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A group of investors paid a visit to Ethiopia and Kenya to explore the investment potential of the countries in the bamboo sector. INBAR has recently hosted a group of 12 investors from Africa, Asia and the Middle East with a bid to create opportunities for bamboo business development; explore investment prospects; business and market […]
INBAR celebrates World Bamboo Day, 2022, with colorful events in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. INBAR’s East Africa Regional Office (EARO) has recently celebrated this year’s World Bamboo Day with colorful events held in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. The events brought together bamboo stakeholders — artisans, farmers, academics, government officials and NGOs — to observe the […]
In a recent East Africa bamboo study tour, delegates of INBAR African Member States discovered the potential and growth of Ethiopia’s bamboo sector. East Africa is known for its abundant bamboo resources. Ethiopia, in particular, is regarded as the country with the most advanced bamboo sector in the region, considering the current level of investment […]
Hearing-impaired youth have been trained on bamboo handicrafts and furniture making in Ethiopia. INBAR, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Bamboo Association, conducted training on bamboo handicrafts and furniture making for hearing-impaired youth in Ethiopia. The theoretical and practical training brought 33 trainees on board and imparted the skills necessary to produce bamboo handicrafts and furniture. […]
INBAR recently conducted a training for local beekeeper farmers in Ethiopia to produce beehives using bamboo. As part of its Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme – Phase II, INBAR recently conducted a training for local beekeeper farmers who live in and around Assosa town, Benishangul Gumez Regional State, Ethiopia, to produce beehives using bamboo. […]
Experiences and lessons learned from bamboo biomass energy for Africa were shared at the XV World Forestry Congress On the occasion of the XV World Forestry Congress co-organised by the Korea Forest Service and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in Seoul, INBAR organised a side event themed ‘Bamboo as sustainable biomass […]
INBAR in collaboration with the Ethiopian Forestry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture organised the third National Policy Roundtable INBAR has recently conducted its third national policy round table dubbed – Creating a competitive and sustainable bamboo industry in Ethiopia. The workshop was organised in collaboration with the Environment, Forestry, and Climate Change Commission, now […]
INBAR bamboo development programme in East Africa has recently held its third steering committee meeting. The Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme Phase II has recently held its third Steering Committee meeting in Kampala, Uganda. Present at the meeting were government focal persons from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda, donor representatives from China and the Netherlands, […]
The bamboo sectoral association of Ethiopia has recently been launched to serve as a platform for stakeholder engagement and coordinate, convene and communicate the bamboo sector development of the country among different stakeholders, such as the private sector, the government, and other actors. Ethiopia has launched its first-ever sectoral bamboo association to strengthen the bamboo […]
Ethiopia and Kenya recently held multi-stakeholder workshops to bring together and engage stakeholders in planning, implementation, evaluation and adaptive management of the bamboo sector development in both countries. Actors of the private sector – bamboo growers, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, other enterprises – and relevant government agencies are the vanguards of bamboo sector development in Kenya […]
The Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) recently registered bamboo as one of the sectors identified for investment opportunities in the country. The commission has developed an investment guide to provide information to domestic and foreign investors on the priority investment opportunities of the country. EIC is an autonomous government institution mandated for carrying out efficient investment […]
INBAR has recently conducted a number of capacity building training on bamboo plantation and processing, and bamboo business development for bamboo business owners and farmers in Ethiopia and Uganda. INBAR, with its Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme, has recently been conducting capacity building training to support bamboo value chains in Ethiopia and Uganda. The […]
