Women’s Enterprise

Creating New Recipes for Health and Hope: Tiger nut and Coconut Milk Yoghurt

Creating New Recipes for Health and Hope: Tiger nut and Coconut Milk Yoghurt

At Ripples Nigeria, we believe that every child deserves a healthy start, no matter where they’re born or what’s on the family’s table. That’s why we’re excited to share a simple, affordable, and highly nutritious recipe that any mother can prepare using ingredients found in many local markets.  Introducing: Tiger – nut and Coconut Milk Yoghurt –

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Soup Blend, and No Nut Suya Spice Blend

Introducing Jollof Rice Spice blend, Pepper Soup blend, and No Nut Suya Spice blend

Ripples in Africa is excited to introduce a FRESH RANGE of spice blends to the market through Yaji Spice. We’re proud to roll out our latest offerings: Jollof Rice Spice Blend, Pepper Soup Blend, Suya Blend and our Nut-Free Suya Spice Blend. Each blend delivers a distinct burst of flavor designed to delight every palate,

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From Seed to Harvest: How Ripples in Africa Trains Women in Organic Agriculture

From Seed to Harvest: How Ripples in Africa Trains Women in Organic Agriculture

What sets Ripples in Africa apart is its work with women farmers in West Africa as they grow and care for harvests in a sustainable way. These women farmers care for the land using organic farming techniques. But what exactly is organic farming? In this blog post, we’ll explore what organic farming is, how crop

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Agroforestry: How Ripples Women Are Protecting The Soil in Nigeria and Ghana

Agroforestry: How Ripples Women Are Protecting The Soil in Nigeria and Ghana

In Ghana, Ripples women stakeholder farmers are reintroducing centuries-old principles of agroforestry to plant 50,000 Shea trees, and 2000 Cashew trees, while farmers in Nigeria have over 50,000 acres of Cashew. This regenerative form of agroforestry mimics nature in a holistic system that unites trees, crops and plants with livestock to create a “self-sustaining production

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Shea Butter Scaling: business to access more women and more markets: The Ripples approach

UN Provides seed money for Ripples Shea Butter Organic and Fair Trade Certification

Organic and Fair Trade certification for shea butter opens doors to new markets and increase wages by 3 to 4 times. But the upfront investment can be out of reach for smallholder farmers. Thanks to UN funding that gap was closed in 2021. The initial seed investment to cover year one of certification was provided

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Shea Butter Scaling: business to access more women and more markets: The Ripples approach

Shea Butter Enterprise: Launching & Scaling a Women-Run Business in Rural Ghana

2011 Production by Hand 2018 Production by Machine In 2011 Ripples launched a Shea Butter enterprise in rural Ghana.  The global demand for Shea Butter paired with the existing skills of the local women made it a logical product choice.  Ripples trained the women on grading and classifying Shea Butter, and how to produce and

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