About Us
Our Mission
What we commit to every day, for our customers, our partners and the communities behind our shea.
Mission Statement
Quality products. Empowered communities.
To provide customers with affordable, high-quality, natural personal care products made with certified organic shea butter, while helping to lift indigenous women out of poverty.
How We Deliver
Our commitments in practice.
- 01Affordable, high-quality careNatural bath, body and hair care at prices that people in Ghana and around the world can afford, without compromising on quality.
- 02Certified organic sheaEvery product starts with premium unrefined shea butter that is certified organic and traceable to its source.
- 03Women lifted out of povertyTraining, premium prices and savings groups that help indigenous women build secure livelihoods.
- 04A fair, transparent supply chainWe apply fair trade principles to labour, environmental and development standards from nut picking to the shelf.
Our Values
The principles behind every decision.
- 01EquityWe believe in equity throughout the entire shea value chain. Everyone deserves good working conditions and fair compensation, from the women who pick shea to the customers who use it.
- 02SustainabilityWe protect shea trees, harvest with organic methods and teach improved processing techniques so that the industry endures for generations.
- 03EmpowermentWe partner with women to break the cycle of rural poverty in northern Ghana, offering technical skills, market access and premium prices for organic nuts.
- 04QualityFrom clean village processing facilities to finished products, we invest in research and test with leading certification bodies to meet international standards.
Women at the heart. Women are the core beneficiaries of SeKaf’s social impact and the heart of its business. We train them in organic harvesting and processing, pay a premium for their nuts and support savings groups that now include 1,458 women.