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UVA students help alum to grow her small business Photo courtesy Northshea (Source: WVIR) By Andrew Webb | April 13, 2021 at 9:04 AM EDT - Updated April 13 at 9:04 AM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A 2018 University of Virginia alumâs small business is giving back to her Ghanaian roots, with the help of some current UVA students.
Charity Dinko founded Northshea, a shea butter business, that provides a living wage to women in Ghana.
Dinko says the UVA students have been vital to her companyâs recent success. Her company is working with UVA entrepreneurial consulting group, Enactus. The group was able to get Northshea products in its first store in Charlottesville.