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NORTHERN GHANA SHEA ENTERPRISE (NGS)

The inclusive business experience BY: Juliette Lampoh International conference: The Practice of new business models in West Africa Abidjan 2018

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Outline

• Description of the inclusive business
• Results and socio-economic impact
• Challenges
• lessons

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Introduction

• NGS – A social enterprise with focus on

economic empowerment, social & environmental viability.

• NGS seeks to provide sustainable avenue for

wealth creation & employment to rural women through processing, purchase and marketing of high quality shea butter and shea nuts from local women shea nuts pickers.

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Location – operational area

• Ghana, Upper West Region
• Shea butter production: 4 communities
• Supply of Shea nuts – 16 communities

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Purpose

• Inclusive business viability
• For NGS
• For the participants/clients
• Increased income for rural women

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What we do

• Production & market linkage

Shea butter production, purchase and sales Market search and intermediation for fair prices

• Investment support for butter production
• Conservation for sustainable shea

commercialization & climate change mitigation

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Key Results

Production & Market linkage

• Number of customers = 10

Year Quantity of butter sold (MT) Value of butter sold (Ghc) USD

2014 20.625 69,760.00 14,842 2015 40.525 244,627.50 52,048 2016 22.00 111,350.00 23,691 2017 65.953 279,367.50 59,440 2018 185.825 833,995.00 177,447 Total 334.928 1,539,100.00 327,468 >8x

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NGS &Women socio-economic empowerment

• Employment generation for 436 women processors
• Access to independent income by more than 1,200

women (incl. 777 nut pickers)

• 2017/18 women nut pickers made av.GHC1,633

(~US$347) per woman in additional income

• Beneficiaries have multiple income avenues – labour,

sale of nuts, profit from butter sales

• women investing in key assets e.g. building

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Examples of social Impact

Women contributing to community development

A Shed constructed and donated by Kperisi Women Group to the community clinic. Chairs donated by Naro Women Group to the community.

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Examples of social Impact

• A producer in Kperisi

who is in the process of building a house through increased income from shea butter production.

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Socio-political impact Self organized women group advocating for conservation shea tree.

Women Group in Naro appealing to traditional authorities to help conserve shea trees. Women group in Naro on a street match to campaign against felling of shea trees

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Challenges

• Difficult intermediating between a very demanding

market and a not so sophisticated supplier/clientele base

• Funding the initial development phase
• Aligning the perception, orienting and buy-in of all

key stakeholders

• Slow & learning process. 4years to hit 20MT/month

target

• Challenging external environment – very sharp raw

nut price increases, macro-economic context

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Lessons

• You may not have all the control but you make

more impact

• Be deliberate in the choice of business/sector

suitable for your ultimate goal/target e.g. women, youth etc.

• Allow time for growth; be measured in your

expectations of financial returns in early years

• Need for patient capital

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