Lady Who Started A Skin Care Products Business As An Unemployed Graduate In 2009, Now Owns A Factory

Israella Kafui Mansu is a reputed female entrepreneur in Ghana, the founder and CEO of Mansuki Ghana Ltd.

As an unemployed graduate, she found solutions to the developmental challenges she identified in her community. Israella researches, designs, develop, produce and commercialize quality handcrafted and natural hair and body care products for local and international sales.

Israella Mansu is one of the leading entrepreneurs who has made a name for herself in the skincare space. She started this business in 2009 and has since moved from making natural skincare and hair products at home to having a standard factory in Accra Ghana.

She creates employment and trains less privileged rural women and unskilled youths, teaching them technical skills for making soaps, body cream, hair pomade, as well as packaging, marketing and other basic entrepreneurial skills.

Skincare and beauty business is a gold mine. Over the past few years, a small but promising league of women-led natural brands of all sizes have burst onto the beauty scene creating an estimated global market of over $445 billion. It is a much fledgling industry in Ghana and many entrepreneurs are beginning to key into it.

The entrepreneur makes her skin and hair care products from natural ingredients and offers targeted treatment for various skin concerns.

She has received 2 Ghanaian and 2 international business awards in South Africa and Sweden. She was celebrated as an ‘Apostle of the new economy’ by Springboard, Legacy and Legacy, Ghana.

Her business is growing and has potentials of becoming something to reckon with both in Ghana and in the global market.

Source: LinkedIn

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