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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Isabelle Martinetti

The female-led Senegalese company producing organic shea butter

Organic shea butter produced in Senegal by Diongoma, at the Paris International Agricultural Show on 24 February, 2025. © RFI

Each year African countries are invited to exhibit at the Paris International Agricultural Show, with Morocco taking centre stage at the 2025 edition as guest of honour. Among the African producers manning stands this year is Diongoma, a company behind one of Senegal's flagship products: shea butter.

Shea butter is widely used in the cosmetics industry, as well as by chocolatiers as a substitute for cocoa butter.

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