Country/Region: Ghana, West Africa
Goal: To build a social enterprise focused on bringing investment and creating jobs in the West African agribusiness sector
Status: On-going

Accra, Ghana
August 20th, 2008

This summer, I worked with the Solidity Trade team on a project aimed at developing a product inherent to the African landscape — Ghanaian unrefined shea butter. Unrefined shea butter is a useful product that has several applications in cooking, hair, and skin care. By investing in this product we wanted to address the lack of availability in capital for African farmers and the difficulty to access international markets in a profitable way.

The company’s business model and mission serves a dual purpose:

• Creating jobs in poor areas to alleviate poverty
• Lifting up the economic barriers to give access to international markets

To learn more about our organization, please visit the official website: www.soliditytrade.com

When a man gets up to speak, people listen and then look. When a woman gets up, people look; then, if they like what they see, they listen. Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

To the women that changed our lives:
I spent my whole life looking up to you, the ones who taught me how to love.
Your beauty, both external and internal, brings me strength each and every day.
I wish I could draw a portrait of your beauty, but that’s one thing that could never be put on paper.
Without the love, support and guidance, I would have never found myself.
A treasure to behold, your essence radiates from every angle.
For all your sacrifices and the courage you possess, you are phenomenal.
To the honor, endurance, unconditional love, and insights you have left with me.
To the bearer of our children, let me first look, listen and then learn from you.
To the women that have touched every aspect of our lives.
To my opposite equal, I just want you to know that you are beautiful…

One Love.