The US Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs Stephanie Sullivan yesterday commissioned a shea butter processing and warehousing facility at Sorogu, a farming community in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region.
The facility which is meant to offer jobs for 600 women who pick and process shea nuts in the area, was put up by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with Burt's Bees, an American company and the Savannah Fruits Company, Ghana.
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