Vice President Opens SHEA 2026 Conference, Calls for Value Addition in Ghana’s Shea Industry
Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has officially opened the SHEA 2026 Conference, hosted by the Global Shea Alliance with support from the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Secretariat.
The Alliance, inaugurated in 2011 under former President John Dramani Mahama, has over the past 15 years grown into a key platform for collaboration, driving progress in the shea industry across Africa. This year’s conference has brought together participants from 21 African countries, alongside major development partners.
Delivering her keynote address, the Vice President underscored the urgent need for Ghana and the wider African continent to move beyond the export of raw shea materials and embrace value-added production. She explained that this shift aligns with the governme...