2005
- 2005
Ripples UK opens, serving London’s African refugee community
Ripples works within the refugee community to provide access to support services, particularly for women and families. Ripples also contracts with the local government to deliver multicultural programs in schools and cultural sensitivity training to law enforcement.
- 2011
Ripples expands to Ghana and Nigeria, serving women entrepreneurs
Ripples begins piloting business models with 1,100 women in Ghana and 2,200 in Nigeria.
- 2013 - 2018
Ripples Ghana centralizes and scales operations around Shea Butter
- Production centers and warehouses are built
- Kneading machines replace manual labor
- Fair trade and organic certification open up global markets
- 8,600 women and 43,000 children served by 2018
- 2013 - 2018
Ripples Nigeria Scales Across Multiple Business Sectors
- Internship program begins, delivering expertise in business and farming to women.
- Irrigation is added farms, expanding annual harvests from 1 to 4.
- Partnership with Nigerian port authority drives scale.
- 17,200 women and 72,800 children served by 2018.
- 2014
Ripples expands to Madagascar
Ripples expands to Madagascar centering operations around beekeeping, spices and smallholder farming.
- 2017 - 2020
Ripples Nigeria is disrupted by regional instability
Boka Haram raids on northern villages force ⅓ of Ripples smallholder farmers (1,000) to abandon their land.
- 2018
Ripples Headquarters relocates to USA
Political landscape in Britain (“Brexit”) closed off primary donor base.
- 2022
Ripples Farm Nigeria rebuilds around spices
Bokaraham Widows Have Reason To Return To Their Farms And Earn Income - 2022
Ripples Ghana pilots smallholder farming
- 50,000 shea and cashew trees planted
- Ripples Ghana scales to 9,100 women
2023