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Shea Butter, Women’s Empowerment, and Fair Trade

Shea Butter, Women’s Empowerment, and Fair Trade

FromInto Africa


Shea Butter, Women’s Empowerment, and Fair Trade

FromInto Africa

ratings:
Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Rahama Wright, founder of social enterprise Shea Yeleen, speaks with Mvemba about all things entrepreneurship. They discuss Rahama’s journey from Peace Corps volunteer in Mali to the founder of a growing beauty company that sources key ingredients from the African continent. Rahama describes her philosophy around empowering both shea-producing African women and U.S.-based workers, and sheds light on her identity as a member of the African diaspora.
Released:
Apr 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Fearless music activists. Savvy tech entrepreneurs. Social disrupters. Into Africa shatters the narratives that dominate U.S. perceptions of Africa. Host Judd Devermont, Africa program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., sits down with policymakers, journalists, academics and other trailblazers in African affairs to shine a spotlight on the faces spearheading cultural, political, and economic change on the continent.