An curved arrow pointing right. When you hear "shea butter," you probably think of the West African kind. But in East Africa, a different variety of shea nut grows, called nilotica. It's easier to ...

it's been used in East and West Africa for centuries. Shea butter is a fat derived from the shea kernel of the African shea tree. Pure shea butter is ivory in color and is unrefined and raw ...

Farther south in Uganda, Akello pounds and grinds nuts by hand to make silky, luxurious East African shea butter. Across Africa, small businesses and artisans are making some of the world's most ...

announced $51 million in cuts from the U.S. African Development Foundation, which included hundreds of thousands of dollars for marketing shea butter and pineapple juice, as well as mango drying ...

The ingredient has been utilised in West Africa for centuries, thanks to its long list of benefits, covering everything from skincare and hair to cooking and healing. “Shea butter is a solid fat ...

DOGE announced $51 million in cuts form the U.S. African Development Foundation that was going toward things like shea butter ...