Ghanaian traders and producers are being encouraged to capitalise on growing demand for local products in Southern Africa, with Zambia positioned as a strategic gateway to the wider regional market.

Anthropologists have pushed back the history of harvesting shea trees in West Africa by more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. Oil from the trees' nuts is used for cooking by local ...

Every household should have a container of Shea butter either on your dressing table or in your medicine cabinet for minor skin injuries. Shea butter is a fat extracted from the nut of the African ...

Shea butter makes for an excellent body lotion, particularly for dry skin. Its high-fat content helps lock in moisture, keeping the skin hydrated all day long. To use it as a body lotion, simply warm ...

Shea butter has become a highly sought-after ingredient in cosmetics and food manufacturing worldwide. Since the early 2000s its use as a substitute for cocoa butter has driven a dramatic rise in ...

DURHAM, N.H.— The shea tree is a vital social and economic crop that is best known for the popular product shea butter—a multimillion-dollar ingredient used in cosmetics, personal care products, ...

The fruit of the shea tree has long been considered sacred by many in Western Africa because of its myriad health benefits. But now growing demand among Western consumers for the fruit, known as ...

No fewer than 21 African countries are expected to raise $65.5 million from public and private sources to support Shea Parkland Restoration Fund (PRF), an official said. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice ...

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EUGENE, Ore. -- University of Oregon anthropologists have pushed back the history of harvesting shea trees in West Africa by more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. Evidence for ...