What New Shea Butter Processing Facility Will Mean For Women Empowerment
Oyo state is known all over Nigeria as a major Shea butter producing state, and its processors are mainly women — middle-aged, married, and with no formal education. A project like the Climate Smart Shea Processing facility funded by The Coca-Cola Foundation and implemented by The Initiative for Gender Empowerment and Creativity (IGEC) will go a long way to ensure financial inclusion, employment opportunities within the production ecosystem and also the smooth production of a natural hair/skincare product that is native to Nigerians, thus boosting economic growth.
The Climate Smart Shea Processing project is one of the eight initiatives approved for grants by the Coca-Cola Foundation in March 2021. The grant is one of the ways through which the Coca-Cola System is staying committed to its promise of enhancing communities and improving economic opportunities for Nigerian communities especially rural women and youths.
With a focus on poverty alleviation through economic empowerment in less privileged communities, the Initiative for Gender Empowerment and Creativity (IGEC) is committed to a vision of equal opportunities and empowerment for Nigerian women and youths.
“The dream to provide support to women all over Nigeria, who make a living through trading in the Shea butter value chain, has been a long time coming. After series of applications to various potential partners, we finally found a believing partner in the Coca-Cola Foundation, through whose support, we are able, finally to make a difference in the lives of our women. This is just the beginning!”
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