Ghana’s Shea Butter Trends In Trinidad & Tobago

Napoleon Abdulai and the Minister of Labour and Trade of Trinidad and Tobago

Some smart Ghanaian businessmen are exporting shea butter to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Bahamas where the local stuff is in high demand.

Speaking to BUSINESS GUIDE a couple of days ago, Ghana's Ambassador to Cuba with additional diplomatic responsibilities for the countries, Napoleon Abdulai said “there is a high demand for shea butter in the Caribbean and some Ghanaians have seized the opportunity and are exporting the produce to the Caribbean Islands.”

“There are 500 Ghanaians living in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and some citizens of the country trace their ancestry to Ghana; their ancestors having been taken away during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, he said.

Trinidad and Tobago has 110 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, he said, adding that there are currently some Ghanaians from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) studying in Trinidad and Tobago, whose Public Utilities Minister's wife hails from the Volta Region.

In a related development, the Ghanaian envoy has presented his letters of credence to Paula Mae Weekes, President and Command-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

The Caribbean country is a major investor in Ghana through the Republic Bank Limited.

The bank is working to bring a small number of investors to Ghana in the first quarter of 2019.

Ambassador Abdulai has held meetings with Republic Bank top officials, including Nigel M. Baptiste, Managing Director and Roopnaribe Oumade Singh, Executive Officer.

He has also held discussions with the energy, foreign and CARICOM Affairs and Public Utilities ministers on trade and investment and the 2019 Year of Return, which marks the first slaves to English North America.

By A.R. Gomda