10 African Businesses Making The World’s Most Expensive Products

In Tunisia, Mohamed is cracking and scraping at snails to make authentic Tyrian purple dye.

south in Uganda, Akello is pounding and grinding nuts by hand to make this silky, luxurious East African shea butter.

Across Africa, small businesses and artisans are making some of the world’s most expensive products.

00:00:40 – Zellige Tiles

00:11:05 – Shea Butter

00:19:45 – Tyrian Purple

00:30:36 – Frankincense And Myrrh

00:36:41 – Stockfish

00:47:14 – Argan Oil

00:55:22 – River Reed

01:04:42 – Fish Maw

01:16:03 – Red Palm Oil

01:27:20 – Moroccan Rugs

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