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You have no specific Shea Butter plant In West Africa while the Shea Tree grows only in West and lesser extent in Central Africa and nowhere else in the world. The difficulties of processing the Shea Nuts into the Shea Butter in Europe, North and South America or Asia is the transport costs. To produce 1 kg of the Shea Butter, you need 2.2 kg of Shea Nuts, so as you understand it is much cheaper to produce Shea Butter in West Africa, the staff cost here is also much lower. Shea belt in Africa Women go to collect the Shea nuts for IGO. Therefore they set up a co-operative with their representatives who seats in the board with the representatives of IGO. Any woman who wants to join the cooperative will sign a contract specifying her rights and obligations. The cooperative collect only Shea nuts for IGO. IGO HOLDING SA IS LOOKING FOR PRIVATE INVESTORS TO INVEST IN A SHEA BUTTER PRODUCTION PLANT IN WEST AFRICA IGO HOLDING SA is an international company based in TOGO (West Africa) which intends to build and exploit a Shea Butter Plant in Kara with specially developed machines to produce a high grade quality of Shea butter in northern Togo. IGO HOLDING was founded since 2002. Shea butter is an off- white or ivory-colored fat extracted from the nut of the African Shea tree Shea butter is a triglyceride derived mainly from stearic acid and oleic acid. It is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer, salve or lotion. Shea butter is edible and is used in food preparation. Occasionally, the chocolate industry uses Shea butter mixed with other oils as a substitute for cocoa butter. THE SHEA BUTTER WHY A SHEA BUTTER PLANT IN WEST AFRICA? WOMEN COOPERATIVE AT THE HEART OF THE SHEA INDUSTRY ABOUT IGO HOLDING IRR more than 130%

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Page 1: leaflet IGO HOLDING

You have no specific Shea Butter plant In West Africa while the Shea Tree grows only in West and lesser extent in Central Africa and nowhere else in the world. The difficulties of processing the Shea Nuts into the Shea Butter in Europe, North and South America or Asia is the transport costs. To produce 1 kg of the Shea Butter, you need 2.2 kg of Shea Nuts, so as you understand it is much cheaper to produce Shea Butter in West Africa, the staff cost here is also much lower.

Shea belt in Africa

Women go to collect the Shea nuts for IGO. Therefore they set up a co-operative with their representatives who seats in the board with the representatives of IGO. Any woman who wants to join the cooperative will sign a contract specifying her rights and obligations.The cooperative collect only Shea nuts for IGO.

IGO HOLDING SA IS LOOKING FOR PRIVATE INVESTORS TO INVEST IN A SHEA BUTTER PRODUCTION

PLANT IN WEST AFRICA

IGO HOLDING SA is an international company based in TOGO (West Africa) which intends to build and exploit a Shea Butter Plant in Kara with specially developed machines to produce a high grade quality of Shea butter in northern Togo. IGO HOLDING was founded since 2002.

Shea butter is an off- white or ivory-colored fat extracted from the nut of the African Shea tree Shea butter is a triglyceride derived mainly from stearic acid and oleic acid. It is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer, salve or lotion. Shea butter is edible and is used in food preparation. Occasionally, the chocolate industry uses Shea butter mixed with other oils as a substitute for cocoa butter.

THE SHEA BUTTER

WHY A SHEA BUTTER PLANT IN WEST AFRICA?

WOMEN COOPERATIVE AT THE HEART OF THE SHEA INDUSTRY

ABOUT IGO HOLDING

IRR more than 130%

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Number of women employed in the first season 20 000 and more,

20 000 women pick 40 000 m/t per harvest (between June and September)

40 000 m/t Shea Nuts → 18 000m/t Shea Butter

IGO will produce with modern computer controlled machines high grade quality of the Shea Butter. In our Shea Butter plant we will produce only Shea Butter with technical equipment specially designed for the production of the Shea Butter. We will start with a production capacity of 18.000 m/t Shea Butter per year, and expand it in the coming 5 years to 50,000 m/t by year.

SALES STRATEGYWe will export our Shea Butter to Europe, North and South America and Asia.Industries who use the Shea butter for their production are:a. Chocolate industry: 90 to 95%b. Cosmetic industry: 5 to 10%c. Pharmaceutical industry: 0,05%IGO has contact with companies in the cosmetic and chocolate industry, worldwide, especially those interested in buying our Shea butter for their final product.

BENEFITS AND UTILITIES OF SHEA BUTTER

Investment opportunity to create ten thousands of new jobs for women and a better live and future for a lot of families

in West Africa.

Contact person:Mr. Steven Tuinstra (West Africa)Email: [email protected]

Website: www.isgprojectfinancing.com

PRODUCTION OF SHEA BUTTER

CONSTRUCTION OF SHEA BUTTER PLANT IN KARA IN THE NORTHEN

Shea butter exhibits several health benefits particularly for the skin and hair. It is used in a variety of cosmetics and medicinal formulas in combination with other botanical ingredients. Shea butter is also used in the chocolate industry. The Shea butter is recognized for its :• Healing Qualities• Nutritional Value• Antioxidant Qualities • Anti-inflammatory Properties etc…