- Mary Kay Inc., a global beauty brand and advocate for women’s empowerment, is excited to announce its membership in the Global Shea Alliance (GSA), a .
Mary Kay Inc. a global beauty brand and advocate for womens empowerment is excited to announce its membership in the Global Shea Alliance GSA a nonprofit industry association that designs develops and delivers strategies that drive a competitive and sustainable shea industry worldwide.
DALLAS (BUSINESS WIRE) Mary Kay Inc., a global beauty brand and advocate for women’s empowerment, is excited to announce its membership in the Global Shea Alliance (GSA), a non-profit industry
Togo’s shea industry, though on an upward growth trajectory, could still use a boost.
A 2017 study by LMC International for the Global Shea Alliance (GSA) ranks Togo as the 7
th largest shea producing country, with 5% of the West African shea export market. Annually, the Togolese shea sector produces between 20,000 to 25,000 tons of kernels per year. However, stakeholders believe this could be scaled up considerably.
One of those stakeholders is the Lomé-based Nouvelle Industrie des Oleagineux du Togo (NIOTO), a private sector agro-industrial business that produces butter from shea kernels. NIOTO has partnered with the local NGO Action et Gestion des Insuffisances et Initiatives Rurale (AGIR), which focuses on sustainable development, to implement specific shea-related activities in relevant regions across Togo. The partnership will build five warehouses and strengthen the business knowledge of 4,000 women, with the expectation that those women will then be able to produce and