Shea Business Empowerment
Status
active
Period
Jan 2022- Dec 2024
Target Impact
In partnership with GSA, the three-year program is a USD 5.74 million commitment from the Foundation to empower cooperatives and SMEs in the shea value chain in Northern Ghana with business coaching and entrepreneurial skills support. To do this, the Global Shea Alliance is working alongside sub-partners including Advans Ghana, Women for Change, Agrocenta, the Softribe, and other sustainability partners. This support is helping to facilitate access to capital and markets, to transform ad-hoc informal operators into well-structured small cooperatives and leverage digital technologies for traceability and market linkages.
Impact to Date
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The use of tricycles has increased kernel collection, resulting in an increase in productivity and in volumes of shea products.
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11,000
11,000 pieces of health and safety equipment, enabling more kernels to be collected.
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24,498
24,498 women cooperatives have broadened their knowledge by receiving pricing information and training on best practices of processing and can now negotiate for higher prices with private buyers.
