.
On a recent sunny afternoon in Minna, Nigeria, Thompson Ogunsanmi had a list of new developments in the area’s shea sector to share. It was a long list.
Activity in the shea business has increased rapidly [...]

Continue Reading

Global Shea 2010 – Bamako, Mali

Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by funlayo.

0

On March 16 in Bamako, Mali, the most important shea industry event of the year will get underway. Global Shea 2010 will bring together every aspect of the shea industry.

Continue Reading

Can shea nuts help the women of Mali – Africa News blog | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters

Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by funlayo.

2

Elisee Sidibe, the group’s Permanent Secretary, says shea butter is an excellent way to fight poverty in rural Mali. “So if the government and its partners support the shea industry and help position it on the international market, then we could dramatically reduce poverty among women in rural areas.”