Biography: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
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
References
- ↑ "ASHEBA ENTERPRISE". https://fledge.co/fledgling/asheba/.
- ↑ "Home" (in en-US). https://www.ashebasheabutter.com/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Graphic Business, Ayisha Fuseini: The 'Shea' strength of Asheba Enterprise by Elikem Kuenyehia (Monday, April 30, 2018) [1] (Retrieved 19 April 2019); archived and reproduced [in] Invest In Africa (IIA) official website, [2] (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Graphic Business, Ayisha Fuseini: The 'Shea' strength of Asheba Enterprise by Elikem Kuenyehia (Monday, April 30, 2018) [3] (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". 29 March 2018. https://thebftonline.com/2018/business/companies/mtn-heroes-of-change-ayisha-fuseini-empowers-shea-butter-processers/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Going Places: Girls' Education in Ghana". 31 October 2015. https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/women-make-change/2015/09/places-girls-education-ghana-150922132906690.html.
- ↑ News Ghana, MTN Heroes of change brief on 10 Finalists (April 3, 2018) [5] (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
- ↑ 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" (in en). 2023-10-24. https://camfed.org/us/ayisha/.
- ↑ Elikem Nutifafa Kuenyehia. "International Women's Day 2019: Celebrating Ghanaian Women Entrepreneurs". https://medium.com/@elikemkuenyehia/international-womens-day-2019-celebrating-ghanaian-women-entrepreneurs-b27978fe0d07.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "La convivencia de cuatro esposas y un marido es difícil". 2019-02-07. https://www.lavanguardia.com/lacontra/20190207/46274445226/la-convivencia-de-cuatro-esposas-y-un-marido-es-dificil.html.
- ↑ Graphic Online News, Invest in Africa to celebrate high-performing SMEs at 2nd SME Excellence Awards (January 26, 2019) [7] (Retrieved 19 April 2019)
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