Dania Nallbani

Tama Cosmetics

Mission Statement
We are on a mission to provide our customers with affordable, high-quality, natural
personal care products which are made with certified organic and fair trade shea butter
while helping to lift indigenous women out of poverty.

Vision statement
SeKaf aspires to become Africaʼs largest manufacturer of certified organic and fair trade
shea butter-based bath and beauty products that uses world-class system of
processing, packaging, quality control and logistics.

ethics , social responsibility and sustainability

Sustainability- We believe in sustainability of the environment and for our business. We

aim to protect and preserve shea trees, harvest shea fruits with organic,
environmentally friendly methods, and educate women and others on improved
methods for shea processing. By sharing our advices and collaborating with other
industry members, we promote sustainable solutions to meet the world’s growing
demand for shea.

Equality- We believe in equity throughout the entire shea value chain, and that everyone
deserves to work in good conditions and be compensated fairly. We treat all of our
stakeholders - our shea pickers, shea butter processors, employees, and customers-
with respect and dignity.

Empowerment- We believe in partnering with women to break the cycle of rural poverty
in northern Ghana. Women are a crucial, yet undervalued link in the shea supply chain.
By providing them with technical and life skills, increasing market access, and paying a
premium on quality, organic nuts, we create sustainable income-generating solutions to
empower women in their businesses and their lives.

Social Impact
Women are the core beneficiaries of SeKaf’s social impact and the heart of its business.

We focus on securing sustainable livelihoods (economic opportunities) for poor, rural

women by integrating them into an ethical and sustainable shea supply chain. We train
them in organic shea harvesting and high-yield shea butter processing, paying them a
premium for their nuts and services. Now we are also piloting programmes to ensure
that they achieve the maximum benefit from their activities through additional education
in financial literacy and life skills.

Our impact doesn’t stop there. From field to consumer, SeKaf impacts the entire shea
value chain: securing rural livelihoods, growing the local economy and providing
locally-made, high-quality, shea-based bath and beauty products to Ghana and the
world.

Our Impact Philosophy

As a social enterprise in the shea industry, we focus equally and depend on people, the
planet and profit. Our business cannot grow sustainably without supporting the women
or protecting the shea trees and nuts they harvest. SeKaf uses this philosophy to
ensure profitability for the entire shea value chain and all of our stakeholders.

Village Savings and Loans Association

The Village Savings & Loans Associations are community groups that allow women to
save on a weekly basis and have access to credit. Through these groups, they are able
to save the premium SeKaf pays them for their organic nuts, access loans for school
fees, grow their own businesses and cope with emergencies. SeKaf uses these groups
to provide education in financial literacy which gives the women greater financial
independence, empowering them in their households and communities.

SeKaf has piloted this program with the women who process shea butter at our Shea
Butter Village in Kasalgu and women in Wayamba, a shea collecting community. The
company is hoping to extend the scheme to more communities as demonstrated by the
positive effect it has had on the 164 women who have participated so far.