Ayisha Fuseini

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Ayisha Fuseini is a Ghanaian social entrepreneur. Fuseini is the founder and CEO of a company called Asheba Enterprise, registered in 2013 in Ghana, [1] [2] working with over 600 women in rural communities in Tamale; Northern region. [3] [4] [5] She established a processing center that reduces the workload of the women she works with. Her enterprise also provides financial services to support women in the Shea business. [6] [7] [8] [3] [4] Her company produces beauty products such as soap, body creams and other products using high quality shea butter. She is also a supplier of shea butter to The Body Shop chain. [9] [7]

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As part of her venture into entrepreneurship, she joined the CAMFED Association of Young Women Leaders. This opened many opportunities, including training her to be a peer educator. Using the knowledge she gained during the program, she organized and trained 70 women to gather and process shea nuts into butter. [10] She trains women groups on improved production methods that fetch high prices for higher quality butter. [11]

Personal life

Ayisha is a divorced mother of three. [12]

Education

She holds a Diploma in Business Administration and was recognized as an investment business programmer by Invest in Africa's (IIA) Business Linkage Programme (BLP) in 2016. [12] [13]

Awards

She won two Invest in Africa awards in January 2018: Female Entrepreneur of the Year (2018) [9] [3] [4] and Business Innovation of the Year. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "ASHEBA ENTERPRISE". FLEDGE. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Home". Asheba Shea Butter. Archived from the original on 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  3. 1 2 3 Graphic Business, Ayisha Fuseini: The 'Shea' strength of Asheba Enterprise by Elikem Kuenyehia (Monday, April 30, 2018) Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 19 April 2019); archived and reproduced [in] Invest In Africa (IIA) official website, Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
  4. 1 2 3 Graphic Business, Ayisha Fuseini: The 'Shea' strength of Asheba Enterprise by Elikem Kuenyehia (Monday, April 30, 2018) Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
  5. ↑ El País, Buscaban empresas innovadoras y encontraron un filón by Carlos Bajo (20 March 2019), (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
  6. ↑ "MTN Heroes of Change: Ayisha Fuseini empowers shea butter processers". B&FT Online. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Going Places: Girls' Education in Ghana". Al Jazeera . 31 October 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  8. ↑ News Ghana, MTN Heroes of change brief on 10 Finalists (April 3, 2018) (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
  9. 1 2 Global Cosmetics News, THE BODY SHOP SHEA BUTTER SUPPLIER AYISHA FUSEINI NAMED FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AT THE INVEST IN AFRICA AWARDS by Georgina Caldwell, February 23, 2018, (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
  10. ↑ "Ayisha, Shea Butter Entrepreneur". CAMFED. 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  11. ↑ Elikem Nutifafa Kuenyehia. "International Women's Day 2019: Celebrating Ghanaian Women Entrepreneurs".
  12. 1 2 "La convivencia de cuatro esposas y un marido es difícil". La Vanguardia. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  13. 1 2 Graphic Online News, Invest in Africa to celebrate high-performing SMEs at 2nd SME Excellence Awards (January 26, 2019) (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
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