Northern Ghana
Inspired by women, made for impact.
Ethical shea skincare handcrafted by women, youth, persons with disabilities, and people living with Neglected Tropical Diseases.
We turn locally sourced shea into work that lasts.
The Experience Tribe is a Ghanaian social enterprise working in the north of the country, where formal employment is scarce and where a diagnosis of a Neglected Tropical Disease can cost someone their livelihood long before it costs them their health. We were founded to address that directly, through work rather than aid.
Shea is the material we build with. It grows across the northern savannah and has been gathered and processed by women here for generations. We source it locally, process it in the communities where it is picked, and finish it into skincare that holds its own on a shelf anywhere in the world.
In practice that means training, equipment, quality standards and access to buyers. It also means treating the people who make our products as skilled workers rather than as beneficiaries of a programme.
Every purchase creates impact.
Shop the collection
Raw and infused shea butter, black soap, and gift sets, made in small batches in Northern Ghana. Unrefined shea gives deep hydration, improves skin elasticity, and is rich in vitamins A and E. It is gentle enough for sensitive skin, which is why we leave it as close to its natural state as the recipe allows.
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SunKissed Shea (Grapefruit Infused)
Price range: ₵16.80 through ₵28.70 -
Herbal Calm Shea Butter
Price range: ₵14.40 through ₵27.00 -
Spicy Energy Shea Cream
Price range: ₵12.00 through ₵25.00 -
Shea bathing soap
Price range: ₵15.00 through ₵26.25
The women behind every jar
Work without stigma
People affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases are trained, employed, and paid the same as everyone else on the line. Income is part of it. Being treated as capable is the rest.
Stigma around NTDs keeps people out of work long after treatment has ended. Employers hesitate, neighbours withdraw, and confidence erodes. We work against that by offering ordinary jobs with ordinary expectations, alongside colleagues who know them by name.
The Kaleo processing center
Building a permanent home for the work
A permanent shea processing center in Kaleo will employ at least six permanent staff, improve production quality and volume, create stable income for vulnerable groups, and expand our export capacity.
Much of our processing still happens seasonally and informally. A fixed site with proper equipment changes what we can promise a buyer, and it changes what we can promise the people who work with us.