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Shea
Shea from 4,000+ women pickers, aggregated for buyers
We buy and aggregate shea nuts from women pickers across Northern Ghana, record every lot in YomTrace and deliver consistent volumes to buyers and processors.
4,000+
women shea pickers in our network
Shea grows wild across Northern Ghana, and the nuts are picked and processed almost entirely by women. Most sell small quantities to middlemen at the village edge, with little say over weight or price.
YomYom brings the market closer. Our hubs and riders collect from the communities, weigh and record every sale, and combine many small sales into lots that buyers can trade at scale.
From picker to buyer
Pick
Women pickers gather and dry shea nuts in their communities.
Collect
Our riders and hub agents collect, weigh and record each woman’s sale in YomTrace, and she is paid on the spot.
Aggregate
Nuts are stored at our hubs and combined into buyer-sized lots.
Deliver
The buyer checks quality against its own standard, then lots move by truck with the record of origin and handling.
Case study
500 tonnes of shea a season for European cosmetics buyers
The buyers
European cosmetics buyers, including Bambata Trading of Antwerp, which supplies West African shea to European manufacturers. They buy about 500 tonnes from Northern Ghana every season.
What we do
We aggregate the volume from our network of 4,000+ women pickers. Every sale is weighed and recorded in YomTrace, and each picker is paid as soon as we collect.
Quality
The buyer sets the standard and checks the quality of every lot before payment. That is why the quality stays at the top of the range, season after season.
Shea picker, Fihini, Tolon district
“Registering with YomYom was free. They connect me with buyers, and I earn much more than when I sold to middlemen, who took most of the money.”
In the field
Our team with shea pickers and processors in Northern Ghana.
Who we work with
Buyers and processors
Aggregated shea nut lots with recorded origin and weights, delivered to your warehouse or plant.
Women pickers and groups
A reliable buyer close to home, fair recorded weights and transport from the village to the market.
Programmes and partners
Data on women reached and volumes traded, for sourcing commitments and impact reporting.
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