The Upper West regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has stated that Shea butter from the region is not contaminated as reported in the media circles. The comment from the FDA comes after a section of the media reported that Shea butter from two communities in the Wa Municipality, Kperisi and Gulli … Read more
Farmers and women groups engaged in the shea butter and groundnut business in the Upper West Region say they have lost about GH¢5 million in revenue after their produce was downgraded on the international market for containing traces of a chemical called pirimiphos-Methyl. The chemical, they alleged, was being used by AngloGold Ashanti Malaria Control … Read more
Dealers in shea butter say they smell a boom in business next month as the harmattan has started. They said, the rise in patronage of shea butter popularly known as “nkuto” occured during every harmattan season, which made it logical to make the prediction. This was revealed by a survey conducted by the Ghana News … Read more
Dealers in shea butter sales say they smell a boom in business next month as the harmattan has started. They said, the rise in patronage of shea butter popular known as “nkuto” occured during every harmattan season, which made it logical to make the prediction. This was revealed by a survey conducted by the Ghana … Read more
Mansuki Ghana Limited (MGL), a natural cosmetics manufacturing, packaging, trading and service entity, has developed over 20 ranges of value added cosmetics out of Shea butter. The products, classified into three categories; soap, lotion and hair products, include coconut oil and Shea butter natural hair food, pure body Shea butter lotion, Shea butter black soap … Read more
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Global Shea Alliance (GSA), a network of local and international actors in the shea industry, has injected a US$13 million to boost the sector. The package is meant for the implementation of a five-year project, dubbed: “GSA Sustainable Shea Initiative” which is expected … Read more
President of Upper East Regional House of Chiefs Naba Sigri Bewong, who is also a board member of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), has charged government to separate the Shea Butter Board from the Ghana Cocoa Board. The Paramount Chief of Sekoti explained that the merger between the two boards is hampering holistic growth … Read more
Export earnings from shea butter products last year reached US$64 million, up from US$52 million in 2014, a 23 percent growth over the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA). In 2014, the sector recorded a growth rate of about 100 percent in export earnings when it increased … Read more
Export earnings from shea butter products last year reached US$64 million, up from US$52 million in 2014, a 23 percent growth over the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA). In 2014, the sector recorded a growth rate of about 100 percent in export earnings when it increased … Read more