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THE AFRICAN SHEA BUTTER INDUSTRY
Shea Butter is an all African superfood
made available for use in pharmaceutical,
health, cosmetics and food industries.
This uniqe African product is extracted
by nuts from the shea tree that grows in
the west and to some extent in central
Africa. As the product is discovered to be
useful for many different businesses the
demand for shea butter produced in West
Africa has increased by over 1200% over
the last 10 years and is still climbing.
This provides a golden opportunity for
investment in creating the infrastructure
and marketing to realize a plan that
benefits West African employment and
therefore its economy, as much as it
generates new business for the rest of
the world. An opportunity that has the
ability to add up towards half of the initial
investment with an impressive internal
rate of return from more than 130% by
West African company IGO Holding SA.
SHEA BUTTER – IRR UP TO 130% - SUPPORT GLOBAL HEALTH AND ECONOMY
There are approximately 500 million shea
trees of which most are in West Africa. The
trees annually produce fruit from age 20 to
200 years old. In addition to existing trees
new trees are planted that can only survive
in the tropical climate of African savanna.
The shea butter which is inside the nut
coming from the fruit in the tree consists of
vitamin A, D, E and F and essential fats.
The annual shea nut harvest consists of
over 1,7 million tons of shea nuts with only
a third used 5 years ago. Now almost the
entire harvest is used. Shea butter is used
for 90% in chocolate and confectionery
products. Here it serves as substitute for
cocoa butter. An increasing 10% is used for
cosmetics and pharmaceuticals in product
mixtures for skin and hair. The West African
production of shea butter is still low as it’s
often done manually, semi industrial and on
small industrial scale. West Africa does not
have enough factories to produce a high
grade quality of shea butter. The African
entrepreneur has little access to financing
for trade and investment. Therefore 80% of
the current shea industry are shea nut
exporting multinationals from Europe and
Asia who fabricate elsewhere. It is better to
produce shea butter in West Africa as it
benefits quality, reduces staff expense and
cuts transport costs where 2.2 kg shea nuts
get only 1 kg shea butter. Meanwhile a
recent study informs the West African
quality shea butter price has increased by
20% a year as demand continues to rise.

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SHEA BUTTER : INVEST AND GROW WITH AFRICA
IGO Holding SA is an international
company based in Togo (West Africa). IGO
Holding SA was officially founded in 2002
but has been active as a network of shea
experts in West Africa for over 30 years.
The company has good contacts with
companies in the cosmetics,
pharmaceutical and chocolate industries
that are ready to do business with an
improved product and price setting. In
addition to this the company plans
extended research of usability, marketing
and contracting within the business of the
newly found African shea butter industry
for continuation purposes. Through this the
company is able to respond to the market
trends before they become the standard as
well as finding possibilities for new
markets. IGO Holding SA has made a
detailed business plan, financial forecasts
with more than 130% IRR and additional
information available to interested parties,
offering a once in a lifetime chance to
invest and grow with the African continent
and shea butter industry.
IGO Holding SA, our affiliate answers the
demand of large scale local shea butter
production with modern equipment. The
company intends to build shea butter plants
with new high-tech machinery that are
specially developed to produce high grade
quality shea butter in West Africa. It aims to
produce, process and transport the shea
butter to international markets from its
factories in West Africa. With a development
that brings jobs to tens of thousands of
women who can collect the shea nuts and
just as much men who can work the
factories and logistics against fair trade
prices IGO Holding SA has found a strategy
where everybody wins. This strategy
includes an effective social plan; the
company will set up a co-operative which
board consists of both seats representatives
by IGO Holding SA and the women
collectors. In the future IGO Holding SA will
create enhanced life and working conditions
like electricity, water facilities, sanitation,
first aid, infrastructure and education for the
villages in the shea area. IGO Holding SA
will also provide training programs for the
women collectors as well as future staff on
all levels. Together they are to represent
part of a massive new industry that
represents the building of the African
economy, benefits foreign markets and
therefore the world trade cycle.