Ayisha Fuseini
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]
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
[edit]Ayisha is a divorced mother of three.[12]
Education
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "ASHEBA ENTERPRISE". FLEDGE. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ "Home". Asheba Shea Butter. Archived from the original on 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- ^ a b c Graphic Business, Ayisha Fuseini: The 'Shea' strength of Asheba Enterprise by Elikem Kuenyehia (Monday, April 30, 2018) [1] Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 19 April 2019); archived and reproduced [in] Invest In Africa (IIA) official website, [2] Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
- ^ a b c Graphic Business, Ayisha Fuseini: The 'Shea' strength of Asheba Enterprise by Elikem Kuenyehia (Monday, April 30, 2018) [3] Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
- ^ El País, Buscaban empresas innovadoras y encontraron un filón by Carlos Bajo (20 March 2019), [4] (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
- ^ "MTN Heroes of Change: Ayisha Fuseini empowers shea butter processers". B&FT Online. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Going Places: Girls' Education in Ghana". Al Jazeera. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ News Ghana, MTN Heroes of change brief on 10 Finalists (April 3, 2018) [5] (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
- ^ a b 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, [6] (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
- ^ "Ayisha, Shea Butter Entrepreneur". CAMFED. 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ Elikem Nutifafa Kuenyehia. "International Women's Day 2019: Celebrating Ghanaian Women Entrepreneurs".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "La convivencia de cuatro esposas y un marido es difícil". La Vanguardia. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ a b Graphic Online News, Invest in Africa to celebrate high-performing SMEs at 2nd SME Excellence Awards (January 26, 2019) [7] (Retrieved 19 April 2019)