KAL AWINYA, Uganda – In rural Uganda, 34-year-old Adong Betty from Kal Awinya village shares how shea nuts sustain her family and community. Her own childhood was marked by active participation ...

Caption University of Oregon-led research in Burkina Faso has found a long history of using nuts from the shea tree. The oil from the nuts provides the primary cooking oil in the region, and it ...

As Ghana strives to achieve sustainable development and economic growth, I must prioritise the needs of marginalised communities, particularly women in the shea nut industry. The northern region ...

But in East Africa, a different variety of shea nut grows, called nilotica. It's easier to spread and absorbs quickly into the skin, which makes it more desirable in cosmetics. In Uganda ...

Shea nuts can be made into body butter and soap. When there is sickness, I use the money [from selling shea butter] to pay for treatment. When school starts, I pay school fees with it.